These resources are curated to encourage and empower you to go out there and get involved. Your participation in your community, with your skill sets, can make a significant impact on the future of democracy. Our invitation to you is to choose at least one of the following paths to engagement. We’ve organized the info
- Start Here (Easy ways to engage)
- Connect with the Pro-Democracy Movement
- Get involved locally
- Join our Network and Help us Grow
Start Here
- Fill out the Survey: bit.ly/practitioner-mobilization-signup
- Come to Monthly Forum Call - let us know via the survey!
- Want to join the planning team? Have something to offer to this group (workshop, story, testimonial, special skills, networks). Email Keiva Hummel at [email protected]
Next Move
- Join the Generate Democracy group on LinkedIn
- Subscribe to Fulcrum https://thefulcrum.us/
- Check out: Activities anyone Can Do
- Visit Citizen Connect citizenconnect.us
Get Involved Locally
Host an Event (Toolkits)Join an Local Group or Organization:
Connect with established local groups that align with your skills and interests. These chapter-based organizations provide a structured way to contribute to democratic efforts and can benefit greatly from your expertise. Engage in Local Politics
Your skills as a facilitator and mediator are invaluable in local politics. You can help enhance problem-solving and decision-making processes, improve public discourse, and ensure inclusivity. Consider attending town hall meetings, joining local boards, getting involved in your neighborhood or supporting political initiatives. This article by Ken Cloke may provide inspiration:
Connect with established local groups that align with your skills and interests. These chapter-based organizations provide a structured way to contribute to democratic efforts and can benefit greatly from your expertise. Engage in Local Politics
Your skills as a facilitator and mediator are invaluable in local politics. You can help enhance problem-solving and decision-making processes, improve public discourse, and ensure inclusivity. Consider attending town hall meetings, joining local boards, getting involved in your neighborhood or supporting political initiatives. This article by Ken Cloke may provide inspiration:
Get Involved with National Pro-Democracy Organizations
- Join the Generate Democracy group on LinkedIn
- Living Room Conversations
- Bridge Alliance
- Join one of the Working Groups at the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
- Attend a Fix Democracy Happy Hour (Wednesday evenings)
- Sign up to The TRUST Network
- Join the Listen First Coalition (send an email to [email protected])
Get Involved with Practitioner Mobilization for Democracy
- Join us for Monthly Practitioners for Democracy Forum calls on 4th Thursdays.
- Participate in Community of Practice
- Host a workshop or training for the Practitioner Network
- Help us organize future events
- Spread the word
Inspiration
Newsletters/Blogs
- Democracy Notes Substack
- The Fulcrum
- Beyond Intractability's Substack
- Horizons Project Vista (Sign up here)
- Omni-Win Project
- Rachel Kleinfeld's 'Five Strategies to Support US Democracy'
- "How Mediation Saved the World: Greetings from 2030" by James Melamed
- "10 Actions We Can Take to Turn Adversarial, Autocratic, Power-Based Political Conflicts into Collaborative, Democratic, Interest-Based Social Problem Solving" by Kenneth Cloke
- Applying Conflict Resolution Insights to a Hyperpolarized, Society-Wide Conflicts Threatening Society by Sanda Kaufman, Guy Burgess & Heidi Burgess
- On Relational Facilitation: Supporting the Creative Potential of Divergent Perspectives by Rosa Zubizarreta
- Democracy Group
- Omni-Win Project Podcast
- Fractal Friends: Transforming Politics & Conflict Transformation