Volunteer

Join the Project

This is a volunteer civic project. It moves at the speed of the people who show up.

Four Ways to Help

  • Research - file and track public-records requests, verify tracker entries against primary sources, monitor council agendas and the legislature.
  • Local coordination - help organize meetings in your town, be the point of contact for your city, attend and document council meetings.
  • Content & media - write plain-language explainers, prepare print materials, and (once handles exist) run the project's social presence to the same factual standard as this site.
  • Start a chapter in your state - be the founding coordinator where you live. The full launch process, venue list, and reservation script are on State Chapters.

Interest Form

The Standard You Are Joining

  • Peaceful and lawful conduct, always. No threats, no harassment, no encouragement of confrontation.
  • No doxxing - we never publish private personal information about anyone, including officials and camera-program supporters.
  • Facts get verified before they get repeated. When unsure, say "unverified."
  • Cross-partisan respect: people join this project from every political direction, and it stays that way.

Full conduct standards are on the Mission page.