TTSD Safe Technology Advocates

TTSD Safe Technology Advocates

Tell Oregon Leaders: Our Kids Deserve Better

The data exists. Now it needs a constituency behind it. The Childhood Index has done the hard work of evaluating every state across nine criteria -- phone-free school policies, childhood independence laws, social media age limits, tech accountability, and more. The picture it paints is clear: most states have significant ground to cover. But research alone doesn't move lawmakers. Constituent pressure does. When parents, teachers, and community members in the same district sign together, it stops being a national study and starts being a local mandate. Your state legislators represent your community. When they see organized, concentrated support from the families in their own districts, that changes the political calculus. Here's how it works. Local campaigns are activated by community organizers, parent group leaders, and advocates at the neighborhood level. Each community shares the campaign with their own networks -- neighbors, school parent groups, faith communities, local organizations. Signing takes less than a minute and requires no ongoing commitment. We do the rest. Signatures are counted at the community level, then aggregated up to the state and reported directly alongside The Childhood Index data. Local voices. Real numbers. Delivered where decisions are made. This is how grassroots movements create policy change. Not one big national petition that gets filed and forgotten -- but thousands of local signals that together form an undeniable picture of what parents across the country actually want for their kids. You don't have to testify at a hearing. You don't have to call your senator. You just have to add your name to your community's campaign and share it with a few people you know. That's it. We take care of the rest. Ready to be counted? Add your name to this campaign.