What would your dream community, country, and democracy be like?

What if that wasn’t so far off?

Our democracy in the US is far from perfect, and at the same time it has provided us with so so much. While there’s plenty of talk about how it’s broken, there’s less talk about what we can do about it, and what we actually want it to become.

We're organizing a series of interventions to reignite a new sense of civic engagement in the US, and with it a renewed sense of government accountability to citizens.

Some upcoming activities include: Next Democracy Unconference + AI and Democracy Forum, democracy hackathons and accelerator programs to support innovative initiatives (for-profit/nonprofit/civic initiatives; high/low/no tech, et ) that can boost our democracy, citizen-led candidate debates, working on communications/marketing campaigns to boost civic engagement nationwide, etc.

See more info on our website: https://NextDemocracy.us

Check out more on our open Democracy Calendar on Luma: https://lu.ma/democracy

Or reach out to discuss: partner@nextdemocracy.us

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Why we're asking for support:

Right now this is a volunteer-led effort, but we can't sustain that much longer, and we think it's critically important to focus intensively on this effort this year, with these critical elections coming up.

If you're interested in exploring a deeper collaboration or have questions, please reach out: partner@nextdemocracy.us

Financial Notes:

1. NextDemocracy.us is fiscally sponsored by CalDEC.org. As per 501c3 regulations, this effort is nonpartisan, does not support or oppose any particular political candidates, and is not involved in lobbying in any major capacity.

2. If funds are raised beyond what's needed for this event, additional funds will support ongoing efforts to protect, strengthen, and revitalize democracy in America. We need to move smoothly and quickly, so any additional funds would be greatly appreciated.

3. As we mobilize funds for this effort, we will work to be geographically diverse (remote-first), representative of our country, and to provide fair wages and benefits to the best of our ability, with no person earning more than 2x median income for where they live.

Any further questions, suggestions, or collaboration ideas, please reach out: partner@nextdemocracy.us

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