Democracy Happy Hour - February 5, 2025

Antidemocratic: Inside the Right's 50 Year Plot to Control American Elections

With David Daley, author

Fix Democracy First hosts a weekly Democracy Happy Hour on Wednesdays @ 5-6:30pm PT. Grab a drink and join us and learn about the latest democracy efforts, challenges, solutions, as well upcoming events and actions.

This is a recurring event. You only have to register once.

• Speaker View Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/_SZ9mPZ4wiMA6ZX_njbWIeHiQE0bha8r1t1dHUleylTIXdjtA_TsOTsTMLogd4APvNUF0J0aluuPhYWz.nyOlKYgbtlHKtECL

• Gallery View Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/m0f1G0FYxc-IBeqEcr_TBZH9z-pmApYNYHpZ7QH26s1CoGLu4cnKtl883SC3Erfu9hiDak4HYRdOSJ0d.XYGaCC-sS3NdFhUa

• Chat file (will download directly to your computer):  https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/9jNk2iu2O4Y1y4N1_NHms6mkFp9Ilv_0-BELwEpcu7xa6IfyhhSmYBqo0Ba-720QoGsKUpDscbYjIUUt.Wc5Xusx53yDNLvl3

• Closed Caption file (will download directly to your computer):  https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/8kwuS77N8S1KTzdYEpJiOiY64U8rSyzMF8mSz1mTxbNvjYUQEF3ChbSAfRGbDpxt5i6mDK1rQh8Wf7CQ.x-b2W2ue1QrDcSA4

Meeting resources

‍David Daley

• FairVote Senior Fellow in Communications - https://fairvote.org/staff/david-daley
• FairVote’s David Daley publishes new book on voting rights and the Supreme Court - https://fairvote.org/fairvotes-david-daley-publishes-new-book-on-voting-rights-and-the-supreme-court/
• Books by David Daley - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005P7IIV6

Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections –

• https://www.harpercollins.com/products/antidemocratic-david-daley or
• https://www.amazon.com/Antidemocratic-Fifty-Year-Control-American-Elections-ebook/dp/B0CF2HMG7B

FDF Links

• Fix Democracy First - https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/
• Donate to Fix Democracy First here: https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/donate

Democracy Happy Hour Upcoming Topics/Schedule

• Feb 12 - CANCELED - No Democracy Happy Hour this week
• Feb 19 - Innovating for the Public Good: R&D for Democracy with Page Gardner
• Feb 26 - SPECIAL EVENT: Local Media & Its Impact on Democracy Expert Panel Discussion - Panelists include:
  
  • Chardonnay Beaver - Author & Multimedia Storyteller, The Facts Newspaper
  • Michele Goldchain - Social Media & Video Editor at WTOP News
  • Marcus Harrison Green - Publisher of Hinton, Publishing & Founder of the South Seattle Emerald
  • Andrea Otañez - Professor of Journalism and Public Interest at the University of Washington
  • Joanne M. Lisosky, Ph.D. - Professor Emerita at Pacific Lutheran University and Coauthor of the League of Women Voters Journalism Study
  • MODERATOR: Di Zhang - Librarian at Renton Technical College
• Mar 05 - Democracy Vouchers and the Promise of Fairer Elections with Jennifer Heerwig
• Mar 12 - SPECIAL Program for Civic Learning Week - Increasing Youth Civic Engagement with Hands-on Projects & Civic Seal Programs with Generation Citizen
• Mar 19 - Multi-Member Districts with the League of Women Voters of WA Education Project Team
• Mar 26 - Grand Bargain Project: Reuniting America around a Common-Sense Plan for Nationwide Prosperity

Actions and events

1. Declaration for American Democracy – Share your democracy story - https://dfadcoalition.org/story
2. Democracy Lobby Day 2025
   • Date & Time: Wednesday, February 12 · 8:30am - 4pm PT
   • Location: Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 8th Avenue SE, Olympia, WA 98501
   • More info & register @ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/democracy-lobby-day-2025-tickets-1131236200929
3. How You Can Protect Democracy - 29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect democracy - https://protectdemocracy.org/how-to-protect-democracy
4. Paths to Understanding - The Potluck Project – https://pathstounderstanding.org/get-involved/potluck
5. Take Action Network for Washington State Legislation & Actions - https://www.takeaction.network

Democracy in the NewsResources

• Democracy 2025 – Democracy 2025 is the strategic hub to protect people and their rights should the Trump-Vance administration seek to unlawfully strip away freedoms and prosperity. -  https://www.democracy2025.org/

Good News Websites

• ABC Good News - https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/good-news
• Daily Good - https://www.dailygood.org/
• Democracy's Good News - https://www.democracygroup.org/topics/democracys-good-news
• Good News Network - https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
• Politics & Government Good News - https://www.goodgoodgood.co/impact/democracy
• Sunny Skyz - https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news
• The Happy News - https://thehappynewspaper.com/

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