Since 2012, a small group of citizens across the political spectrum who felt marginalized by exclusionary debates has been using social media to challenge the duopoly control of these important public interest forums. We each had petitions on Change.org that were gaining traction, but we decided to pool together our efforts to create a unified, non-partisan and cross-partisan voice, and have been coordinating ever since as Open the Debates, without spending a dime… until NOW.
Now we are taking the fight for open debates to the next level. We are confident that with the right organizing, we can win some victories, build momentum, and grow our support to over 100,000 people in 2019 and one million strong in 2020—becoming a force that can no longer be ignored.