Congressional Communities

We help people connect with their Congress members and communicate with others about politics in a positive way.

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Mayors facilitating initiatives like Ban the Box that help their residents? We LOVE to see it 🙌

It was a pleasure to have former Mayor of Waterloo, Iowa @QuentinHartIA on our podcast to chat about his connection to his community. Now streaming on Spotify, Apple & Youtube.

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We're fighting for our lives here to bring you this podcast 😂

(Listen to the Congressional Communities pod everywhere you stream your podcasts!)

#podcastfail #bloopers

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Dr. Nancy Young was the only woman and person of color on her city council, then she held the door open for others. #representationmatters

Listen to the full episode wherever you stream your podcasts.

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"I need you to sign this"... what could go wrong? 🤣 Or right?
Our guest @MayorNancyYoung tells us her amusing story of her journey from City Council to Mayor of Tracy, CA. #PoliticalPodcast #Civicengagement #shedidthat

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How do you get 230 people to show up to a debate in the middle of a snow storm?
#DepolarizeAmerica #CivicEngagement #Politics

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The pitfall that many organizations fall into is creating echo chambers. Allan Katz, founder of American Public Square, shares the guiding principle that keeps APS on track to improvement.
#DepolarizeAmerica #CivicEngagement #Politics #CommonGround

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Tallahassee had a new coal plant up for debate and as City Commissioner, Allan Katz put honest community concerns at the forefront. When his town meetings filled with new faces, he knew he’d struck a nerve.

#DepolarizeAmerica #CivicEngagement #Politics #CommonGround

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There's a real hunger for spaces where people can disagree well. Allan Katz, founder of American Public Square, joins Congressional Communities to unpack what real listening actually looks like.

#DepolarizeAmerica #CivicEngagement #Politics #CommonGround

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Sometimes staying connected is the radical choice

#Politics #Democracy #Community

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how to actually leave extremism

#Extremism #DeExtremification #SocialConnection

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Two networks. Two realities. And the burden of bridging them has shifted from journalism to you.

#MediaLiteracy #InformedCitizens #HealthyDemocracy

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Your feed is running the same playbook as a cult leader. Heather Rosso explains the disturbing overlap between algorithm design and coercive control tactics.

#MediaLiteracy #HealthyDemocracy #DigitalManipulation

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"Creating a bigger Congress might actually help people understand how government works."
— Christopher Malone, Ph.D., making the case we did not expect to agree with.

#Politics #Democracy #PoliticalReform

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Occupy Wall Street. The Tea Party. MAGA. Dr. Christopher Malone shares that through these controversial movements, comes a common thread that brings him hope: people are willing to push for change.
#Politics #Democracy #PoliticalReform

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What if your vote could still have a voice, even if your candidate didn’t win?

#Politics #Democracy #PoliticalReform

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"This is crazy, it'll never work." — his editor, on first hearing the pitch.
He wrote anyway about why we need to triple the size of Congress

#congress #politicalreform #expandcongress

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What if a bigger Congress meant a government that felt closer to home? Dr. Christopher Malone from the Consortium for Worker Education, shares an often overlooked part of Congressional reform: expansion, and how it could change everyday life in the U.S.

#congress #democracy

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What if the problem isn’t that people in Congress don’t want to work together, but that the system discourages it? Keith Allred explains why creating a permission structure for bipartisan work can lead to “serious legislating”.

#bipartisanship #democracy #congress

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Everyday Americans can understand issues “better than members of Congress”. Keith Allred shares that on surprise medical billing, his members became experts through a process centering transparency, inclusivity, and bipartisanship.

#bipartisanship #democracy #congress

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Even on immigration, Americans have more in common than you might think. Supermajority agreement, in fact. This year, Keith Allred, and his team are working to bridge political divisions and identify where Americans can find common ground.

#immigrational #disagreement #politics