AmericaSpeaks has played an instrumental role in establishing The Campaign for Stronger Democracy, along with our partners at Demos, Everyday Democracy and faculty from Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Innovation and Governance.

The Campaign for Stronger Democracy will foster communication and collaboration across the democracy reform community to create a more powerful movement for stronger democracy.

In 2008, AmericaSpeaks and our partners brought together 50 leaders from the fields of electoral reform, public deliberation and community problem solving to develop shared recommendations (pdf) for the 2008 presidential candidates. A second meeting in 2009 brought together an expanded group of about 100 reformers to identify an action agenda to advance democracy reform efforts (pdf).

Read more about the outcomes of these meetings:

• Strengthening Our Nation’s Democracy 2008: Developing Reform Recommendations for the 2008 Presidential Candidates
• Strengthening Our Nation’s Democracy 2009: Creating an Action Agenda for Advancing Democracy Reform
• Champions of Participation Meetings: Engaging Federal Managers and Leaders to shape the Open Government Directive
• Brookings Event on Democracy Reform: A Day of Discussions on Strengthening Our Democracy