For five decades, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has shamelessly served as a conduit for large corporations seeking to swiftly advance their self-serving agendas through statehouses across the nation. ALEC's model bills go far beyond financial gains for these corporate entities - these legislative blueprints pose severe threats to our environment, racial justice and the vitality of our democracy. Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm for the “ALEC (slow) Extinction Watch Party and Rally.” Speakers will present on the 50 years of harm ALEC bills have caused to their communities and the vision and solutions we share for an inclusive multiracial democracy. The Center for Media and Democracy will release briefing papers on ALEC priorities. Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/582368/ Bring signs that speak to the harm ALEC model legislation has brought to your community. Whether it's criminalizing protest, stand your ground laws, eliminating political boycotts, shielding corporations from liability for childhood lead poisoning, eliminating the minimum wage, killing network neutrality, abolishing collective bargaining for public employees, taking away pension benefits, supporting mass incarceration, and pushing the privatization of public services and infrastructure, including schools, prisons, health care programs and social security. What does ALEC = to you? The policies that ALEC has pushed for decades through state legislatures across the country have benefited its corporate sponsors while corroding public faith in government and our ability to solve the nation’s most pressing problems, including climate change. 50 years of harm is enough. It’s time to shut ALEC down. Join us on Wednesday Oct. 4 to expose ALEC. Together we will build a movement for an inclusive multiracial democracy.
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