[Occupymendocino] FW: Our Roadmap for the 28th Amendment

Thu Nov 15 13:16:54 PST 2018

I'd not heard of the 28th Amendment before; now I'm a fervent supporter. Check it out.

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John,

Big changes require patience, intention, focus—and lots of help.

So it is with our 10-year roadmap to win the 28th Amendment to combat corruption and empower citizens instead of money. With more than 200,000 American Promise supporters in 50 states, we’re on track with our plan and look forward to tallying more successes and building our community of concerned and courageous citizens. This movement requires all of us, no matter what particular issues motivate us. In this newsletter, we feature testimonials from two citizens ready to fight for political representation for two different reasons. 

As our nation observed Veterans Day this week to honor those who have served our country, Chet Hunt, a Vietnam veteran and a citizen leader in  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=6b6cfab480&e=9ea5be06a6> APAK, the Knoxville, Tennessee, American Promise Association,  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=c26cf9d032&e=9ea5be06a6> shared his point of view that big money in politics threatens the very ideals our nation was founded upon—the same ideals he fought for as a service member. 

In  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=fba395aba5&e=9ea5be06a6> another recent article, American Promise member Melissa Gough shares one of the key reasons she hopes to get big money out of politics: to enable scientifically sound policy on climate change, which has become increasingly divisive and politicized since Citizens United, despite dire warnings from scientists across the globe. 

At American Promise, we’re bringing together these voices—those who want to protect our nation and our planet—plus many more so we can amplify our message and build a powerful movement to win historic, fundamental reform. Stay tuned. In the coming weeks we’ll be sharing more about our plans for the coming year and the many ways you can get involved to help us make this historic reform happen. 

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Jeff Clements
President, American Promise 

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The State of Our Movement: By the Numbers

After the successes for democracy reforms in the midterm elections, we’re ramping up for major action nationwide in 2019. As we roll out our plans to this community—and welcome your feedback—we wanted to pause and take stock of our wins so far. Here’s a look at some key numbers American Promise is tracking as we prepare for progress in the coming year. 

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Fighting for Our Nation—Once Again

As the United States honors those who served on Veterans Day, American Promise Association citizen leader Chet Hunt reflects on the sacrifices fellow Americans have made generation after generation to preserve our freedom and secure our constitutional rights—and how corporatization of our democracy threatens those freedoms and rights. 

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To Save the World, First We Need to Save Democracy

The U.S. position on climate change is intimately connected to the way our elections are funded. Our current system allows the voice of corporate special interests to discredit accepted science and drown out the millions of individual voices begging for action on climate change. 

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 <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=9e09173bf8&e=9ea5be06a6> Livestream the historic, sold-out  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=ba5f2733eb&e=9ea5be06a6> Constitutional debate at 6:30 p.m. ET Monday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. American Promise President Jeff Clements and Elizabeth Doty, business leader and co-founder of the American Promise Bay Area Business Council, will debate Bradley Smith, former chairman of the FEC and president of the Institute for Free Speech, and Floyd Abrams, First Amendment expert and senior counsel at Cahill Gorden & Reindel, on whether to amend the U.S. Constitution to get big money out of politics.  

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| Pledge-Signers Headed to Congress

Congratulations to re-elected U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and U.S. Rep.-elect Dean Phillips of Minnesota. These officials have promised to use their office to advance the 28th Amendment. Let’s reach out to more elected officials and ask them to support the 28th Amendment! 

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ASK YOUR ELECTED OFFICIAL: “HAVE YOU SIGNED THE PLEDGE?”

Make a difference in 3 steps
1) Download and print the pledge.
2) Ask a candidate/incumbent elected official to sign it.
3) Return the signed form to American Promise.

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| Worth Watching

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American Promise President Jeff Clements will be in New York City this week for the NationSwell Rebuild & Renew Summit, and he will visit with Bill Moyers to discuss the campaign for the 28th Amendment. Check out Moyers’ powerful speech at our National Citizen Leadership Conference a few months ago.  

| What We’re Tracking This Week 

>From the Boston Globe: These  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=f40d9d39f9&e=9ea5be06a6> interactive maps from the Globe break down the Massachusetts midterm ballot questions by towns that supported them. Question 2 asked voters if they want a citizen commission to pursue an amendment to limit big money in politics. Guess how many towns said no: ZERO! 

>From (Tacoma) News Tribune: Corporations from Texas, Georgia, New York, California and Washington, D.C., donated tens of millions for two initiatives on the Washington state ballot. Big Oil contributed a record-breaking $31.5 million to defeat Initiative 1631, which would have imposed the nation’s first direct fee on carbon emissions. Big Soda spent $22.1 million to pass Initiative 1634, which will ban local taxes on sugary drinks and other grocery items.  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=2adf207a0e&e=9ea5be06a6> Read more.

