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Renovating our democracy, together.
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Join our team! Partners In Democracy has two current openings:

📋 Interim Organizing Manager, PID MA Action
👩‍🏫 Civic Education Advocacy Fellowship

Learn more & find out how to apply:
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join our team! Open positions: Interim Organizing Manager, PID MA Action apply at: bit.ly/join_pid re hiring! we Civic Education Advocacy Fellowship
February 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Progress for Ranked Choice Voting!

🗳️ Boston & Bedford RCV Home Rule Petitions went to the Joint Committee on Election Laws

✅ The committee advanced a statewide RCV local option bill

Thanks @beccarausch.bsky.social for her leadership & @voterchoicema.bsky.social for rallying support!
UPDATE Home Rule Petitions for RCV from Boston & Bedford were officially referred to the Joint Committee on Election Laws, and the committee advanced favorably a statewide RCV local option bill progress for ranked choice voting! www.partnersindemocracy.us
January 30, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Read our statement on the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti:

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January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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The MA legislature is holding a hearing on Ranked Choice Voting & there are two key ways you can speak up:

✍️ Join our Testimony Workshop on Thu. 11/6 at 6pm (Zoom)

🗣️ Testify on Thu. 11/13 at 1pm (in person or on Zoom)

Sign up: linktr.ee/partnersinde...
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Congratulations to our partners at @mapletestimony.bsky.social on a terrific event at the State House this month! PID President & CEO Jerren Chang joined MAPLE’s Matt Victor & Nathan Sanders and others for “Civic Tech in Action: Empowering Engagement Through Innovation.”
Four people on panel discussion at MAPLE event in Massachusetts State House Great Hall with US flag behind About 70 people listen to panel discussion at MAPLE event in Massachusetts State House Great Hall MAPLE and Partners in Democracy staff & supporters pose after event
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Momentum is building for stipend reform! As @kellygarrity.bsky.social reports, @uawregion9a.bsky.social has endorsed reforming legislative loyalty pay.

We need your help to get this & other pro-democracy questions on the ballot! Sign up here to help us gather signatures:
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BALLOT BATTLES NEW THIS MORNING — UAW Region 9A is endorsing the ballot question that would reform the way legislative stipends are awarded on Beacon Hill. “The UAW is proud to represent millions of Americans nationally and in states across the country, and we can see that the Massachusetts legislature’s level of dysfunction and poor governance is an outlier,” Dan Rourke, chair of UAW Region 9A MA CAP Council, said. “We’re endorsing the stipend reform ballot question because ending loyalty pay is one of the many reforms necessary to achieve the responsive, representative legislature that the Commonwealth deserves.”
October 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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How could 2026’s proposed ballot questions in MA impact you?

Register now for PID’s free virtual workshop Oct. 15 at 6pm: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
EXPLORING BALLOT QUESTIONS 101 Join PID for a virtual workshop exploring what ballot questions are, what democracy-based questions are attempting to appear on the ballot in 2026, and explore ways we can all take action to improve and strengthen our democracy through the ballot question process. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH 6 - 7:30 P.M. EASTERN REGISTER NOW: bit.ly/pid_ballot PartnersInDemocracy.us Be a voice for democracy in your community!
October 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Speak up for critical democracy renovation measures in Massachusetts! The legislature is holding a hearing next week & on Monday, September 15th at 6:00 PM, we're hosting a virtual workshop on how to prepare & submit testimony.

Sign up now!

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September 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Happy birthday to our Organizing Manager, Annika Jensen, who gets a shout-out today from @kellygarrity.bsky.social in Politico Massachusetts Playbook!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Healey press secretary Karissa Hand, the Boston Globe’s Martin Finucane, Brian Farnkoff, Meg Wheeler and Annika Jensen. Happy belated to state Rep. Dennis Gallagher, who celebrated Tuesday.
September 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Speak up for same-day voter registration to Massachusetts!

