How To Be A Citizen: Media Literacy and Ballot Education
In the third installment of our How To Be A Citizen series, we talk about getting trustworthy information in a saturated news landscape. We discuss media literacy and how to find information about who and what is on your local ballot.
Many thanks to the experts who helped us with this series:
Michael Berkman and Christopher Beem from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy (@McCourtneyInst)
Cynthia Terrell (@CynthiaRTerrell), CEO of RepresentWomen (@RepresentWomen)
Josh Douglas (@JoshuaADouglas), Professor of Election Law and Voting Rights at the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law (@UKCollegeofLaw)
We have lots of bonus content for this series on our Patreon page, including conversations with our kids about citizenship, deep dives on the Federalist Papers, and a series of coloring pages.
We’re especially grateful to Carolynn Schwartz aka SoulMama who worked with us to turn our abstract ideas into the beautiful coloring pages you see. You can find more of Carolynn’s work on her website, her Etsy shop, her Instagram, and elsewhere online. Her latest coloring book, Wash Your Damn Hands! And Other Useful Advice for Surviving Crazy Times: A Quarantine Coloring Book, is available now.
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