New teaching and organizing materials
Community Organizers! OCCUPY Organizers! Move to Amend chapters!
Ready to move the DIALOGUE into ACTION? Coming soon! Organizing for Change, a deep democracy training. and Rethinking Democracy:Lessons and resources on democracy for the middle and high school classroom Includes manual with interactive exercises and instructive power points on:
-- Evolution & Revolution: how we got into this mess, where we are at in it, and what we need to do for direct, expedient social change
-- Skill sharing of democratic arts: learn basic elements of successful campaigns, dialogue for building relationships, nonviolent direct action tactics and rights-based community organizing
-- Do It Yourself Democracy: build campaigns for local issues and network with other groups
Move to Amend Olympia: I can't believe we designed campaigns for creating a state bank and fair share taxes in 2 hours!
Occupy Santa Barbara: Everyone is asking HOW to move forward. This training teaches how.
Occupy Ashland: We've wanted to stop the foreclosures in Rogue Valley and now we have a campaign -- a plan how to do it!
Citizen Outrage to Citizen Reform
Citizens across the country have expressed their outrage over the Citizens United v. FEC decision, which allows unlimited corporate campaign spending and negates campaign finance reform laws. This decision was based on the misdirected – really, ludicrous – notion of Corporate Personhood, the idea that corporations are entitled to the same constitutional rights as human beings. Many have written us asking, “What can we do?”
Riki Ott, director of Ultimate Civics, recently teamed up with David Cobb from Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD) to deliver a powerful message on how citizens can fight to restore democracy in our nation.(See video below.)
“There are two ways to approach social movements,” says Ott. “We can work within the existing power structure for ‘compromises’ to make things a little less bad, or we can work to create the community and culture we want by building a social movement.” In their tour, Ott and Cobb stressed the need for a grass roots effort to create a cultural shift in our society. “The Abolitionists certainly didn't go to Congress and ask for a Slavery Protection Act.”
In keeping, Ultimate Civics and POCLAD have joined the Campaign to Legalize Democracy in a concerted effort to amend the US Constitution and restore democracy in the United States. This grassroots campaign identifies four objectives to achieve this goal:
It’s a lofty goal, and it won’t happen overnight. But we can dig in and fight back against corporate control. Check out our Kitchen Table Democracy section to see how you can get started right now.
Learn more about the campaign AND SIGN THE PETITION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION at the MoveToAmend.org web site.