We're hosting a virtual training Monday 9/15 at 6pm on how to write & deliver effective testimony, then planning to testify at a State House hearing Tuesday 9/16.

Register now: bit.ly/pid_testimony
WRITING AND DELIVERING TESTIMONY: Same-Day Voter Registration Advocacy Training As our legislature considers same-day registration, PID’s Emma Chinman will explain how to tell your story & prep you to speak at an upcoming hearing. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 6 - 7:30 P.M. REGISTER NOW: bit.ly/pid_testimony PartnersInDemocracy.us Be a voice for democracy in your community!
August 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Should your legislator’s pay be determined by their performance - or by loyalty to leadership?

We urgently need to reform legislative “stipends" - and we need your help to do it. On 9/4 at 6pm, we’ll walk through our plan to get reform on the ballot in MA. Register now: bit.ly/stipend-stra...
Stipend Reform Ballot Mobilization Date & Time Sep 4, 2025 06:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Description Partners in Democracy is hosting a Stipend Reform Ballot Mobilization on Thursday, September 4th at 6:00 p.m. EST (Zoom). We’ll walk through our plan to get this democracy reform on the ballot in MA, and how you can help us make it happen!
August 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Partners in Democracy is joining the Legislative Effectiveness & Accountability Partnership (LEAP) coalition, filing a 2026 ballot question to reform the MA legislature’s unjust system of loyalty pay:

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“Legislators face a difficult choice: Please leadership now, or sacrifice their financial & political interests. A better system of legislative pay would remove the loyalty link & let legislators vote their conscience, without having to wonder if their salary will be impacted.” Jerren Chang President & CEO, Partners in Democracy
August 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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S.504 would require regular inspections of polling places to make sure they’re meeting accessibility standards. Thank you lead sponsor @beccarausch.bsky.social!

Share your support with @mapletestimony.bsky.social:

www.mapletestimony.org/bills/194/S504
S.504 An Act enforcing accessibility for voters with disabilities. MA legislators: Please support this bill! For more info, visit https://partnersindemocracy.us/
August 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Disabilities & physical limitations shouldn’t restrict your ability to vote. That’s why PID supports H.800 to give towns funds to make polling places more accessible for older voters & those w/ disabilities. Add your testimony now w/ @mapletestimony.bsky.social: www.mapletestimony.org/bills/194/H800
H.800: An Act assuring that polling places are accessible to elderly and physically challenged voters. MA lawmakers: Please support this bill! For more info, visit https://partnersindemocracy.us/
August 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Happening tonight! Come learn how to write more effectively and persuasively, get your op-ed or letter to the editor published, and reach the right audience. Still a few spots left — sign up now! bit.ly/pid_oped
This graphic has an off-white background with a newsprint theme. The graphic uses navy blue and black fonts, and includes accents in PID’s signature colors: navy blue, dark salmon/coral, white, and bright medium blue. The graphic reads as follows: Partners In Democracy Advocacy Training Series: Written Advocacy Workshop | FREE | Be a community voice for democracy. Tuesday, July 22nd, 6 to 8 PM Eastern, Zoom. Become a clear and persuasive writer | Connect with your audience, whether through local news or at the state house | Get published and amplify your story. Completely free, spots limited, register today: bit.ly/pid_oped. Finally, the righthand side of the graphic includes headshots of Jerren Chang, PID’s President & CEO, and Miles Grant, PID’s Communications Director.
July 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Save the date for our next FREE, virtual training - our Written Advocacy Workshop!

Join PID President Jerren Chang & PID Communications Director Miles Grant to take your writing skills to the next level & become a stronger voice for democracy.

Sign up now: bit.ly/pid_oped
This graphic has an off-white background with a newsprint theme. The graphic uses navy blue and black fonts, and includes accents in PID’s signature colors: navy blue, dark salmon/coral, white, and bright medium blue. The graphic reads as follows: Partners In Democracy Advocacy Training Series: Written Advocacy Workshop | FREE | Be a community voice for democracy. Tuesday, July 22nd, 6 to 8 PM Eastern, Zoom. Become a clear and persuasive writer | Connect with your audience, whether through local news or at the state house | Get published and amplify your story. Completely free, spots limited, register today: bit.ly/pid_oped. Finally, the righthand side of the graphic includes headshots of Jerren Chang, PID’s President & CEO, and Miles Grant, PID’s Communications Director.
July 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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“At their core, freedom and equality have to be linked to each other.”

