Past Move to Amend Action Campaigns

Build Solidarity with Unions this Labor Day

Labor Day is a terrific opportunity for Move to Amenders to make personal and issue connections with members of labor unions.

Many fundamental rights and protections of working people (e.g. the weekend, 8-hour work day, collective bargaining, end of child labor, employer-based health coverage, workplace safety) came into being because working people organized powerful movements that created positive change.

Since Move to Amend is also organizing a powerful movement to create real change -- our constitutional amendment to abolish corporate rights and money considered free speech -- connecting with labor unions and the working people they represent makes perfect strategic sense. 

500,000 Signatures

Help us collect support from half a million Americans by December 31, 2017!

Collecting petitions is an effective outreach mechanism. It helps spread the word and educates more and more people about our campaign.

October Call Your Congressman!

Our Move to Amend Leaders will be in DC meeting with our congressmen and asking them to take action to support our version of the 28th Amendment.  Please give them a call.  If you already make call on other issues, add this to them as our amendment will help disolve barriers to making progress on our top issue.

Ask your representative to sponsor or support HJR 48.  Ask your Senators to introduce a companion bill to HJR 48.

Portman (202) 224-3353

Brown (202) 224-2315

House Parties for Democracy

Help spread the word about Move to Amend and raise funds to support the campaign!

Use our mini documentary about Move to Amend, called "Legalize Democracy".
This film is a 30 minute explanation of why we need an amendment to the Constitution to make clear that corporations are not people and money is not speech. It is fast-paced, educational, and inspirational! It is the perfect "entertainment" for your party, and will give your friends a great introduction for why you support Move to Amend, and why they should too!

Constitution Day 2017

Each year, educational institutions which receive federal funding must provide programming on the US Constitution around September 17th, Constitution Day. This provides Move to Amend an opportunity to get into schools and make connections with educators, administrators, and students. We encourage Move to Amend supporters and affiliates to reach out to their contacts in schools as well as make new contacts with local schools and offer to provide materials or present material to students yourself!

Constitution Day 2016

Each year, educational institutions which receive federal funding must provide programming on the US Constitution around September 16th, Constitution Day. This provides Move to Amend an opportunity to get into schools and make connections with educators, administrators, and students. We encourage Move to Amend supporters and affiliates to reach out to their contacts in schools as well as make new contacts with local schools and offer to provide materials or present material to students yourself!

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Although numerous organizations and individuals numbering in the hundreds of thousands have expressed their opposition to the TPP, a deal was reached on October 5 and the full details released on November 5.  

Negotiated in secret among trade representatives for 12 nations and over 500 multinational corporations, this agreement will affect over 40% of the global economy -- yet is completely removed from any semblance of a democratic process.

Once the formalities are achieved, and the president announces he will sign, the deal becomes public and Congress has 60 days to vote it up or down—no amendments. Washington insiders believe the earliest the deal can move forward is April 2016.

Tell your members of Congress to vote NO on the Trans-Pacific Partnership!

2016 Barnstorming Tours

In the tradition of the mighty Populist Movement, Move to Amend's experienced and acclaimed speakers travel the country, spreading the word about the campaign to amend the Constitution and inspiring action!

Our speakers give rousing talks, telling the story of the American creation myth and the Constitution as it pertains to Corporate Personhood and illegitimate but legal corporate constitutional rights, followed by about an hour of facilitated discussion / Q and A. 

Happy Birthday to The Oldest ‘Person’ in The World!

Oldest 'Person' in the World Turns 129!

Did you know that May 10, 2015 marks the 129th birthday of corporate persons?

That’s right—more than a century before Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court first recognized corporations as people with Constitutional rights in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad on May 10, 1886. Move to Amend is marking the occasion with some light-hearted fun to drive home the point that corporations are not people.

2014 Barnstorming Tours

In the tradition of the mighty Populist Movement, Move to Amend's experienced and acclaimed speakers will be crisscrossing the country in 2014, spreading the word about the campaign to amend the constitution and inspiring action!

Our passionate spokespeople all give rousing one hour talks telling the story of the American creation myth and the Constitution as it pertains to Corporate Personhood and illegitimate but legal corporate constitutional rights, followed by about an hour of facilitated discussion / Q and A. 

2013 Barnstorming Tours

In the tradition of the mighty Populist Movement, Move to Amend's experienced and acclaimed speakers crisscrossed the country in 2013, spreading the word about the campaign to amend the constitution and inspiring action!

Our speakers give rousing one hour talks telling the story of the American creation myth and the Constitution as it pertains to Corporate Personhood and illegitimate but legal corporate constitutional rights, followed by about an hour of facilitated discussion / Q and A. 

2013 Pledge to Amend Campaign

Goals this Year

  • Get your state legislators to pledge support for the We the People Amendment and begin discussions about introducing Move to Amend model state legislation in 2014.
  • Grow capacity and organizing skills of your group.
  • Grow number of petition signatures and organizational endorsements from your community.

May 10, 2013 Day of Action Against Corporate Personhood

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ACTION ON MAY 10.

When the Supreme Court decided for corporations in the Citizens United v. FEC case, it elevated knowledge of the doctrine of "corporate personhood" to new heights. Hundreds of thousands of people now know what those words mean.

But as awful as Citizens United is, corporate personhood wasn't created with that case. Corporate Personhood was concocted by corporate lawyers 127 years ago.

July 4, 2012: Declare Your Independence from Corporate Rule

Join Move to Amend this 4th of July as we Declare Our Independence from Corporate Rule in communities across the nation!

Let's educate our fellow citizens about the corporate threat to our democracy, and get them engaged in the movement to take back our country!

➤➤ Register for our April 10 Webinar to find out how to get started. (click the link on April 10 on the calendar to register)

Resolutions Week: Resolve to Amend! June 11-15

Organize in Your Home Town for a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United and Limit Campaign Contributions and Corporate Power

Since the Move to Amend coalition launched in 2010, our grassroots activists have successfully passed dozens of community resolutions declaring public support for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United v. FEC by establishing that a corporation is not a person, and money is not speech!

Corporate Personhood: 126 Years is Enough!

May 2012 marks the 126th anniversary of the Supreme Court granting corporations the rights of human beings. That’s right, Corporate Personhood didn’t begin with Citizens United!

In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court declared that under the law corporations were “persons” and gave them the same rights as human beings. But a corporation exists only on paper. It is simply a legal creation that allows a group of people to engage in activities as a single entity.

March of the Monahans

On May 16, 2010 democracy activists Robin and the late Laird Monahan dipped hands and feet in the Pacific, and set out on foot from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Their goals: reach the Lincoln Memorial in Washington by mid October, and, most importantly, build grassroots awareness of the need to amend the Constitution to end corporate personhood along the way.