Previewing Themes + Threats to Democracy in 2025
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.
NEW: Post-Election Briefing
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.
Pre-Election Briefing + Ask Us Anything
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.
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.
Poll Worker Recruitment Video
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!
"501(c)3 Compliance in an Election Year"
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.
"Election 2024: What We Can Do Together"
This video kicks off A More Perfect Union's effort to advance free, fair, safe, and accessible elections in 2024.
"How to revive your belief in democracy"
Civic evangelist Eric Liu shares a powerful way to rekindle the spirit of citizenship and the belief that democracy still works.
How to lead a conversation between people who disagree
Veteran reporter Eve Pearlman introduces "dialogue journalism": a project where journalists go to the heart of social and political divides to support discussions between people who disagree. See what happened when a group that would have never otherwise met gathered to talk about contentious issues.
Understanding News Literacy Bias with the News Literacy Project
This video, the first in a series of expert events designed to help communities combat mis-, dis-, and malinformation meant to disrupt the electoral process, features Peter Adams of the News Literacy Project talking about media bias.