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About The
We The People Organization
The WTP
organization includes two separate corporations which are
connected by a mutuality of purpose:
1) The We The People Foundation for Constitutional
Education, Inc., is a 501(c)3 not-for profit educational
foundation that cannot engage in partisan political activity
and is supported solely by tax-deductible donations; and
2) The We The People Congress, Inc. which is a
501(c)4 not-for-profit membership-based entity focusing on
grassroots constitutional activism which can engage in
direct political activity. the Congress is supported
by membership dues.
The We The People Foundation
for Constitutional Education
The We The
People Foundation for Constitutional Education has
been established to fulfill the need for popular education
including education, awareness, and knowledge about
the Declaration of Independence and every provision of the
federal and state constitutions, about the sovereignty of
the people whose will the constitutions are designed to
express, and about the government they are meant to control
through their constitutions. Its educational program works
to inform the public, increase awareness, and encourage
appropriate government reform through constitutional
processes, including the exercise and enforcement of the
First Amendment Right to Petition.
The Foundation is designed to
carry out the professional, broad scale educational program required to
counteract the public ignorance and apathy we see as
hampering the development of citizen vigilance and the
acceptance of popular sovereignty essential to the proper
governance of our constitutional democratic republics. The
Foundation is an organization devoted to the a-political,
public interest, teaching of civility "content" and the
expression of the Jeffersonian ideal of a way of life rooted
in constitutionality and civic action.
Conceptually, the Foundation
exercises philosophical leadership in the total program.
Eventually, combining a highly professional public education
program with the penetrating analytical and legal activity
and advocacy of a public- interest law firm, the Foundation
is a source of vital information and education, supportive
funding and professional legal undertakings on behalf of
situations and individuals suffering from non-constitutional
governance, all aimed at "the re-invigoration of
constitutional constraints on government."
The
We The People Congress
The We The People
Congress has been established for the purpose of
developing in the public forum, from the ordinary,
non-aligned citizenry, a constituency committed to what
Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. referred to as a
"militant, non-violent, mass-movement" with the goal of
achieving substantial reforms in the structure and process
of government, through political activism.
The Congress is designed as
an advocacy organization, to carry the message vocally and
politically to the people and to the various legislative and
administrative organizations of government, seeking to
influence attitudes of the body politic and legislative
actions. This is an organization separate from the
Foundation, institutionally, but connected by a mutuality of
purpose.
The Congress will, by
rational, intelligent and professional means make it
difficult for those currently wielding political and
governmental power to continue in power with a "business as
usual" approach and lead the people toward significant
improvements in our system of governance. We recognize that
the acknowledgment of popular sovereignty as a social and
political force is a fundamental need. The Congress is
committed to achieving its purposes by all possible means
short of violence.
The Foundation and the
Congress recognize that the requirements for changes in
governmental structure and process will include, but not
necessarily be limited to: the clarification of the federal
power to tax; the teaching in our schools of the history,
meaning, effect and significance of every provision of our
founding documents; increased accountability, ethics and
efficiency; the clarification and strengthening of
public-debt-limiting restrictions; the clarification and
strengthening of the prohibitions regarding the gifting of
public funds for private purposes; legislative reform
including the strengthening of representative democracy and
participatory democracy; a reduction in and control over the
cost and secrecy of the legislatures; easier access to the
ballot for independents and party insurgents; weakening of
the power of political parties and of government in general;
weakening of the desire of special interests to influence
legislative bodies; non-partisan elections; a judiciary that
is more independent and accountable; and, laws which do not
favor public education over private education.
Why
We Exist
Although few are
aware of the battle that rages, our Republic currently faces
its most significant challenge ever -- to restore
Constitutional Order and the reclaim the fundamental
Liberties which have been seized by those that would deprive
us our Freedom. Despite the sacrifices of over 200 years,
our Constitution today hangs only by a thread.
As our government continues to systematically plunder our
People's wealth, ignore constitutional checks and balances
and destroy the last vestiges of Freedom, our nation
continues its dangerous descent into debt, decay and
despotism.
The root cause is that the People, through ignorance, apathy
and institutionalized tyranny, have allowed their servant
governments (and those that benefit from its largesse) to
"take over the house", i.e., to act without lawful authority
in violation of our founding documents, including our
federal and state Constitutions.
Our overall purpose is to expose, confront and correct
governments operating outside their written, lawful
authority and to institutionalize a nationwide program of
civic vigilance to prevent future abuses and ensure the
continuance of Liberty for our posterity.
Certificates of
Incorporation and By-Laws
Certificate of Incorporation for the Foundation, as amended
Dec. 15, 2001
By-Laws of the Foundation, as amended Dec. 15, 2001
Certificate of Incorporation for the Congress, as amended
Dec. 15, 2001
By-Laws of the Congress, as amended Dec. 15, 2001
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