Episode 3: Know Your Ground

In this action-oriented episode, we dig into the most overlooked but most powerful arena of democracy: local government. While headlines scream from Washington, real decisions that shape our daily lives—housing costs, potholes, school funding, policing—are made by city councils, county commissions, and school boards.Dan challenges listeners with a simple but transformative question: Do you know the name of your most local elected representative? From practical hacks like calling your councilmember three times in one day, to showing up at city hall with neighbors in matching shirts, this episode lays out how ordinary people can disrupt authoritarianism by participating where power is closest to them.With real examples from Las Vegas, Roanoke, Apple Valley, and Oakland, this chapter of Ignite proves that change begins hyper-locally. Step one in fighting fascism? Learn a name, make a call, and show up.