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The Seven Pillars to Defend Democracy
1. Protect Elections
2. Defend Rule of Law
3. Fight Corruption
4. Reinforce Civic and Media Space
5. Protect Pluralistic Governance
6. Counter Disinformation
7. Make Democracy Deliver
Civics Refreshers
PBS Civics Collection
Democracy depends on informed citizens who have the knowledge and skills to engage in their government. Empower your student citizens with this collection that teaches civic knowledge and understanding through applied examples from U.S. history and skills such as analyzing civic engagement and engaging in civil discourse. Focusing on multiple perspectives and diverse stories, these resources enable all students to see themselves as civic actors and prepare them to engage in civic political life.
Civics for Life
The Civics for Life initiative is a multigenerational online resource center civics education, civil discourse, and civic engagement from O’Connor Institute.
Identify Authoritarianism
Threat & Response
The global democratic recession has come to the United States. Together, we can push back the tide of authoritarianism.
The Authoritarian Playbook 2025
How an authoritarian president will dismantle our democracy and what we can do to protect it
Authoritarianism: How You Know It When You See It
The purpose of this document by the Horizons Project is to help organizers, bridge-builders, and ordinary people understand the key attributes of authoritarian systems, how authoritarians wield power, and ways to counter it.
Democratic Erosion Consortium
The Democratic Erosion Consortium (DEC) is a nonpartisan, collaborative effort to address the global challenge of democratic erosion through research, teaching, and multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Pro-Democracy Organizations
Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress is an independent, nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. Our aim is not just to change the conversation, but to change the country.
Indivisible
Indivisible is a progressive movement and organization in the United States initiated in 2016 as a reaction to the re-election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. The movement’s organizational components include the Indivisible Project, Indivisible Civics, and Indivisible Action.
Protect Democracy
Protect Democracy is a cross-ideological nonprofit group dedicated to defeating the authoritarian threat. Our experts use litigation, advocacy, research, and technology to stop the consolidation of power, defend dissent, protect our elections, and build a thriving, multiparty democracy.
Public Citizen
Public Citizen is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that champions the public interest in the halls of power. We defend democracy, resist corporate power, and fight to ensure that government works for the people – not big corporations. Founded in 1971, we now have 1 million members and supporters throughout the country.
Democratic Socialist of America
The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with over 80,000 members and chapters in all 50 states. We believe that working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few.
We are a political and activist organization, not a party; through campus and community-based chapters, DSA members use a variety of tactics, from legislative to direct action, to fight for reforms that empower working people.
Swing Left
Swing Left is a progressive political group with Hybrid PAC status in the United States that was created following the election of Donald Trump in 2016 with a goal of gaining a Democratic majority in United States legislatures.
ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an organization founded in 1920, with the mission of defending and preserving the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in the U.S. Constitution.
Democracy Forward
Democracy Forward is a national legal organization that advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education, and regulatory engagement.
Southern Policy Law Center
The SPLCÂ is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights, fighting to strengthen democracy, counter white supremacy, end mass incarceration, and eradicate racial inequality in the American South.
50501
50501 (short for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement“) is an American progressive grassroots political organization founded to organize the 50501 protests against policies and actions of the second Donald Trump administration in the United States.