There will be No Kings – Vote Early events happening across the country on October 17th. Learn about events in your area here. In Alameda, California, Jeff Raz along with singer Bryan Dyer (you can hear him singing with Bobby McFerrin every Monday at the Freight and Salvage) will lead pre-rally at Chochenyo Park with […]
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Citizen Joy! is Getting Out the Vote
Democracy is a beautiful thing—it’s the power of our voices coming together to shape the future. By registering to vote, you’re taking a joyful step toward participating in something bigger than any one of us: our collective decision to build a better tomorrow. By registering to vote, you’re embracing the privilege we all share: the […]
Continue readingPromoting the Joy of Voting
When we first settled on Citizen Joy as a name, we assumed that we were hardly the first group to emphasize the importance of joy in motivating people to participate in civic life. I recently ran across a Seattle-based organization with a webpage promoting “The Joy of Voting.” The organization is Citizen University, co-founded by […]
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➡️Choose your candidate/campaign: you can focus on the presidential election, senate races, house races (your own or a nearby district that’s more contested), or local races. ➡️You can sometimes have more impact by choosing a local race. For example, county District Attorneys and Sheriffs are key players in criminal justice issues and those races are […]
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