Pachamama Alliance’s three-fold focus – on sustainability, social justice, and spiritual fulfillment – depends on a functioning democracy with access to clear and factual information and an underlying commitment to the shared well-being of all citizens.

The increasingly frayed fabric of our democracy undermines our power to bring about the “world our hearts know is possible” (in the words of author Charles Eisenstein).

All of the clarity and passion we bring to the environment and to social justice issues can help us become more effective active watch-dogs of our democracy... The first step is to move past anxiety, become informed, and rediscover the power of people – ourselves – working together to bring about change. 

(Excerpt from "Democracy, Coronavirus, and the Pachamama Vision" by Joyce Herman.)

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The Reclaiming Democracy group seeks to increase awareness of movements undermining our pluralistic, democratic society as well as the countervailing movements and organizations which protect and cultivate an inclusive society that does not tolerate bigotry and hate.

The threat of authoritarianism has not diminished since Pachamama Rochester programs warning prior to the election. Historian Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny and The Road to Unfreedom said recently on CNN: “If we’re not prepared for the attempt for people to take power undemocratically in 2024, then we’re just at this point pathetically naive.”  

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