Title: Call to Civic Activism

Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/call-to-civic-activism|call-to-civic-activism]]

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Created: 2018-04-03 17:01:18

Updated: 2019-01-04 05:45:54

Published: 2018-04-03 20:00:00

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//The following is from a speech given by COS Virginia's Grassroots Coordinator, Dennis Denton [[https://conventionofstates.com/news/winter-storm-cant-stop-capitol-heating-up|in Richmond.]]//

What we are attempting to do is not so much getting involved in political activism, but I like to think of it as involvement in civic activism: educating ourselves and others to the importance of self-governance, close to home, like right here in Richmond and state capitals across the United States.\\
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With your help, we are working hard to get our application for a Convention of States passed in the required 34 state legislatures. We have 12 so far, and roughly 25 states will be considering it in the upcoming legislative sessions.

We must continue to grow so as to keep up our momentum and power through the convention process, ratification process, and beyond.\\
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We will be successful when:

  * People organize and restore representative government as defined by our written Constitution,
  * We have restored a culture of self-governance across America,
  * We inspire a political and spiritual reawakening in America.

These attributes are ongoing and neverending. We must always be working to perfect these principles.\\
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And thanks to our Founding Fathers, we have Article V. We the People have the power to do this!

[[https://conventionofstates.com/take_action|Join our team]] and let’s make history together.