Global Exchange's Elect Democracy campaign has been working nonstop to expose the real impact of corporate money in politics and take action to create real change. Here’s what we've been up to, what's coming next and how you can participate:

Happening Now:

• Stick It To SuperPACs! Sick of all that corporate money in politics drowning out real democracy? Stand up with us and just say NO to Super PACs! Take action with thousands of others who are clogging the gears of the Top 5 Richest Super PACs via email, phone, and social media at www.StickItToSuperPACs.org.
   
• Share This Infographic: Meet The FIRE (Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate) Sector: Discover how the bullk of Wall Street has burned through over $4.2 billion via lobbying and campaign contributions in order to buy power and influence in DC.  Be the first to download and share this our new infographic. Launched: August 2, 2012.
   
• Check Out Our Congressional Legislative Scorecard: Does bank campaign $$ buy pro-industry votes? Check out our new legislative scorecard and report to decide for yourself based on cold hard facts in our new legislative scorecard that tracks Congress 'Wall Street loyalty rates' and corporate campaign contributions.
   
• Avoid the Post-Election Blues: Organize! Host a community screening of the film, "Heist: Who Stole the American Dream" and start organizing with your community in November to keep up the heat to challenge Wall Street money in politics. We'll help you plan your event from start to finish.
   
• Elect Democracy events near you! We’ll be busy raising awareness on the campaign trail, so stay in touch with us by signing up for campaign action alerts and following @ElectDemocracy and @GlobalExchange on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
   
• Global Perspectives on the U.S. Election: Some of our Global Exchange friends from around the world have some important messages to share with U.S. voters. It is important for those of us here in the U.S. to keep an accurate (global) perspective of the full (global) impacts of the results of the U.S. election.
   

Past Actions & Events:

• #DeclareIndependence July 3-4, 2012. Revolutionize your 4th of July by proclaiming what *you* want to #DeclareIndependence from in our social media day of action. Join hundreds of others making a #DeclareIndependence sign or statement on Facebook or Twitter. Here's how.
   
• Elect Democracy's Report Release and Panel Event, Washington DC: July 11, 2012. Check out our reportback from our DC release of our report tracing Wall Street's $4.2 billion investment in political influence entitled, ""Meet the F.IR.E. Sector: How Wall Street is Burning Democracy." Also, don't miss our gallery of info-photos taken along our Washington D.C. Reality Tour which followed money in politics all over the nation's capital.
   
• Elect Democracy Takes Tampa and Charlotte by storm: Check out Global Exchange's street heat outside the RNC and DNC, our campaign's creative work to expose the truth about Wall Street burning democracy, and how we worked with thousands of others to build power to put out the F.I.R.E. in August and September, 2012.
   
• Don't Burn Democracy BBQ's: Organizers around the country hosted "Don't Burn Democracy" BBQ workshops with the assistance of mini-grants from Global Exchange with the goal of expanding local relationships for community resilience and building solidarity based upon common experiences of Wall Street's negative impact on our democracy.