Explore Our Action Teams & Projects
ESD Action Teams bring people together around shared interests and meaningful projects.
We’d love to have you join us. Feel free to reach out to a team leader or drop by a meeting and explore how you can get involved.
| NAME | INFO | CONTACT & MEETINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Political Corruption | Our work focuses on identifying the major components of political corruption, their impact on democracy, and the best strategies to address them. This work largely involves maintaining our Democracy Toolkit on this website. Other projects include Prevent Bigotry, Protect Students and the Farmers' Market Voting Project. |
Contact Person: Jeffrey Johnson jjohnson_capr@yahoo.com Meetings: 2nd & 4th Mondays 10:30–11:30 am PT 1:30–2:30 pm ET |
| Defend Democracy Now | We are prioritizing specific actions we each can take to push back against authoritarian threats to our freedoms and protect the self-government of, by, and for the people. |
Contact Person: Ken Barnes kbarnes@kenbarneslaw.com Meetings: 1st & 3rd Mondays 10:30 am PT / 1:30 pm ET Register Here |
| Voting Action Team | We work to ensure every eligible voter can participate freely and fully in the electoral process by conducting robust, nonpartisan voter mobilization efforts year-round, often collaborating with partner organizations to amplify our impact. |
Contact Person: Therese Flaherty theresef@eldersaction.org Meetings: 4th Tuesdays of each month 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET |
| State Chapters | We are expanding and enhancing our network of state chapters, consisting of elders concerned about state and local threats to our democracy and wanting to take action locally with like-minded elders to combat those threats. |
Contact Person: John Sorensen johns@eldersaction.org Meetings: Contact John |