Downloadable Materials

Use the material below to liven up your campaign/event. Please submit your own ideas to add to our collection of organizing materials. Please send your own creations (posters, flyers, op-eds, petitions, etc.) to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Art Projects

Audience Engagement Techniques

Become a Public Financing Expert

Campus Publicity Ideas

Canvassing Rap Sheet

Classroom Rap Sheet

Constitutions:
Vassar College
East Carolina University 
Cornell University
Holyoke Community College
North Carolina Central University
Bloomsburg University

Democracy Matters Logos

Election Protection

End of Semester Report

Expense Reimbursement Form

Facebook for Social Action

Film Screenings (also see Recommended Films)

Flyers

High School Workshops:
Money in Politics Workshop
Citizen Power Workshop
Fighting for the Ideals of Democracy Workshop
Clean Elections Workshop

How to be an Expert Speaker

Letters to Elected Officials:
Sample #1
Sample #2

Lobbying Your Elected Official

Money in Politics Quiz

Music, Theatre, and Poetry

Online Video for Social Action

Organizing a SMART Campaign

Petitions

Pictures, Cartoons, and Clip Art

Power Point Presentations:
Where We've Been and What We Do
Getting Elected in America
Recruiting for DM
Power Mapping Your Campus
Democracy Matters: Getting Money Out of Politics
Improving Environmental Policies Through Campaign Finance Reform
Getting Money Out of Politics
The Role of Money in Politics (webpage)
The Role of Money in Politics (Power Point)

Press Advisories/Releases:
Sample Press Release
Cornell University Press Advisory
UC Berkeley Press Release

Quick Tips for Good Meetings

Sign Up Sheet (1)

Sign Up Sheet (2)

Tatango for Social Action

Twitter for Social Action

Using the Media

Film Screenings

 
   
 

 

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