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DEMOCRACY INFORMATION

Access to accurate and independent information is essential to ensuring freedom and future democratic governance.

The 2024 Civicas Fall Forum will focus on the Pilars of Democracy today, and beyond November 5…

Please Save the Date: Sunday, September 8, 3-5p, West Los Angeles.

3 key things you can do directly to ensure democracy prevails in 2024*:

1. Know the rules for voting in your state—and help others know them, too.

2. Call out lies about our elections when you see them and help us rise above the noise.

3. This election will define who we are as a country for decades to come. Make your vote a reflection of that.

“Democracy is a decision. Let’s all decide to do our part. Because it will take all of us working together to make sure it can work for everyone.”

*by Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's 43rd Secretary of State, excepted from Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper:

Civic Information Networks/Democracy Groups:

  • THE 19th* (independent, non-profit newsroom at the intersection of gender, politics and policy)

  • Los Angeles Public Library (free programs, resources, and services available to the millions of adults, children, and youth of Los Angeles)

  • Common Cause (fighting for an accountable government, equal rights/opportunities/representation and empowering voices to be heard)

  • Public Broadcasting System (helping citizens and communities understand the issues they face locally and regionally)

  • NPR (non-profit media organization)

  • Leadership Now Project (membership organization of business professionals concerned about the future of our democracy.)

  • Pace Funders (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement is a philanthropic laboratory for funders seeking to maximize their impact on democracy and civic life in America)

  • Public Democracy LA (promoting Citizens' Assemblies to reimagine democracy, putting people at the center of governance.)

  • Berggruen Institute (developing ideas and shaping political, economic and social institutions for the 21st century, “Renovating Democracy” is one of their core themes.)

  • Stanford’s Deliberative Democracy Lab: (devoted to research about democracy and public opinion obtained through Deliberative Polling®. housed within the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.)

  • DemNext: (international non-profit, non-partisan research and action institute.)

  • Healthy Democracy: (US-based nonpartisan nonprofit that works to elevate people in public decision making using democratic lotteries to empower new voices and guarantee representation.)

  • OECD’S Innovative Citizen Participation: (explores the innovative ways that governments can effectively engage with citizens and stakeholders to source ideas, co-create solutions, and tackle complex policy problems.)

  • OF BY FOR: (non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to creating a government that truly reflects and serves its people. It is producing a soon-to-be-released documentary of democratic lotteries, titled Goodbye Elections. Hello Democracy.) 

  • Public Access Democracy (PAD): A California-based, non-profit, public benefit corporation promoting public engagement through deliberative citizen groups chosen by lot. As part of its advocacy work, PAD catalyzed the “What if the People Governed” teach-in and the Petaluma Fairgrounds Assembly.

  • DemocracyR&D (empowering diverse groups of citizens to reach informed judgements and share decisions with governments.)

  • F.I.D.E. (activating Citizenship and Democratic Renewal through Deliberation.)

  • Braver Angels (citizens' organization uniting red and blue Americans in a working alliance to depolarize America.)

  • Represent US (America's leading anti-corruption organization working city by city, state by state to fix our broken political system.)