{"id":265,"date":"2022-02-17T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/press-releases\/california-common-cause-announces-democracy-heroes-honors-to-mark-50th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T16:25:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:25:47","slug":"california-common-cause-announces-democracy-heroes-honors-to-mark-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/press\/california-common-cause-announces-democracy-heroes-honors-to-mark-50th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"California Common Cause Announces \u201cDemocracy Heroes\u201d Honors to Mark 50th Anniversary"},"template":"","class_list":["post-265","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"On April 7, 2022, California Common Cause will celebrate the organization\u2019s 50th anniversary and honor \u201cDemocracy Heroes\u201d who have played vital roles in the fight to strengthen democracy in California. The event will also celebrate the former staff and board members\u00a0who helped make possible the organization\u2019s accomplishments over the past five decades while laying the groundwork for our next 50 years.\u00a0","featured_image":"","press_type":157,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7817}"],"related_issues":[77,104,116,120,429,431],"related_work":false,"location":3},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"On April 7, 2022, California Common Cause will celebrate the organization\u2019s 50th<\/sup> anniversary and honor \u201cDemocracy Heroes\u201d<\/a> who have played vital roles in the fight to strengthen democracy in California. The event will also celebrate the former staff and board members\u00a0who helped make possible the organization\u2019s accomplishments over the past five decades while laying the groundwork for our next 50 years.\r\n\r\n\u201cThese Democracy Heroes have devoted decades of their lives to strengthening our democracy and helping to ensure that every Californian has a voice in the decisions being made in Washington, in Sacramento, and at the local level,\u201d said California Common Cause Executive Director Jonathan Mehta Stein. \u201cTheir greatest achievements did not come easily, and they did not come quickly, but what they have accomplished in Common Cause\u2019s first 50 years will continue to bear fruit in the 50 years to come.\u201d\r\n\r\nHonorees for the event include:\r\n