Recommitting ourselves this #IndependenceDay to the long effort towards freedom — for all of us.

More from PID founder Danielle Allen at @vox.com: www.vox.com/2020/7/3/213...
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July 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Our team is growing! We’re thrilled to welcome Annika Jensen, Organizing Manager, and Deysi Gutierrez, Community Organizer — whose skills and talent are already pushing our democracy renovation efforts forward. We’re so lucky to have them on the team!
Photos of Annika Jensen & Deysi Gutierrez, with quote from Jerren Chang, PID President & CEO, "We're so excited to add Annika & Deysi to expand PID's outreach work."
June 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Very special Monthly Tea w/ PID coming up next week! Hear from Dionn Casanova & Josh Wolfsun about one recent blueprint for getting important legislation over the line, learn how you can support bills you care about & meet other folks in the democracy community!

Sign up now: bit.ly/pid_JuneMonthly
This graphic has a navy blue background on the top half, a white background on the bottom half with a wavy dividing line, little circular accents in dark coral, the PID logo in white across the top, and fonts in navy, white, and dark coral. The graphic reads as follows: Monthly Tea with PID, From bill to law: seeing advocacy through at the State House. Join us to talk through the passage of the Student Opportunity Act, and learn how early advocacy can lead to realized legislation! Tuesday, June 24, 6-7 PM. Whether you’re a program regular or you’re new to PID, you are welcome here! It includes circular headshots of Dionn Casanova and Josh Wolfsun with their names and titles — Community Organizer & Facilitator and Community Advocate & Communications Professional. Finally, it includes the zoom icon, the QR code, and the link to sign up, which is bit.ly/pid_JuneMonthly
June 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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“You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights.” - Marsha P. Johnson

This Pride, thinking about the tight link between LGBTQ+ rights & democracy — and sending so much love to folks across the country who continue to carry this work forward. Let’s keep going.
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June 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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PID's Jerren Chang was proud to be a panelist at the Fair Housing & Civil Rights Conference in Springfield, joining Peyton Cernak of Burlington Housing & Leslie Credle of Justice 4 Housing. They discussed solutions to help reentering citizens & others with criminal records access affordable housing.
Photo of panel participants: Peyton Cernak of Burlington Housing, Jerren Chang of Partners in Democracy, and Leslie Credle of Justice 4 Housing
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Massachusetts:

❌ still doesn’t have same-day registration
❌ has big gaps in turnout & registration between white & BIPOC voters
❌ is lagging behind on voting access

Want to help fix this? Join our free, virtual training next week to learn more & get involved: bit.ly/pid_deepdive2
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June 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Glad to see this course by PID's founder, Danielle Allen, getting so much interest! It's actually been offered since February 2024.
We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy Don’t sit back—your civic actions are just beginning. Take civic action by crafting your own civic voice and identity while gaining a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy. Featuring faculty from: Image Harvard Kennedy School Logo Enroll Today Self-Paced Length 7 weeks 1-3 hours a week Certificate Price $149 Program Dates Feb 28, 2024 Feb 26, 2025
May 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Thinking about running for office? We got you! Join our virtual training! Free & open to anyone who wants to learn more about running for local office in Massachusetts. Sign up now, & bring a friend! bit.ly/pid_may22
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May 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Still looking for your summer internship? Apply to be PID’s Development Intern! Work with our wonderful Development Manager, learn about fundraising at a growing nonprofit & help protect & strengthen democracy.

Remote, 20-35 hours/week, $2000-$3500 per month. Apply now: bit.ly/join_pid
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May 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM