In this briefing held on December 13, 2024, A More Perfect Union’s leadership team explored critical challenges to safeguarding democratic institutions in the coming year, how they might tangibly affect Jewish organizations, and what we can begin to do about it.

This resource from Protect Democracy aims to orient civil society organizations to the different types retributive investigations that state and federal government actors may undertake. It is intended to help organizations identify concrete actions they can take now to prepare for and mitigate these threats.

In this briefing held on November 7, 2024, Lilia Dashevsky, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at CLYDE, discussed initial observations about the 2024 election results and their implications for American democracy in 2025 and beyond. Rabbi Josh Feigelson, President and CEO of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, led a grounding meditation to kick off the event.

This quick reference guide on Physical Security comes from the Equip Toolkit.

This quick reference guide on Building Key Relationships comes from the Equip Toolkit.

This quick reference guide on Conflict De-Escalation comes from the Equip Toolkit.

This action guide on Cybersecurity comes from the Equip Toolkit.

These talking points come from the Counter Toolkit. 

This quick reference guide on Basic Principles and How To’s comes from the Counter Toolkit. 

This resource from the National Task Force on Election Crises provides step-by-step overview of every stage of the election process, clarifying potentially confusing moments and demonstrating how our country will navigate this election.

In this October 22, 2024 briefing, Jennifer Morrell, CEO and Co-Founder of The Elections Group and a member of the National Task Force on Election Crises, and Dan Evon, Senior Manager of Education Design at the News Literacy Project, explored the latest developments and challenges facing the 2024 election.

This resource provides detailed scenarios and planning worksheets to help organizations prepare for potential election-related challenges including social unrest, misinformation, and attempts to overturn results, along with instructions for creating custom scenarios tailored to specific community concerns.

This webinar, held on July 11, 2024, provided tangible ideas and information to clergy interested in speaking about American democracy and the 2024 election during their High Holiday observances.

This discussion, held on June 27, 2024, focused on how to identify types of misleading, inaccurate and false information; how to recognize common propagators of falsehoods, and how to evaluate motivations for sharing misinformation.

This discussion, held on May 30, 2024, featured an expert briefing and related toolkit on the topic of supporting the smooth administration of local elections. Together, we discussed how to recruit poll workers, support local election officials, and celebrate all election workers.

This video, featuring Marta Hanson of Power the Polls, helps explain what poll workers do, why they are needed, and how to join the nationwide effort to ensure we have enough!

Protect Democracy Policy Advocate and A More Perfect Union Strategic Advisor Chris Crawford teaches Jewish organizations have to engage around federal and local elections while maintaining nonprofit status (also known as 501(c)3 compliance) during an election year.

This video kicks off A More Perfect Union's effort to advance free, fair, safe, and accessible elections in 2024.

Civic evangelist Eric Liu shares a powerful way to rekindle the spirit of citizenship and the belief that democracy still works.

Our democracy hinges on the ability to hold together a broad, pro-democracy coalition. If such a coalition stays unified, engaged, and committed, we will begin to see the grass-shoots of a more vibrant, representative, and inclusive democracy.