You have more power to influence public institutions than you realize. In my city, we organize, attend Board of Education and PTA/PTO meetings, volunteer, rais

You have more power to influence public institutions than you realize. In my city, we organize, attend Board of Education and PTA/PTO meetings, volunteer, raise money, lobby, write letters to the papers, and vote. We had about 400 people at the last Board meeting protesting a school closure. We'll never be a wealthy district, but an immense amount of energy is going into staving off "terrible."