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The national campaign to Abolish Corporate Personhood and  Defend Democracy.
Sign the Petition: _http://MoveToAmend.org/motion-to-amend_ 
(http://movetoamend.org/motion-to-amend) 
 
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Protecting and Defending our  Democracy... 
Dear friend, 
Our elected officials appear to be more interested in  making political 
points 
than they are in making good policy.  The  policy they do create clearly 
benefits 
corporate America more than it  benefits the American people, if it 
benefits us at all. 
With this kind of dynamic at work, some may think  that we can’t mount a 
successful 
strategy against the powerful forces at  play, but they would be very 
wrong. 
After the economic collapse of 2008 and the ensuing  “great recession,” 
Americans 
are beginning to understand the deleterious  effects on our democracy of 
corporate 
coziness with our lawmakers.  
Ordinary Americans are rising up and doing what our  elected 
representatives refuse 
to do--they are protecting and defending  our democracy: 
    *   In Montana in August, the _Missoula  City Council voted_ 
(http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/29-4)  to place a referendum 
on the 2011 ballot that  urges federal and state lawmakers to amend the 
U.S. 
Constitution "to  clearly state that corporations are not human beings and 
do 
not have the  same rights as citizens." 

    *   In September in Colorado, the _Jamestown Board of Trustees 
unanimously 
passed_ (http://movetoamend.o
rg/news/jamestown-co-trustees-approve-resolution-against-corporate-personhood)  a  resolution condemning the concept of 
"corporate personhood," 
joining Boulder in a similar  effort. 
    *   Tucson, Arizona citizens are on the move with a _petition garnering 
support_ 
(http://signon.org/sign/tucsonans-united-for.fb1?source=c.fb&r_by=252483)  
for their own resolution to  amend the state Constitution.  (If you know 
folks 
in Tucson, please  ask them to sign it.) 

Town by town, city by city, state by state, people  are organizing against 
corporate 
personhood, and Move to Amend is here to  help you learn how you can follow 
their lead: 
    *   Learn how to pass resolutions opposing corporate  personhood. Our 
webinars 
cover everything from basic organizing tips and  community involvement to 
passing a resolution. _Check out the Webinar Archive here_ 
(http://movetoamend.org/webinars) .

    *   If you own a business, know a like-minded business  owner, or if 
you belong to 
another organization, _endorse  Move to Amend’s effort_ 
(http://movetoamend.org/node/add/org-submission) . 
    *   _Attend the Deep Democracy Workshop next month_ 
(http://movetoamend.org/events/eureka-ca-community-organizing-deep-democracy-weekend-workshop) 
! (Or we can  bring this 
workshop to your town—contact _kaitlin at duhc.org_ (mailto:kaitlin at duhc.org)  
for more  info.) 

It’s time to take the fight to every corner of the  nation; our democracy 
depends on it! 
Yours in the democracy movement,
Ben Manski, Nancy Price, George Friday, Laura  Lonham, Lisa Graves, David 
Cobb
and Kaitlin  Sopoci-Belknap 
The Move to Amend Exec Team 

Move to  Amend
P.O.  Box 260217
Madison, WI 53726-0217
United States
End Corporate Rule. Legalize Democracy.  Move to Amend. 
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