California Common Cause

✊🏽 The CA Democracy Partnership & @Cervantes4CA just introduced the CA Voting Rights Act of 2026 in #CALeg to protect & defend our democracy by ⬇️ ✔️ Challenging discriminatory practices ✔️ Combating voter suppression ✔️ Expanding language access More: cademocracypartnership.org/CVRA26

Today, we’re lucky for the voices and rights that make our system stronger 🍀

Our democracy is under ATTACK! We’re joining other voting rights advocates, labor orgs and community organizations committed to protecting our democracy to fight back. Learn more at: cademocracypartnership.org

Common Cause mourns the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pastor, civil rights champion, presidential candidate, and one of the great moral voices of our time.

Happy Presidents' Day! 🇺🇸 Voting in your state and local elections shapes your community’s future. The leaders you support today could be tomorrow’s president.

2026 marks 100 years of Black History Month. We’re honoring Carter G. Woodson, the historian and educator known as the father of Black history, who created Negro History Week in 1926 to ensure Black stories were studied, taught, and remembered. #BlackHistoryMonth

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Public media helps communities make sense of complex issues and engage in civic life, especially in communities that are isolated or excluded. As consolidation grows and local investment shrinks, the question looking ahead is how we support public-interest media as a public good

Who gets access to trustworthy information, and who gets left out? At the Sundance Film Festival, our Media and Democracy Program Manager, Maya Chupkov, brought together filmmakers and media leaders to reflect on the future of public-interest media.

We’re horrified by the deadly violence carried out by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. Join the National Shutdown this Friday — no work, no school, no shopping. Find an action near you, stay safe and look out for one another. #NationalShutdown #ICEOut

Hear from California based leaders at Sundance to find out how impactful publicly funded independent projects are: theimpactlounge.com/session/the-pu…

“Public media is not just content — it is civic infrastructure.” Ensuring that Californians have access to a thriving public media source is not only important for a strong democracy, but it is crucial when advocating for underserved communities. a78.asmdc.org/press-releases…

The upcoming closure of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is another reminder of what’s at stake when local journalism disappears. Fewer Americans are getting their news from daily newspapers. This closure is not just a market failure; it’s a democratic one. nytimes.com/2026/01/07/bus…

Headed to Sundance 🎬 Our Media & Democracy Program Manager, Maya Chupkov, will join public media leaders to talk about the future of civic media and how organizing and public policy can help strengthen publicly supported storytelling.

CITED welcomed its new Director, Dr. John Bennett! At a press conference with Assembly Member Chris Ward, he shared CITED’s vision and warned of growing risks to private data from corporate misuse. We look forward to working together to protect privacy and safeguard democracy.

In 2021, violent election deniers tried to silence the will of the people. Those same actors are still sowing chaos today. That’s why we’re already hard at work—making sure the will of the people always prevails.

Happy New Year’s Eve! 🎉 As the end of the year nears, we are taking this time to reflect on our collective victories for democracy in 2025 and prepare for the fights ahead in 2026.

Happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate! Today we honor resilience, culture, and the power of people coming together for the common good.

Wishing peace, joy, and hope this holiday season. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!