Subject: STOP THE SLIDE: A Democracy Tracking Tool from Truman!
From: "Leigh O'Neill" <[email-masked]>
To: "Leigh O'Neill" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Mike Breen" <[email-masked]>, "Jennifer Mellen" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 08:27:47 -0400

Dear Board Members,

This morning, I’m proud to share with you *Stop the Slide*
<https://www.stoptheslide.org/>, an indications and warning system for
monitoring the health of American democracy.

Our goal with this project was to apply a methodology familiar to many in
military and intelligence communities to the larger question of how our
rights and freedoms are faring in the current political climate.

Every month, we will be tracking more than 180 indicators of democratic
health in America spread across seven different categories, all geared
towards helping us identify any danger of authoritarian creep.

This project was conceptualized by a small group of Truman members and
staff, but more than 30 of our expert members (with experience in the
military and intelligence communities, academia, and civil society efforts
around the world) contributed to building it out. For your awareness, this
effort has been generously supported by the Open Society Foundations.

I’ve attached an FAQ sheet for Stop the Slide which provides additional
information beyond the methodology detailed on the main page of the
website.

If you are so inclined, *please share the Stop the Slide website far and
wide with your networks*—we are excited to get this out to a wider
audience!

If you are interested in speaking or writing about Stop the Slide in the
press, please let me know and I will gladly connect you with our
Communications Director, Graham West ([email-masked]).

On behalf of the full team here, thank you for your continued support for
our work and your guidance along the way.

With appreciation,

Leigh O’Neill

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*Leigh O'Neill*
Managing Director, Policy and Legislative Affairs
Truman Center for National Policy | Truman National Security Project

Cell: 202.747.4759
Office: 202.216.9723 Ext. 2307

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