SUNY Geneseo got creative and instead of sending a simple petition to their Congressional representatives, they had students sign "dirty laundry" that they delivered to district offices. The tabling display included a line of wash with slogans like "We don't want dirty elections!" and "Freshen up your democracy!"

Indiana University / Bloomington student Brianna Dines advocates for campaign finance laws.

Democracy Matters at Tulane University rocks for the environment. Tulane DM students organized a concert on the quad to highlight the critical issue of climate change and to spread the word that democracy matters!

Marquette University Democracy Matters hosted a “Dogs For Democracy” event where students could get a hotdog, sign a petition for Fair Elections and learn more about Democracy Matters!

Andrew Segrell of Ohio State created a fabulous “Democracy Matters Monopoly” game. Here’s how he did it...

Our last project for the Fall 2008 semester was a petition initiative. We wanted to execute a creative and thought provoking petition in which supporters would want to ask questions. We decided to buy bars of soap and put them on display in the Union for a week. We called this exhibit/project the SUDS project (Students for an Uncorrupted Democratic Society).

We drafted a letter to our Representative and had people sign the soap instead of boring old paper. We bought over 130 bars of soap, wrapped them in construction paper, and put them on display in the college union lobby for all to see. We also made an awesome poster to go with it. On this paper we had the letter that we wrote to Chris Lee, our new representative for our district, which said why clean and fair elections are important and why we want him to fight for them in New York State and for the rest of the US!

Democracy Matters at Southern Methodist University delivered 59 valentines to Texas State Rep. Dan Branch's office today.

The Bradley University Chapter of Democracy Matters kicked off the spring semester with a fun project we called "Valentines to Politicians". The idea, initially born out of a lighthearted conversation at a sushi restaurant, eventually materialized into a successful and engaging event for the entire group. Incorporating the arts and crafts ideas we learned at this year's Summit in New York, the plan was to table in the student center and allow passers-by to decorate the front of a postcard that we would then send to our elected officials, urging them to support Clean Elections.

A place to keep up on the happenings of the Calvin College Chapter of Democracy Matters.