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Report from Democracy Day
6/9/2008
On June 5, 2008, roughly one hundred democracy and voting reform activists gathered for the daytime portion of Democracy Day, a project of Liberty Tree, Common Cause, FairVote MN, Center for Election Integrity MN, and FairVote. Democracy Day took place as a kickoff to frame this year's National Conference for Media Reform, reminding participants of the connections between media reform efforts and other pro-democracy campaigns.

Liberty Tree kicked off the day with workshops urging attendees to look beyond voting towards building a true democracy movement. The day continued with workshops covering a wide range of topics from election integrity to instant runoff voting and proportional representation as tools for developing a broader voting rights agenda. Liberty Tree Fellows David Cobb and George Friday roused the audience with their passionate orations. Taylour Johnson, Ashok Kumar, Patrick Barrett, and Brandon Lacy Campos also shined during the day.

The evening portion of Democracy Day was standing-room only. Over 500 individuals piled into the ballroom to hear Amy Goodman, John Nichols, Bob Edgar, and Joel Bleifuss speak. Welcomes were given by Rob Richie of FairVote, Solange Bitol Hansen from Public Campaign, and Liberty Tree’s own Brandon Lacy Campos.

Fellows David Cobb and Brandon Lacy Campos also attended the National Conference on Media Reform where, again, the Liberty Tree message of building a democracy movement, delivered by David Cobb, was received with an energy that was overwhelming and powerfully motivating.

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You can see footage of Democracy Day, and of a talk by David Cobb at the National Conference for Media Reform, at http://www.fairvote.org/claimdemocracy/conferencevideos.php

Areas of Focus:

Media Democracy, Election Reform (No More Stolen Elections), Democratizing Elections

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