Our democracy work over the past several years led to CWA, NAACP, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club to start the Democracy Initiative. More than 50 large membership organizations have since signed on, representing 20 million activists.
Launched on International Human Rights Day – Dec. 10, 2012 – the Democracy Initiative is focused on three of our four democracy blocks: Voting rights, corporate and secret money in politics, and Senate rules reform.
Moral Mondays, led by the NAACP in North Carolina, are demonstrating the power of a broad coalition focused on voting rights and legislation that hurts working families. In New York, we came close to passing a state public financing law that would have encouraged candidates to seek small donations with public matching funds. Our Senate rules work has resulted in the confirmation of a full-functioning National Labor Relations Board and other executive nominations.
The Democracy Initiative links national organizations to both state and federal reform efforts. All organizations don’t necessarily work on all the campaigns, but they do share a broad commitment to gaining economic justice and democracy for all.