Our campaign goal is to secure 100 co-sponsorships for the #WeThePeopleAmendment before the end of 2026.

To achieve this goal, we suggest starting with the closest Representative to you and recruiting constituents in that District to hold a meeting with their target Representative (or their legislative staff). Sign up below to get started! 

Read the Dear Colleague Letter from Rep. Jayapal, Lead Sponsor for The We the People Amendment here.

Also, check out the Press Release: Jayapal Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens.

If you do not know who your representative is, go to: Find Your Representative | house.gov 

Here's what you'll need to do:

1. Choose which Representative you're focusing on (see below for the target list, or if your Rep isn't on the campaign target list you can elect to lobby them instead)
2. Recruit 3-5 constituents to join you for the meeting.
3. Schedule the meeting (a Move to Amend national organizer will join you for this meeting)
4. Organize a prep call to prepare.
5. Hold the meeting and ask your Representative to co-sponsor. 
6. Follow up
7. If they don't sign on, time to escalate your tactics! We will help you plan an appropriate action from bombarding their office with phone calls, to organizing a letter-writing campaign to dropping in at their house with Move to Amend petitions! We will work together to decide on any appropriate escalation. 

We have provided you with all the tools and resources needed as well as organizing support. You will find the easy step-by-step instructions linked at the bottom of the page.  Expect that this effort will take 2-5 hours a week. 

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​Move to Amend is a grassroots movement to amend the US Constitution to make clear corporations are not people with constitutional rights and money is not free speech. We have local organizations and representatives growing in communities across the country who are working to educate their local communities and elected officials, bring people together to join the movement, and mobilize their communities to pressure state and federal legislators to take action on the We the People Amendment.

Our grassroots leaders come from all walks of life in support of our mission to amend the Constitution! The first step is to become a local Advocate and represent Move to Amend in your community! 

What You Need to Know to Become an Advocate with Move to Amend

Move to Amend's grassroots activities fall into three main categories:

• Education - Polling shows that 80% of American public agrees with us that corporations shouldn’t have same rights of human beings and campaign spending should be limited, but they don’t know about our campaign or how to do it. That's why we need to educate! We table at local events and go door-to-door with campaigns like We the People Listening Project to gather individual stories about their struggles with corporate rule. We write and publish letters to the editors of local and state news sources to highlight the destructive impacts of corporate rule in our daily lives. We organize public talks, teach-ins, artistic engagements and presentations to other groups connected the dots between current issues they care about and the nature of corporate rule.
  
  
• Lobbying & Bird Dogging - We engage candidates for local, state and federal office with questions at campaign forums, candidate surveys and letters to the editor to help raise awareness about Move to Amend and the We the People Amendment amongst candidates and the public at election time. We write, call, and visit our elected officials at their offices and in public events to support the We the People Amendment, and advancing the principles of participatory democracy. Ultimately, we need the We the People Amendment to be seen as a litmus test issue for whether people will vote for a candidate or incumbent official running for office. 
  
  
• Resolution & Ballot Campaigns - These serve as an organizing tool to mount pressure, which put local, state and federal representatives on notice that their constituencies want to see them pass the amendment. We have helped passed resolutions in over 700 towns, cities, and counties across the country calling for the Amendment, including 8 state legislatures! We've been on the local and state ballot over 300 times -- in liberal and conservative communities alike -- and we have won almost every single time, usually in landslides of over 60% and even 80%! 

All MTA Advocates work to build excitement at the local levels about being part of a larger movement, and about the process of movement building itself. Move to Amend National staff will provide training and support through resources for organizers of all experiences. 

The Advocate Onboarding Process

The goals of this process are to assure that Move to Amend applicants understand:

1. The Move to Amend campaign, its goals, values and strategies
2. The criteria we expect them to fulfill as local representatives of Move to Amend
3. The resources available from the Move to Amend National Team to assist them in organizing to build power in their communities.

Application Process

1. Before filling out the application, all applicants should read these articles to be sure Move to Amend's principles and background is understood:
   
   
   • How Corporate Constitutional Rights Harm You, Your Family, Your Community, Your Environment, and Your Democracy
   • Why Move to Amend Centralizes the Work of Dismantling Racism and Other Oppressions
   • Why We Need a Democracy Movement
   • Move to Amend Background and Founding
     
     
   • Memorandum of Understanding:
     
     • MOU for Advocates
       
       
2. After reading and/or discussing the articles, please fill out the application and submit it to [email protected] for review by the National Move to Amend Team. 
   
   If you're applying to be an Advocate, please download the Advocate Memorandum Of Understanding and Advocate Application. 
   
   We will then schedule a conference call with applicants. This call will provide a chance for applicants to ask questions, and serve to establish shared goals, ideas and expectations. 
   
   
3. Upon approval by the National Team, applicants will be asked to return their signed Memorandum of Understanding within two weeks. 

