Summary

Central US onAir Hub:  us.onair.cc Model state Hub: va.onair.cc Launch date: Fall 2022

To reinvigorate our imperiled democracy, US onAir is developing 50 curated, media rich online state governance and election Hubs and a central US Hub. US onAir supports US citizens to become  more informed about and engaged in federal and state governance and elections while facilitating more civil and positive discussions with their representatives, candidates, and fellow Americans.

Our two minute vision video for the US onAir network is below:

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About

Students of all ages now have a platform to better communicate with their elected officials – their goals, ideas, and projects for how to improve the lives for All of U.S.

LEARN.  The US onAir curators aggregate and organize the best publicly available information on federal and state governance and elections. You can learn about YOUR federal and state representatives as well as other federal and state candidates and representatives. You can also learn about the legislative committees and issues you are interested in and the nonprofit organizations ...

Summary

You can learn more about your Virginia representatives by assisting in the curation of the relevant posts on Virginia onAir.

You can learn more about issues important to you by assisting in the curation of the relevant posts on Virginia onAir.

Moderate a politician post

Project:

Curate new information on a US politician that has a post in US onAir.

Description:

Learn how to curate information and news items. Information that might be curated:

Bio Any updates to staff, contact information Record (voting, elections, fundraising) Committees Positions on issues Sponsored legislation Events Media coverage

Use the Who Represents Me? tool to determine your representatives.

Example politician post: David Bulova

Contact: Fatima Iftikhar at fatima.iftikhar@onair.cc

Moderate a committee/issue post

Project:

Write about and compile information on an issue of interest to you that has been started by US onAir.

Description:

Learn how to create a post and curate information and news items regarding a chosen issue that will be addressed by the 2021 US Senate and US House. 

You can provide background on the issue, associated organizations and corporations, major perspectives, and current legislative efforts. You can cover a new aspect to the issue, such as public opinion, related events (e.g. hearings, town halls, etc), or details on a piece of ...

Summary

Advocates of various issues important to US residents will have an opportunity to contribute position papers, reviews, videos, and other types of content related to an issue. As premium members, they will be able to:

author new posts on issues co-author existing posts on issues contribute to curated overview posts on issues

Advocates can sign up through an existing organization or individually. Until our beta testing is completed, advocate memberships are currently only available upon request without charge.

Send requests to: usdemocracy@onair.cc