Local Groups
Fox Valley Light + Love
Our local group connects like-minded people in our community who want to work with others who share their values to protect democracy on the local, state and national levels. "𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭." - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐫.
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Maine Troublemakers
This group connects like-minded people who want to work with others who share their values toward the broad goal of protecting democracy on the local, state, and national levels. Topics may include (but are certainly not limited to 😊): • Stopping Project 2025/Agenda 47 • Stopping book banning in public schools and public libraries • Supporting public education • Supporting the separation of Church & State • Supporting DEI, in all forms • Supporting common-sense gun control • Voter education • Climate change education & reduction • Reproductive rights, including access to contraceptives, and fertility treatments • Protecting fundamental rights, human rights, and access to government entitlements Goals: • Become educated, then share that knowledge and those resources • Provide voter education and encourage voting, up and down ballot • Call out misinformation and lies, while spreading truth • Protect Democracy • Develop friendships, gain skills & knowledge, and raise all of us up!! This group can also be reached at [email protected], and we have a facebook page. Once you have signed up on this webpage, or if you send me an email, I can send you a link to the Facebook group.
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Like Minded Women
Our local group connects like-minded people in our community who want to work with others who share their values to protect democracy on the local, state and national levels.
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Positively Blue
We are a group of women+ who are committed to using our collective voices and mobilizing others to be politically active agents of social and policy change for the betterment of our community, state, nation and world. We are based in Dublin, Ohio with over 1600 members. We started eight years ago and have been very involved in local, state and national politics. Below is the link for our private Positively Blue Facebook page where you can request to join. We also have a public Positively Blue page for general posting https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DGenfY2Ep/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Quiet Corner Shouts!
"Our mission is to harness the political power of diverse people to create transformative social change. Quiet Corner Shouts! is a grass roots organization providing opportunities for individuals to engage in their local communities through meetings and events. Quiet Corner Shouts! is committed to dismantling systems of oppression through nonviolent resistance and building inclusive structures guided by self-determination, dignity, and respect."
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New Yorkers Unite for Democracy
Our group will come together to take actions both locally and in nearby swing state Pennsylvania to help save our country from Fascism and dictatorship. This will include such activities as an education session about Project 2025, an education session about banned books, screening "Bad Faith" and discussing it, using Rally Your Squad and getting others to participate in it, regular tabling with informational sessions and literature about Project 2025 and other issues (banned books, LGBTQ+ issues, public education issues, and more), organizing to drive people to the polls, and more!
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Eastern Panhandle Policies Over Parties
Eastern Panhandle Policies Over Parties, or EPPOP (pronounced E-POP) for short, is a nonpartisan organization working in Berkeley & Jefferson Counties, West Virginia. We are focused on building a large, integrated safety net to prevent individuals and families from falling through the cracks in society. We are also focused on mitigating harm to people from policies enacted by both the WV & US legislatures and administrations, regardless of political party, and to promoting good policies. We hold our legislators accountable to their constituents and we teach our community members about how to get involved in exercising their political freedoms. We support our communities by working together with others and lifting up all peoples in our communities. Some of the ways in which we accomplish these goals are: -Reducing Food Insecurity by Establishing Community Gardens across our two counties: invite individuals to work in the gardens in exchange for food to feed themselves and their families, use any extra produce to fill local food pantries and feed the needy, teach skills that help people become more independent, and use individuals' volunteer hours in the garden to help them qualify for Medicaid. -Building & Strengthening the Safety Net by Partnering with Churches and other Organizations in our area who are already providing services to our communities, supporting those services, and determining where the holes in our safety net lie, so that we can create additional services to fill those holes. -Combating Misinformation through Truth by researching WV & US policies, teaching our community members about what those policies are, identifying the policy harm within our communities and how they will affect their families, and how they can get involved to support or reject those policies. -Holding Our Representatives Accountable to the People through calls, emails, letters, personal visits, and attending town halls, in addition to teaching their constituents how to make their voices heard in Charleston and DC through their constitutionally protected rights to free speech and peaceful protest -Promoting Education for All by uplifting our educators, fighting book bans, pushing back against discriminatory policies that harm students & teachers, and protesting damaging changes to WV curriculum or school policy. -Supporting Our Community Structure by shopping at small businesses instead of corporations and chain restaurants in order for them to thrive during good times and survive during economic downturns. -Protecting Our Community Members by standing up for all people, especially our marginalized communities, such as LGBTQIA+, IPOC, the elderly, the disabled, the poor, the homeless, veterans, and any other peoples who are being othered. All People deserve to be treated with respect, and our focus is to build up our communities rather than tear them down. -Defending the Rights of All Women & Girls to control their own bodies, lives, choices, education, livelihoods, and voices. We hope that you'll join us on this Adventure into Building a New and Better World! You can find us on Facebook, this website, and soon on BlueSky. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EasternPanhandle.PoliciesOverParties/ Website Link: https://eppop.org/
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Raising Our Vote
We want to inform, connect, and engage women in our area to save Ohio from the dumpster fires being lit daily by extremists in our state and national governments.
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Democracy Alliance of the Iron Range
Our Virginia-based group connects like-minded people in our community who want to work with others who share their values to protect democracy on the local, state and national levels.
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Great Lakes Good Trouble
We are a local political action group based in the Firelands District of north central Ohio. Our members are committed to working together peacefully and respectfully to advance progressive ideals through community action, persistent resistance, and the democratic process. We model our actions on the values of inclusion, tolerance, and fairness.
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