If you have any questions, please contact the Affiliate Support Team at [email protected] or call 916-318-8040. 

Important Information

Support for Advocates Provided by Move to Amend National

• Material generation for local organizing, national action and event opportunities
• Web, telephone, and in-person conferencing/networking opportunities
• Access to Move to Amend petition signers within a group's geographic area
• Database infrastructure to support local organizing and public engagement
• Online and in-person training opportunities and strategy discussions
• Transparency on decisions made by the MTA National Board and Co-Directors.
• Support and mentorship via telephone and email as much as possible within our resources

Advocates are also eligible to participate in national organizing work through our National Committees and Caucuses, provided those individuals meet requirements and expectations as outlined by the Committees.

Move to Amend Organizing Principles

Move to Amend is a national, non-partisan (not affiliated with any political party), grassroots coalition and welcomes engaging communities of people with diverse viewpoints. In our vision to make real the promise of democracy, Move to Amend adheres to the following Core Principles:

1. Anti-Oppression and Solidarity Organizing helps us develop relationships with those on the front lines of struggle against the impacts of corporate rule, including communities of color and other marginalized communities, our essential and immediate allies in the work ahead. Only through the talents, experience and wisdom of all persons is mutual governance and a system rooted in justice possible.
2. Coalition and Movement Building is integral to connecting numerous issue communities to the legal roadblocks of corporate constitutional rights and money as protected political speech. The power of a movement rests on the common ground, the shared vision and strategies, among its participant members and groups. That ground is the result of focused listening, learning, talking, and evaluating together.
3. Grassroots Organizing is the key to building capacity. Personal relationships are still the best way to spread our message and find support. Deep change takes root from below and is nurtured by the life and community around it. That nurturing is delivered through the arts and skills of local democratic organizing.
4. Dedication to Political Education is an ongoing, necessary process to absorb the lessons of history and the successes or failures of past people's movements and move forward to victory with intentionality. We cannot change where we are unless we know how we got here. What's the story? What went wrong? What were the forces at work? Through this mutual understanding we are better equipped to rethink that story and engage one another in creating a new story that makes real the promise of democracy.
5. Political and Economic Independence allows us to go forth unencumbered by partisan politics or the quid pro quo associated with corporate or wealthy funders. It is essential to attaining and sustaining government of, by and for the people.

We believe we will only succeed if local MTA individual Advocates their part to build a broad-based movement in communities across the country. To this end, all MTA Advocates are encouraged to gain the skills needed to build a movement that is inclusive across lines of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and socio-economic class. 

To assist local MTA Advocates in this process, the national Move to Amend organization will provide training and support through the Movement Education Program and other resources. 

Expectations & Responsibilities for Advocate

• Share local membership/supporter/organizing lists with the national Move to Amend organization by collecting petitions and regularly uploading data to the Move to Amend database
• Regular use and enhancement of MTA's database infrastructure
• Encouraged to participate in monthly Coalition Conference Call
• Recommends active participation of MTA's Movement Education Program 
• Submit brief periodic reports to keep MTA National updated about your local activities (monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly)

The above expectations are outlined in more detail in the Memorandum of Understanding, which must be signed by all advocates before your affiliation.

Criteria for becoming an Advocate with Move to Amend

• Acceptance and support for the We the People Amendment and our Core Principles
• Support for Move to Amend's emphasis on movement building and grassroots organizing
• Has a history of networking with other organizations (eg. social justice, labor, environmental, faith, etc.), or is involved in that networking from the start of formation.
• Evidence of good faith efforts to empower individuals and groups from oppressed communities, through, for example leadership responsibilities and alliances with community-based organizations.

Move to Amend’s primary goal has always been to end the influence of money in politics and corporate constitutional rights through a constitutional amendment based on the conviction that only change achieved through an amendment is lasting.

Yet, Move to Amend has never opposed strategic steppingstones. These are more immediately attainable proposals that expand democratic possibilities, especially those that directly reduce the power of corporate entities from hijacking the political process. Reforms, however, should always be put in context: that they are mere laws that can be legally reversed and can’t overturn the constitutional doctrines that a corporation is a person and political money equals free speech.

Many Move to Amend supporters have asked what they can do if they’ve already worked with others to pass a ballot initiative or municipal resolution, secured organizational endorsements, circulated the MTA petition and organized educational programs. While there’s ALWAYS more of most of these that can be achieved, statutes restraining corporations, particularly at the state level, offer several differing strategic opportunities by providing:

• More immediate, tangible opportunities to work in solidarity with other organizations promoting just and/or sustainable alternatives that could be more attainable in the short term.
• Opportunities to deepen or develop relationships with supportive state legislators. These legislators often become members of Congress.
• Provide Move to Amend supporters with additional educational, advocacy and organizing tools – including opportunities to attract new supporters, develop new leaders and attract more funding.

