Democracy Labs is a hub for ongoing technology and creative innovation that serves progressive campaigns and organizations at the national, state, and local levels.
Our focus is on long term, sustainable and affordable solutions. An approach that is longer than an election cycle, and isn’t purely dependant on volunteers, can enable more qualified candidates to run for office and for more issue groups to bring about positive social change.
Democracy Labs is a project of the Tides Advocacy Fund.
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Betsy DeVos was slashing funds for poor rural schools & parents responded by creating an interactive campaign using free apps & a little help from DemLabs.
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GIFs are just seconds long but get your message heard. They play automatically and engage viewers immediately.
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Center for Common Ground is a Virginia non-profit that provides voter services to under-served communities. Its Get A Ride system uses free software to get more souls to the polls.
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