About Us
The Velvet Revolution Election Protection Strike Force
A project of:
Velvet Revolution
Video the Vote
The Ruckus Society
Progressive Democrats of America
The Vote Count Protection Project of Election Integrity.org
Election Defense Alliance
VoterAction
The Courage Campaign
Project Vote Count
TrueVote.US
The Velvet Revolution Election Protection Strike Force is a national collaboration of grassroots organizations that have joined together to reclaim our democracy, providing oversight to rescue our elections from partisan politics and privatization.
Claim our Elections for the People!
Velvet Revolution is a term coined to describe the peaceful road to change in countries where governments ignored the inalienable rights of the people. A few inspiring Velvet Revolutions occurred in the former Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, South Africa, and of course, most recently in Ukraine. The citizens of those countries, tired of corruption and arrogant power, joined together by the millions in a sustained campaign of opposition - they demonstrated, boycotted, petitioned, and engaged in strikes until the pillars of power were replaced by the halls of the people.
VelvetRevolution.us
("VR") is a network of more than 120 progressive organizations reaching
millions
of people demanding progressive change through our VR Media, Electoral
Reform,
Conflict Resolution and Youth Revolution Campaigns. Indeed, Americans
everywhere are excited about our many recent successes including
helping to bring Election Reform issues and the Downing Street Memos to
the
attention of the American public. Our
Board is diverse, experienced and strong. Although the VR name and
concept
are relatively new, the people and organizations behind it are not.
VR is not a new startup but rather a continuum and the next logical
step
for those involved -- a marriage in which strengths are magnified by
the
common goals of the partners. Indeed, it is experience, ideas and
vision
that provide the promise of success for VR. More here.
