Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 06:00 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church of Milford in Milford, NHElection Education Training
Open Democracy Executive Director Olivia Zink will cover the new election Laws in New Hampshire and ways to talk with others about the impact of these laws on NH voters. This training is open to the public. Please RSVP by filling out this form, or scanning the QR code on the flyer.
Saturday, August 01, 2026 at 09:00 AM · 1 rsvp
2026 Granny D Memorial Walk
Save the Date (August 1, 2026) for the 16th Annual Granny D Walk and Democracy Festival!
At age 89, Granny D famously walked across the United States to raise public awareness of the need for reforming the way campaigns are funded. Her efforts later resulted in the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (repealed by SCOTUS in 2010). We have carried on her tradition of walking to bring attention to the ongoing issue of big money politics by holding an annual Granny D Memorial Walk. (You can find info on the Festival HERE.)
This year's walk honoring our founder Doris "Granny D" Haddock will begin near Granny D's home on Cobb Meadow Rd. in Dublin at 9 am (Please plan to park in Peterborough at Riverwalk (48 Grove St.) and be shuttled to the start of the walk). The first shuttle will leave around 8:30 and the last shuttle will leave Riverwalk at 8:45 am. NOTE that we will stop for a bathroom break about mid-way, there are porta-potties behind Toadstool Bookstore (just over the Riverwalk Bridge).
We'll walk approximately 6.2 miles to Putnam Park in Peterborough for 12 noon where we'll enjoy lunch and the 2025 Democracy Festival! Bring your raincoat, it's a surefire way to make sure it doesn't rain.
Can't walk the entire length? We'll have stops along the way for you to join the walk. You can meet us at Green Grocer at approximately 10:45 or Adams Playground at roughly 11:30.
If you would like to print and fill out the walk waiver and bring it with you, that would save time at the beginning of the walk.
Please be sure to bring your water bottle, we will have refills available.
SPONSOR A WALKER! You can support Open Democracy by sponsoring a walker. Click on the name to sponsor. If you want to raise money yourself by getting people to sponsor you, email Doreen and she'll get a page set up for you!
Don't forget to RSVP for the Sign Making Party on July 25 in Peterborough.
Saturday, August 01, 2026 at 12:00 PM · 14 rsvps
Putnam Park in Peterborough, NH2026 Democracy Festival
SAVE THE DATE!
Planning for the 4th Annual 2026 Granny D Walk and Democracy Festival has begun! It will be August 1, 2026. The walk will begin at 9 am near Granny D's former home on Cobb Meadow Rd in Dublin and will cover approximately 6.2 miles to Putnam Park in Peterborough for an afternoon of celebrating democracy with music, speakers, entertainment for the kids, food and CAKE!
Our featured speaker will be John Bonifaz, a political activist specializing in constitutional law and voting rights. He is the president and co-founder of Free Speech for People, the founder of the National Voting Rights Institute and a former candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, as well as an accomplished author.We'll also hear from former intern Charlie Savage and there will be music by FolkSoul, Eve Pierce, Ben Radcliffe and Sarah Mausner!
We'll provide the main portion of the potluck, a selection of treats from La Piñata Mexican Grill in Jaffrey, as well as water and free ice cream donated by Ben & Jerry's!
Donations are gratefully accepted to help pay for the festival. You can make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Tuesday, September 01, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Laconia Congregation Church in Nh, NHKnow Before You Vote
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 07:00 PM · 1 rsvp
ZoomOpen Democracy Book Club: Love and Democracy
Join Open Democracy Book Club on September 15 at 7pm Eastern as we welcome Dennis Michael Burke and his newest book Love and Democracy, to the Book Club for conversations and Q&A!Political organizer, strategist and writer Dennis Michael Burke, who originated the first I Voted stickers now used nationally and has won important campaign finance and gerrymandering reforms via ballot issues, describes his remarkable road adventures with heroes of American democracy, most notably Doris "Granny D" Haddock, the 90-year-old New Hampshire woman who walked across the US to successfully advance McCain's campaign finance reform bill. The Gandhi-inspired efforts of Haddock and others helped teach Burke how to win against the political Far Right—lessons he shares in these stories.
Dennis has pursued remarkable stories from interesting people worldwide—from bank robbers to the president of the World Bank, and from the Congo to his own Arizona. He has been published multiple times by Random House, Little Brown, and other publishers. Burke’s first two historical fiction novels, Diary of the Tiger Woman, set in 1922 Los Angeles, and A Place for Our Rain, set in the Southwest of 1911, arise from the real stories of his family’s deep history in the American Southwest.
The book is available from local booksellers, but you can order it directly from us! Click HERE for purchase options.