It is our pleasure to extend an invitation for applications to the Democracy 2.0 Entrepreneur Grant Summit, Money in Politics, to be held July 18-21, 2008, in Denver, Colorado. In partnership with The Sunlight Foundation and Common Cause, Mobilize.org is seeking innovative projects focused towards clean election practices at the local, state, and national level.

Mobilize.org is focusing its efforts on empowering members of the Millennial Generation to develop innovative clean elections practices, emphasizing the creation of public finance reforms at the local and state level. These types of reforms are intended to give voters more control over the government by making politicians accountable to voters rather than wealthy campaign contributors.


The Democracy 2.0 Entrepreneur Grant Summits are modeled after our successful Party for the Presidency, which brought together hundreds of young people to refine our theory of change and the Democracy we want to inherit.

“During 2008, tens of thousands of online and offline participants of the Democracy 2.0 campaign created the Democracy 2.0 Declaration” http://www.mobilize.org/catalogFiles/11dccfil11636.pdf

Our Money in Politics Grant Summit presents members of the Millennial Generation with the opportunity to identify a need for clean elections practices, and through the use of interactive key pad voting technology and peer to peer dialogue, develop an idea or solution that would address that need, and present a proposal for funding at the summit in Denver in July 2008.

The winners of this competition must advance a new solution or approach to a problem at the Community, Local, State or National level - one that will change the pattern in the field of civic engagement-. Our grant summit winners will each receive a grant, between $3,000 and $5,000 and more importantly, will receive the support of Mobilize.org and our extensive partner network to champion their proposal and create systemic and long lasting change in the way elections are run.

Please see our Democracy 2.0 Issues Brief “Money in Politics” at http://www.mobilize.org/catalogFiles/12DCfil46.pdf and the Grant Summit Rules and Application form (deadline is June 15th) at http://www.mobilize.org/catalogFiles/11dccfil11699.pdf .

You'll find all relevant information related to the Summit at http://www.mobilize.org/index.php?tray=content&cid=11DC92&t... .


If you are interested or have any questions, please get in contact with our Vice President of Grassroots Organizing Katelyn Archer at [address removed] or give us a call at [number removed]

Fell free to share the invitation with anyone you think may be interested.

Looking forward to talking to you,