What follows are four proposed statutory reforms – meant to be proposed at the state level. Described for each are points or proposed text that can be used to develop state-specific draft proposals. The information comes from historical or existing statutes or court decisions (mostly at the state level) or have been proposed by democracy organizations.

1. Corporate Three Strikes
2. Charter Revocation/Quo Warranto
3. Require Shareholder Vote Before Political Donations Can Be Made With Corporate Funds
4. Prohibiting Foreign-influenced Corporations from Spending Money in Elections

Four Proposed Statutory Reforms in Summary (click on headings below to learn more)

• Corporate Three Strikes 

A corporation that commits three or more major violations of the law loses its corporate charter or license or to transact intrastate business in your state.

• Charter Revocation/Quo Warranto

The state will dissolve a corporate charter or license for violating the terms of its charter. 

• Require Shareholder Vote Before Political Donations Made with Corporate Funds

Political donations from a corporation can only be made following a majority vote of voting shares by corporate stockholders. 

• Prohibiting foreign-influenced corporations from spending money in elections

Bans companies with percentage of ownership stake by a single foreign owner or multiple foreign owners from making political contributions in state and local elections.

   Getting Started               

• Every state has its own set of rules for considering and enacting bills.
  
  
• Referencing the basic rules that guide the movement of bills through the legislative process will help you to understand why the bill has reached its current progress, and its likelihood of future success.

  Learn How Your State Works:  Legislative Process - StateScape

Here's what you'll need to do (Detailed guides and templates for each step linked below)

                 STEP 1 – SIGN UP FIRST!

                 STEP 2 – Determine what reform to pursue

                 STEP 3 – Identify potential sponsors

                 STEP 4 – Schedule the Meeting

                 STEP 5 – Prepare for the Meeting

                 STEP 6 – Hold the Meeting

                 Make a clear ask: Will you sponsor/ co-sponsor the legislative reform?

                 STEP 7 – Follow up!

                 STEP 8 – Celebrate or Escalate!

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STEP 1 -- SIGN UP FIRST!

• Sign up to organize or participate in the campaign to promote pro-democratic/anti-corporate statutory reforms.

STEP 2 -- Determine what reform to pursue 

• Ask what reform the group(s) you currently work with or wish to work with believes would help further the issues they're working on. Potential groups to approach include local affiliates of MTA endorsing organizations. (Remember power in numbers) 
   
• Once a reform is collectively identified between you/your Affiliate or group and other organization(s), recruit your friends and neighbors through social media, email or text messaging to join the campaign, which will include introducing legislation at the state level. (Who do you know? Who do they know? Who can lend credibility to your effort? What other groups do members of your MTA affiliate belong to?
  
  
• Send an email blast to the Move to Amend list asking people to sign up for the Campaign.

STEP 3 -- Identify potential state legislators to sponsor and/or cosponsor.

•  What Legislation have they introduced or support? What state representatives sit on key committees?
  
  
• Template for creating bios on prospective Sponsors/Cosponsors

STEP 4 -- Schedule the Meeting

• Contact your Legislator's office and ask for a Zoom meeting

STEP 5 -- Prepare for the Meeting

• Watch How to Promote Pro-Democratic/Anti-Corporate Power Statutory Reforms.
  
  
• Review background information.
  
  
• Want a Move to Amend national organizer to join you for the meeting? (email request to [email protected])
  
  
• Hold a prep call to review meeting roles and make sure you are each clear on what you'll say and how to make sure to get to the ask!
  
  
• Send a blast to constituents on the Move to Amend list a few days in advance to ensure the office gets calls to put the [Pro-Democratic/Anti-Corporate Power Statutory Reform] on their radar before your meeting

STEP 6 -- Hold the Meeting

• Follow an agenda because you'll only have 20-30 minutes
  
  
• Take good notes, keep track of any questions you get that you can't answer on the spot and commit to following up with the answer(s)
  
  
• Make a clear ask: Will you co-sponsor the #Pro-Democratic/Anti-Corporate Power Statutory Reforms?

STEP 7 -- Follow up!

• Send a thank-you email with any info requests to the staffer(s) and mail a thank you note to the legislator
  
  
• Send email blasts to constituents on the Move to Amend list asking them to call each week to keep the pressure up
  
  
• In 2 weeks send an email and/or call the office and ask for a response. Be persistent! Keep trying every 2-3 days until you get a response

STEP 8 -- Celebrate or Escalate!

• Often this is all it takes, especially for state legislators who agree with our goals. But if you don't have a commitment yet it is time to escalate your tactics. We will work with you to determine how to escalate appropriately, from stepping up the phone calls, to organizing a letter-writing campaign, to car parades around their office, to delivering petitions to their home, and more!

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