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The Democracy Movement: Where it Stands Today and Where it Needs to Go

Adam Eichen

Click HERE to watch the recording from this February 16, 2022 event

Adam Eichen is a writer, researcher, and organizer, working to build a democracy that represents and empowers all voices in society. He is the co-author of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want (Beacon Press, 2017), with Frances Moore Lappé and serves as the Executive Director of Equal Citizens, a non-partisan pro-democracy organization founded by Lawrence Lessig.

From Democracy Spring in 2016 to the recent mobilization to pass the Freedom to Vote: John Lewis Act in Congress, Adam has been an active participant in the ongoing Democracy Movement. He has a strong sense of where the movement has been, where it is today, and where it needs to go over the next few years. Well known in UU circles, he last spoke at a Reclaim Our Democracy event in December, 2017, and we are thrilled to have him back with us.

This event is sponsored by Reclaim Our Democracy.

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Our Mission

Reclaim Our Democracy is an inclusive, collaborative, multi-partisan movement. Our goal is to reclaim our democratic rights as citizens of the United States of America to have a government that truly represents and supports the needs and desires of all people.

Commentary

  • It is Time for Democracy to Strike Back Jan. 25, 2023
  • Two Takeaways from the Recent Midterm Elections that Every American Should Understand Nov. 22, 2022
  • A Real And Very Dangerous Conspiracy Oct. 14, 2022
  • It's Time to Fix the Senate Sep. 8, 2021
  • Back to Basics - #1 Priority for Congress and President Jan. 23, 2021
  • The Mitch McConnell Problem Dec. 18, 2020
  • Dear Mr. Trump: Your Contract Will Not Be Renewed Nov. 21, 2020
  • Today's Civil War Feb 16, 2020

Events

Democracy Festival at First Parish in Concord, Friday, May 19, 7:30pm and Saturday, May 20, 11:00am - 2:00pm

Meeting the Moment: Taking Action to Keep Our Democracy, January 6 and 7, 2023

Partnering for Democracy in Massachusetts and Beyond with Danielle Allen. Video now available.

Democracy as a Spiritual Practice, March 31 and April 14 videos now available

The Democracy Movement: Where it Stands Today and Where it Needs to Go, with Adam Eichen, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 video now available.

Democracy in Chains, with Duke Professor Nancy MacLean, video of presentation

How Democracies Die, with Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, video of presentation

Facebook

To read more about current democracy related news and events, please click here to visit the Reclaim Our Democracy Facebook group page.

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