RESOURCES FOR ACTION AND ENGAGEMENT
Reaching out to your members of Congress and other elected officials produces results. Here are some organizations, initiatives and tools to help you get involved and streamline your activism.
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NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INITIATIVES
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ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
Learn about People Power, the ACLU's grassroots volunteer civil rights movement.
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Emerge America: Build the Bench
Emerge America's Build the Bench program trains Democratic women to run for office and win at all levels.
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Indivisible 435
A roadmap for winning elections in every state, in every congressional district across the country.
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Indivisible Guide: Download the Guide
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Request to Join Indivisible Warren County VA (District 6 - Cline) - Must request to join
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Request to Join Indivisible Winchester (District 10 - Wexton) - Must request to join
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Media Matters for America - Take Action
Media Matters for America is a media watchdog group dedicated to exposing the damage done to our democracy by right wing outlets like InfoWars, Breitbart and Fox.
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MoveOn.org
MoveOn is the largest independent, progressive, digitally connected organizing group in the United States.
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National Democratic Redistricting Committee
Join the fight for fair election maps.
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Open Secrets
Discover how money influences our politics.
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Regulations.gov: Your Voice in Federal Decision-Making
Submit your comments and let your voice be heard as our federal government crafts regulations that affect Americans.
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Sister District Project
We match Blue volunteers with Red districts to help Democrats win.
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Swing Left
Find your closest Swing District and join its team to learn about actionable opportunities to support Democrats in that district, no matter where you live.
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VPAP
Find your legislators, where you vote, and political news in your community
STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INITIATIVES
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Activate Virginia
Activate Virginia supports Democratic candidates and fights campaign corruption.
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Center for Workforce Development
The center trains people for work that pays a livable wage.
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VirginiaDems
The Democratic Party of Virginia is united in its efforts to elect Democratic leaders of character, integrity, ability, vision, and commitment to delivering results for Virginians. Visit the VA-DEMS Media Center regularly to keep up with daily developments affecting Virginia Democrats.
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Concerned about local government? Attend the following meetings:
Warren County Board of Supervisors -- Board of Supervisors (warrencountyva.net)
Warren County School Board - School Board - Warren County Public Schools (wcps.k12.va.us)
Front Royal Town Council - Town Council | Front Royal, VA (frontroyalva.com)
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Are you on Instagram? You won't want to miss the Warren County VA Democrats new series of IG stories. They'll make you proud to be a Democrat. Follow us and share our @warrencodems with friends!
MORE TOOLS AND RESOURCES
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GWU's Graduate School of Political Management explains the Three Branches of Government (Shout-out to Kerstin, a high school student of government and politics, for bringing our attention to this excellent resource.)
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Joslyn Law Firm explains the Three Branches of the United States Government
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Who's My Legislator (VirginiaGeneralAssembly.gov)
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PopVox - keeps you updated on issues at the state and federal level. Find out about bills under consideration, add you voice, and share.
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GovTrack - help find Legislation on specific bills or issues.
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Virginia KOS - staying on top of Virginia politics.
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Demlist - DemList is a FREE national daily political column, calendar, and resource site for Democratic activists, leaders, party committees, supporters and allies.
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Media Bias Fact Check - how biased are the news sources you read?
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FaxZero.com - send up to 5 free faxes per day to your members of Congress.
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GotFreeFax.com - send 2 free faxes per day to your members of Congress.
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RESISTbot will fax your MOC's for you - text RESIST to 50409.
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Spend five minutes, make 5 Calls! This app makes it easy.
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Pod Save America - Crooked Media's no-bullsh*t conversation about politics.