Pro Democracy Workgroup
We helped The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors pass an Urgency Ordinance establishing a moratorium on data centers proposed in Mendocino County.
We sent a letter to Governor Newsom demanding the Governor direct the CHP to arrest ICE agents that intimidate voters; and direct sheriffs to arrest ICE agents and USPS officials intimidating voters or interfering with the delivery and return of mail-in ballots.
We encourage you to join the Pro-Democracy Group!
Data Center Moratorium
GRI’s Pro Democracy Workgroup encourages residents and community-based organizations to support Supervisors Williams an Haschak’s urgency ordinance creating a data center moratorium. They want to give the County time to create a public policy that will make sure data centers are beneficial to the people, environment and economy of Mendocino County
What We Do
The GrassRoots Institute’s purpose is to educate and advocate for the common good. It is predicated on the democratic principle, that people not corporations must have the power to collectively and collaboratively shape their future equitably, justly, and sustainably.
To that end, the Institute facilitates people working together to educate themselves and the general public about challenges to our collective well-being and to take action to implement solutions for the common good. We are a nonpartisan nonprofit that operates as a subdivision of the nationally registered 501(c)3 Alliance for Democracy.
We hope you will join one or more of our existing workgroups to help build community well-being and collective prosperity. When needed the Institute also encourages groups of people concerned about a problem or challenge not already being addressed by a workgroup, to form a new workgroup to educate and advocate for common good solutions. As our resources allow, the Institute also offers educational classes and educational events that address issues of common concern. Please join us to help make our community and the planet better!
Working groups are the root of what we do here at GRI. Going a step further than the usual nonprofit committee structure they organize, recruit volunteers, and plan their strategies for addressing community needs. Our working groups take action to implement solutions for the common good.
GRI initially offered courses at Mendocino College campuses in Fort Bragg, Ukiah, and Willits on Grassroots Solutions to Corporate Power. Those discussion-based workshops educated hundreds of Mendocino County residents as to how powerful corporate actors systematically degrade the functioning of our democratic political system: the vitality of our economic system: the health and sustainability of our environmental system, and the international connections of all people on the planet. Education has been a basic part of our mission and our ability to educate through workshops will continue to be an important part of what we do. More info coming soon!
The GRI is a network of friends and neighbors studying, promoting, and working to carry out progressive solutions for the Common Good. The Institute grew out of the Mendocino Coast Chapter of the Alliance for Democracy, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.
GRI stays busy, and we would love to have you involved! Check out our calendar for the latest events, and be sure to subscribe for alerts.
GrassRoots Institute (GRI) is a broad-based organization with multiple working groups and educational courses with hundreds of volunteers. We are a collaborative umbrella for volunteers to create progressive solutions for the common good. Opinions or assertions on work group pages or in our courses, reflect the opinions of those work groups and do not reflect the opinions or policies of the GrassRoots Institute.