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What direction do you want our country to take? You have more influence than you think.

We can all impact what is going on by using our talents and networks to fight misinformation, boost voter turnout, and learn how to be effective advocates.

We’ve made it easy for you with the items below.

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Ensure your voice is heard

Demand Accountability

What You’ll Do: Contact, petition, march, and mobilize around the issues that matter most to you.

Some Details:  An essential part of our democratic process. Access call scripts for lawmakers and straightforward guidance for petitions, marches, and other civic actions.

Resist and Unsubscribe
Join Scott Galloway’s targeted, month-long national economic strike — a coordinated campaign that attacks tech companies and firms enabling ICE.
No Kings: March 28th
Join a No Kings March near you to make clear: fear and intimidation won’t silence us. The power belongs to the people.
Keep Schools Safe—and ICE out!
Add your name to this Petition to demand immediate action to protect our children.
Oppose the SAVE Act
This week, the House is set to vote on a new version of the SAVE Act, requiring voters to present a proof of citizenship when registering to vote and casting a ballot.
Defund ICE
Call your representatives and demand they block any DHS appropriations bill or Continuing Resolution (CR) that maintains funding for ICE. Contact numbers and script provided.
Stop ICE’s Aggressive Attacks
Demand your representatives push back against these escalating attacks on human rights. Contact numbers and script provided.
Demand Continued International Aid
Write your Lawmakers demanding that they fund international aid programs. Script and delivery of letter assistance provided.
Call Your Representative: Stop Trump’s in Venezuela
Enter your address to be instantly connected with your lawmaker, along with a ready-to-use call script.
Stop Arctic Oil and Gas Drilling
Sign a petition calling on Alaska’s Congressional Delegation to step in now and stop this now.
Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits
Affordable Care Act plan premiums are projected to increase by 75% starting in January 2026, driven largely by the expiration of ACA plan tax credits at the end of 2025. Urge your representative to act now to protect millions of Americans’ health insurance.
Protect America’s National Parks
Our national parks belong to all of us and deserve full funding to protect them for future generations. Tell your representatives to restore NPS funding and stop the attacks on our parks.
Oppose S. 1748 The Kids Online Safety Act
Conservative lawmakers often use “protecting children” as a pretext to censor speech. KOSA would give the Trump administration and others power to silence legal speech. Call your Senators—regardless of party—to urge them to oppose it.
Write Letters to Lawmakers
Your lawmaker will get your signed letter on letterhead with your name and address—so they know you’re a constituent. BigTent friend Jessica Craven always has letters ready; follow the button below to sign the latest.
Call your Lawmakers to Influence Policy
Calling is the most effective way to make sure your representative hears you. Pick an issue, enter your location, and make your calls—script included!

Engage Directly with voters from home

Phone Banking

What You’ll Do:  Call  voters, donors, and supporters.

Some Details:  Requires a bit of training, but you typically work off of a script and can get support from organizations leading the initiative.

Pennsylvania Friend & Phone Bank
Connect with PA voters and urge them to contact their representatives—speaking out for pro-democracy policies and against harmful legislation.

Make an Impact without leaving your sofa

Text Banking

What You’ll Do:  Text voters, donors, and supporters via text message.

Some Details:  Requires minimal training and doesn’t involve direct engagement.

Text Bank to Register Swing State Voters
Join Field Team 6’s free BYOP text team – and text millions of unregistered likely Democrats in key swing states to win 10 key elections in 2025, and more in ’26! Training included

Write Voters In Swing States

Letter & Postcard Writing

What You’ll Do:  Write letters and postcards to voters encouraging them to vote.

Some Details:  Requires a bit of training, but you typically work off of a script and can get support from organizations leading the initiative. To host your own letter writing party, learn how here

Write a Letter to the Editor: People’s Promise
Write a Letter to the Editor calling on your representatives to uphold the People’s Promise: equal protection and freedom from discrimination for all. Template and button to submit to local paper included!

Learn from vetted organizations

Attend Informational Training Sessions

What You’ll Do:  Learn voter organizing strategies, civics essentials, how to spot disinformation, and more.

Some Details:  Sit back in the comfort of your own home and learn advocacy skills

Hold Your Own In-Person Voter Drive
Registering voters us the #1 most direct, effective way to swing elections – and it’s also incredibly fun. Learn how to implement your own voter drive with Field Team 6. States they are targeting: Arizona, California, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, but you can use these techniques anywhere!
Book Club Recommendations
Check out books to read and videos by the authors. Brought to you by Building Bridges for America.
Read the Authoritarian Playbook
Learn what we can expect and what we can do.
Find Your Elected Officials
Find your local officials at every level and connect with them.
Spot and Stop Disinformation
Disinformation ends with you—learn to spot it and stop it from spreading.

Your Town Square

Be Part Of Our BigTent

The work is going to be long and hard, but if we don't start it now, it's going to be that much more difficult two, three, four, five years from now... It took us a long time to get here, it's going to take us a long time to get out. That doesn't mean we should wait...there's a lot of work that can and should be done."

Reed Galen

President, The Union

In this pro-democracy circuit... Yes, call your member of Congress. Yes, write letters to the editor. Engage in social media. Go to these protests - by the way, I think the protests are very important because as protests continue to grow, it sends a strong message... Get back to demanding Town Halls - we need to get back to Town Halls from members of Congress and the Senate.

Adam Kinzinger

Founder, Country First

Community Accolades

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PROTECT DEMOCRACY
"First of all, congratulations!!!! Second, thank you for organizing all of those wonderful and informative programs. Your work helped inspire me to volunteer for the Democratic Party Voter Assistance Hotline for the past two months, to canvass in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, and to be a poll worker."
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