The cold and snow of northeast Tennessee didn't stop close to two dozen people from attending Democracy for Tennessee's first Citizen Journalism 101 workshop. The place was the Democratic Resource Center in Johnson City and the plan was to educate and inspire regular progressive activists to understand journalism, framing, and the tools available to get a progressive message out to a conservative community.

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30 activists from across six counties turned out to Democracy for Tennessee's "Root Camp" grassroots training on April 22 at the IBEW Union Hall in Blountville, Tennessee. The training was a regional training designed to train activists and candidates in northeast Tennessee, including the "Tri-Cities" area of Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City.

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Now representing the emerging progressive movement in northeast Tennessee, Democracy for Tri-Cities is the latest partner in the Democracy for America/Tennessee coalition!

With their first Meetup happening last Friday in Johnson City, DTC pulled in 30 attendees and is racing at warp speed on a bold agenda for change in Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol.

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