NETWORK OF DEMOCRACY EDUCATORS (NODE)

NETWORK OF DEMOCRACY EDUCATORS (NODE)

a citizens' cooperative for learning, teaching, and practicing grassroots democracy

“The most important office in a democracy is the office of citizen.”

– Justice Louis Brandeis

"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

"Power goes to two poles-to those who've got the money and those who've got the people."

- Saul Alinsky

SPIRIT, PRACTICE, & CULTURE: 

+ each one teach one  /  train the trainer  /  skill sharing

WEBSITE: 

+ open-source (cc) educational resources with shareable / rateable content

• individuals 
• NODEs
• tags
• events
• articles
• links
• skills
• resources
• volunteers

+ JOIN (as an individual) -OR- + form a NODE (form a NODE Team)


NODE Team     (  Geographically-based  or Virtual  )

• GEN - General Coordinator
• ADM - Administrative Coordinator
• COM - Communication Coordinator
• RES - Resource Coordinator

ALREADY HAVE:  lots & lots & lots of great groups of great people doing great work! (short list below)

NEED: a cooperative citizens' resource network for learning, teaching, and practicing grassroots democracy

• Our Revolution
• Camp Wellstone
• PDA
• MoveON
• Indivisible
• JusticeDEMS
• Brand New Congress
• Sanders Institute
• Local Berniecrats
• Womens March
• + many, many MORE!

All of these groups NEED & use & develop & practice grassroots democracy as a means to their ends.

We NEED more groups whose means & ends, BOTH, are to use & develop & practice grassroots democracy.

A network to locate & connect existing resources and develop from there.

While NODE will not be strictly focused on democratizing the Democratic Party, it will be an open-source resource which individual members & NODEs may well choose to use to that end locally & nationally.

In point of fact, many might agree that, the Democratic Party is not likely to ever suddenly self-democratize.  Therefore, it will need help!  LOTS OF HELP!

We NEED an infrastructure of democracy. We can either build it brand new from scratch from the ground up - OR - we can upgrade & reboot something that is available, dormant, and repairable - the Democratic Party!

The Democratic Party exists in 200,000 precincts and is already hard-wired into the power grid!

The meaning of democracy is literally: 

PEOPLE RULE ! (demos + kratos) !

PLEASE NOTE:  This is ONLY a concept.  This is NOT yet in operation.