FIVE YEARS You and activists around the country have accomplished a lot since election day, November 8, 2016. Each of us can continue to defend democracy to make the next five years even better:• Stay in touch with your Members of Congress: Senators Merkley and Wyden; Congresswoman Bonamici. How will they know what you want if you don't tell them?
• Write to voters around the country. See HAPPENINGS below.
• Donate to candidates and organizations that share your values and support policies you like.
• Run for office, find candidates for local offices, volunteer for political campaigns.
• Attend meetings of local governments and advisory boards, such as city councils, county commissioners, planning boards, school boards, etc. What are they doing right? What would you like to change? How will they know what you want if you don't tell them?
"It is impossible to say where we stand in relation to our own crisis. Perhaps the worst is yet to come; perhaps we’ve already sailed through. Either way, we should secure our elections against whatever threat might materialize because if there is anything our history tells us, it’s that everything looks settled until one day it isn’t.”
— Jamelle Bouie, NY Times columnist, 9-28-21 | 
