NEW: 2024 Election Threats Matrix
This resource from Voting Rights Lab and Secure Democracy USA provides a high level assessment of election threats in key states.
NEW: Free, Fair, Safe, and Accessible Elections Scenario Planning
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.
NEW: Democracy Principles
Justin Florence, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Protect Democracy delivers a briefing on Democracy Principles at at A More Perfect Union's Equip 2024: Community Preparedness Summit on September 17, 2024.
NEW: Building and Engaging Key Relationships Panel
Panelists Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs; Laura Livingston, Director of Field Support at Over Zero; and Calista Small, Research Manager at More in Common, gathered for a panel discussion entitled, "Building and Engaging Key Relationships," at A More Perfect Union's Equip 2024: Community Preparedness Summit on September 17, 2024.
NEW: Equip 2024 - Physical Security
Stephanie Viegas, Deputy National Security Advisor at Secure Community Network (SCN), presents a Lightning Talk on Physical Security at A More Perfect Union's Equip 2024: Community Preparedness Summit on September 17, 2024.
NEW: Cyber Security
Sasha Lundquist, CEO at NGO-ISAC, presents a Lightning Talk on Cyber Security at A More Perfect Union's Equip 2024: Community Preparedness Summit on September 17, 2024.
NEW: Conflict De-Escalation
Shannon Hiller, Executive Director of Princeton University’s Bridging Divides Initiative, presents a Lightning Talk on Conflict De-Escalation at A More Perfect Union's Equip 2024: Community Preparedness Summit on September 17, 2024.
NEW: Extremism
Pete Kurtz-Glovas, Deputy Director of Regional Partnerships for American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, also known as PERIL, presents a Lightning Talk on Extremism at A More Perfect Union's Equip 2024: Community Preparedness Summit on September 17, 2024.
NEW: Crisis Communications
Sasha Lundquist, Senior Vice President of Strategic Communications at CLYDE, presents a Lightning Talk on Crisis Communications at A More Perfect Union's Equip 2024: Community Preparedness Summit on September 17, 2024.
NEW: Equip 2024 Highlights
This Equip 2024: Community Preparedness Summit page provides a comprehensive list of recordings and resources from our September 17, 2024 virtual event.
COMING SOON: Equip 2024 - Safe, Calm, Informed & Engaged
Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director of A More Perfect Union, introduces the Lightning Talks section of the day: “Keeping Your Community Safe, Calm, Informed and Engaged," at the Equip 2024: Community Preparedness Summit on September 17, 2024.
Speaker's Bureau
Find the expert speaker you need for your next event or gathering. Everyone on this list is a member of the Democracy Communications Collaborative and takes a non-partisan approach to their work. Information on how to contact each expert is listed.
National Task Force on Election Crises Election Dashboard
The Elections Dashboard is a visualization that collates news stories about past and present election-related developments, sorted by state, some of which could lay the foundation for actual election crises and/or violence.
Rumor Guard
The News Literacy Project launched RumorGuard to help people recognize misinformation and stop it in its tracks. Each fact-checked viral rumor contains concrete tips to help you build your news literacy foundation and confidently evaluate claims you see online.
Disinformation Tip Line
Use this form to report any disinformation you’ve seen so our friends at Common Cause can analyze trends and work with social media platforms to remove damaging content.