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The Democracy Communications Collaborative defines pro-democracy actions to include voting, talking with friends and family about political issues, signing petitions, boycotting companies, sharing information online, attending protests, contacting elected officials, attending town halls, displaying signs, volunteering, donating to candidates, and joining civic or nonprofit organizations.

Posted by Badlands Media, Checked

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Badlands MediaAug 11, 2026
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None of the provided sources contains the DCC's pro-democracy action list or any description of how the Collaborative defines pro-democracy actions, so the claim cannot be graded in either direction. The list tracks the claimant's passage closely, and the attribution to DCC is resolved from the post's own context, so there is no extraction departure.

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What was said

… that's what, that's the way that they defined why they're doing what they're doing in this effort, is to move people to, to change hearts and minds, to get people to take more pro-democracy action. We'll look at the change curriculum in a minute, uhm, but pro-democracy actions include vote, talk with friends, family about political issues, sign a petition, boycott a company for political or ethical reasons, share info or opinions about political causes online, attend a protest, contact an elected official, attend a community meeting or town hall, display a sign or other public expression of support, volunteer, donate to a candidate or cause, or join a civic or nonprofit organization. Of course, they would think that joining a nonprofit organization is a pro-democracy action because everything is opposite day, and the nonprofit organizations are generally, at least in large numbers, committed to the destruction of democracy. …
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What we found

Context. Sources describe the Democracy Communications Collaborative as a convener and funder network for pro-democracy communications, but none of them lists or defines pro-democracy actions.[2][3][4]

Context. The Brookings 'Democracy 76' checklist lists civic engagement actions, but it is a separate publication, not a DCC definition, and it does not match the claimed DCC list.[1]

Context. The claim's list matches the claimant's own passage word for word, and the passage is not evidence, so no independent record supports the list as a DCC definition.

Sources

4 sources: 1 primary, 3 not rated

  1. 1The bucket list for involved citizens: 76 things you can do to boost civic engagement | Brookingsbrookings.edu · primary source · cited for: context
  2. 2Forging Effective Corruption Narratives to Counter Democratic Erosioncarnegieendowment.org · not rated · cited for: context
  3. 3The Chamberlain Network Receives Generous Grant ...chamberlainnetwork.us · not rated · cited for: context
  4. 4Policy Impact - for support of the Democracy Communications Collaborativehewlett.org · not rated · cited for: context

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