>From Axios: Oil and utility companies contributed nearly $100 million to oppose ballot measures in three Western states—and all three measures were defeated. In Colorado, oil companies spent $30 million to oppose a proposal that would have essentially banned new drilling in many parts of the state. In Washington state, BP and Chevron were among the funders opposing a proposal to impose a carbon fee on large emitters to then fund a range of clean-energy initiatives. And Arizona Public Service, the state’s biggest utility, provided nearly $30 million to fight expansion of renewable electricity in that state.  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=74175abd0a&e=9ea5be06a6> Read more.

>From NPR: Democrat leaders say the first vote in the U.S. House will be on legislation to remove obstacles to voting, close loopholes in government ethics law and reduce the influence of political money. The bill aims to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, which declared political spending is First Amendment free speech, and mandate more disclosure of outside money and establish a public-financing match for small contributions.  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=582e8db11f&e=9ea5be06a6> Read more.

>From the Sheridan Press: Volunteers with Wyoming Promise have collected more than the required number of signatures in Sheridan County to get a “free and fair elections” question on the ballot. Wyoming requires the signatures of 15 percent of registered voters in 16 of the state’s 23 counties, making it the most restrictive state in allowing citizen initiatives.  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=438a1f3b77&e=9ea5be06a6> Read more.

>From the Center for Responsive Politics: Congressional candidates who raised more campaign money than their opponents were the winners in most federal contests. Democrats took the House while outraising Republicans by more than $300 million. Including outside money and fundraising, the House candidate supported by more money won 91 percent of the time and the better-funded Senate candidate won 84 percent of the time.  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=86a18a52b6&e=9ea5be06a6> Read more.

>From the Sun Sentinel: In an opinion piece, Sam Daley-Harris of the citizen action group Civic Courage writes that it’s time for citizens to “get in the game” by joining advocacy organizations like American Promise and getting involved with the democratic process. “These groups know that having teammates matters, and so they form chapters that meet monthly,” he writes. “They practice to get good at democracy—learning how to speak powerfully, how to conduct an effective Congressional meeting.”  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=8490dae59f&e=9ea5be06a6> Read more.

>From the Door County Daily News: The number of Wisconsin communities calling for a constitutional amendment to limit political spending grew to 142 after last week’s election. That’s when residents of nine communities voted to amend the U.S. Constitution to clarify that only human beings should have inalienable human rights and money is not the same thing as free speech. According to Wisconsin United to Amend, about 3 million people (55 percent of Wisconsinites) live in these jurisdictions.  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=b7ecadfb9c&e=9ea5be06a6> Read more.

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At American Promise, we heard the citizen call for democracy reform by voters in the midterm elections. We are gearing up to make huge strides in 2019, building our grassroots community nationwide and gathering support for the 28th Amendment in Congress. Donate now to support our state-by-state drive to formally call for the 28th. 

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| Upcoming American Promise Events 

TODAY New York City: Jeff Clements, American Promise president, will be among the speakers at the  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=23918f6eeb&e=9ea5be06a6> NationSwell Rebuild & Renew Summit, a daylong event at the IAC Building. The summit “for the people and solutions that are driving our country forward” will explore the question many Americans are asking: “Where do we go from here?” 

SATURDAY Concord, NH: Join Ben Gubits, director of political strategy for American Promise, at the  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=cc90afa3a9&e=9ea5be06a6> Democracy in Action Conference, where he’ll talk about the 28th Amendment to get big money out of politics. The conference also will include discussion of other democracy initiatives, including public funding of elections and anti-gerrymandering, plus workshops on how best to advocate for pro-democracy initiatives.  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=7c94c4b8d4&e=9ea5be06a6> RSVP online for the conference, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Beverly Grappone Hall at NHTI-Concord’s Community College.

MONDAY Nationwide livestream: Don’t miss the free livestream of this debate over our Constitution, hosted by American Promise, the American Constitution Society and the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Jeff Clements of American Promise, Bradley Smith of the Institute of Free Speech and Floyd Abrams, Senior Counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, will debate whether we should pass a new constitutional amendment to allow political spending limits and ensure an equal voice for all Americans. The event is sold out, but you can  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=a4c80b4b19&e=9ea5be06a6> livestream the debate at 6:30 p.m. ET.  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=bb20e300b0&e=9ea5be06a6> More information online. Assuming you agree with American Promise’s position that we need a new amendment,  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=26c155f361&e=9ea5be06a6> let us know what you think it should do or say!

MONDAY Philadelphia: Join American Promise for a viewing party at the Revolution House for food, drinks, and a livestream broadcast of the sold-out debate on a Constitutional amendment to allow political spending limits and ensure an equal voice for all Americans. This debate is hosted by American Promise, the American Constitution Society and the National Constitution Center.  <https://americanpromise.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7df407720bf61a8c8416bb9e7&id=dca734cd89&e=9ea5be06a6> RSVP online.

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American Promise empowers Americans to act together to win the 28th Amendment so people, not money, govern in America. To maximize our impact together, contributions are not tax deductible.  

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