These organizing tools offer a variety of resources to use for educating and involving others in the fight for fair elections and other pro-democracy reforms.

This tutorial will help you acquire the information and skills needed to develop a Democracy Matters chapter. On each campus, Democracy Matters has a three-phase program. The three steps include: (1) organize and educate a core group of your peers, (2) develop and run a series of campaigns designed to raise awareness on campus, and (3) activate people to move off-campus to work with community members at a local, state, and federal level on initiatives to deepen democracy.  more...

Choose from a variety of posters, petitions, flyers, powerpoints, workshops, and other organizing tools to liven up your campaign/event.  Please submit your own ideas to add to our collection of organizing materials.  more...

Check out the creative action campaigns DM students have organized! Easy to follow, how-to instructions are linked to each action campaign. Action campaigns are organized by level of difficulty in executing them.  more...

Democracy Matters provides dynamic speakers experienced in issues of electoral and campaign finance reform. Forums may include college classes, community groups, high schools, business and civic associations, political organizations, religious organizations, conferences, and rallies.  more...

Democracy Matters offers service learning models, course components, and an extensive list of resources for students and faculty interested in addressing issues of democracy. We are able to provide this range of services due to the experience of our staff, who have been important leaders in service learning and education for democracy movements. (Read more about Our Staff).  more... 

By working off-campus, Democracy Matters students gain important experience with the real world of politics. At the same time, community activists gain much needed help and the energy to carry their efforts forward. Here are just some of the ways trained Democracy Matters students can help.

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Check out our list of recommended films that connect political issues to the influence of money in politics.  more...

Want to know more about the role of money in politics beyond what this website offers?  Check out this list of books and become an expert on the issue of money in politics and grassroots organizing.  more...