Team Democracy

We are honored to announce our partnership with The Carter Center on the "Candidate Principles for Trusted Elections Initiative." Which is a bipartisan effort to encourage candidates, political parties, and voters to uphold five core doctrines of democratic elections: integrity, nonviolence, security, oversight, and the peaceful transfer of power. Among the first to sign on to these principles are the three candidates for Georgia Secretary of State: current office holder Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, and his two opponents, Democratic State Rep. Bee Nguyen, and Ted Metz, a Libertarian. Read more about the pledge in our press release here https://lnkd.in/gzUC8K4p and sign and share it on the official page: https://lnkd.in/gU5tCCn5 Proudly with Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.

We've officially launched RAFT for America with a short video, by the brilliant Director Kristina Kendall and team, of our inaugural trip on the LeHigh River with White Water Challengers! Check it out and learn more about the exciting developments at #TeamDemocracy via our newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/ggm7uqSn #RAFTforAmerica #TeamDemocracy With Kenneth Powley, Chris Newlon, Morgan Twist Garvey, Pennsylvania State Senate

We can't wait for this event tomorrow! Tired of the rancor? Join State Business Executives & Business for America on July 9th to hear two senators from opposing parties focus on what is possible. In a year when toxic polarization receives top billing, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Doc Marshall (R-KS) will discuss how the issues of business, employees, and voters can be addressed through bipartisan partnership — even in these challenging times. https://lnkd.in/gZKmWGuf Postindustrial Media Civic Alliance Civic Health Project

Thanks for sharing StoryCorps! This is the type of statistic that reinforces our great optimism and belief in our ability as humans to #DisagreeBetter! Thanks promoting this incredible campaign National Governors Association and Spencer Cox! Love the energy other movers and shakers like Civic Health Project Starts With Us Listen First Project Braver Angels Kettering Foundation Future Caucus (formerly Millennial Action Project) and so many more have already put into helping us all to move beyond disagreement and into creating solutions!

If you haven't already checked out the National Governors Association and PBS Books presentation of Gov. Spencer Cox and Gov. Wes Moore speaking more on the importance of learning to #DisagreeBetter we highlight recommend you take a few moments to hear what they both have to say. Afterall, what better way is there to start off #CivicLearningWeek than to actively engage with civic process and discussion that is happening right now?! Delighted to be watching this for a second time with Kenneth Powley Chris Newlon of #TeamDemocracy! iCivics Postindustrial Media Future Caucus (formerly Millennial Action Project) Bridge Alliance

We're so excited to be a part of the #ListenFirst Friday! This week our friends at Listen First Project are featuring the #TeamDemocracy CEO Kenneth Powley and we couldn't be more proud! Join us in riding out our differences on some gorgeous white water with the National Governors Association's #DisagreeBetter campaign! Sign up to learn more at www.raftforamerica.org! #TeamDemocracy

It's hard not to be a fan of an organization like AllSides that works to deliver truly unbiased information. It's also much easier to #DisagreeBetter with information we can trust! We're big fans of the incredible organizations that make having a discussion easier by providing fact driven news! A special call out to Mormon Women for Ethical Government and they work they do in this area as well! Thanks for sharing Civic Health Project! Bridge Alliance, Listen First Project, National Governors Association!

We all disagree, but to #disagreebetter requires a lot of skill. Thanks to Civic Health Project for sharing some excellent tools to help us level up in how we disagree better. Special thanks to National Governors Association and Gov. Spencer Cox! More info about ways you can get involved coming soon!

We love to see progress in how we #disagreebetter! Thank you Civic Health Project for sharing!

We so appreciate the work our friends at Civic Health Project are doing to create a healthier and less toxic space to share ideas and grow together! Thank you for sharing this NPR clip from Allen Guelzo on how we can #DisagreeBetter! Additional thanks to Utah Governor Spencer Cox who is leading the National Governors Association initiative to #DisagreeBetter!