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Know Your Local
Know Your Local
About
Why Local?
Contact Us
Resources
Book Series: Ava and Ari
Take Action
Know Your Local
Know Your Local
About
Why Local?
Contact Us
Resources
Book Series: Ava and Ari
Take Action
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Why Local?
Contact Us
Resources
Book Series: Ava and Ari
Take Action
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Vote

  • Register to vote

  • Check voter registration status

  • Find your local election office

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Run for Office

  • Run for Something

  • She Should Run

  • Vote Run Lead

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Create Change

  • Start a petition: Change.org or MoveOn

  • Mobilize supporters

  • Influence public policy

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Policy

  • Pew Charitable Trusts

  • PolicyLink

  • Public Policy Project

  • Council on Foreign Relations

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Get Involved

  • Increase public participation in your area

  • Volunteer as a poll worker

  • Help your government digitize democracy

  • Join Citizen Connect

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Further Info

  • Political Hope Podcast Episode 92: Know Local and Act Local

  • The Intersection Podcast: Civic Engagement, Children’s Books, Responsible AI, and Voting with Lindsey Washburn

  • America’s Uneven Democracy: Race, Turnout, and Representation in City Politics

  • The Turnout Gap: Race, Ethnicity, and Political Inequality in a Diversifying America

  • Community Engagement Matters (Now More than Ever)

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