Workshop
Pre-Election Brunch & Learn
Sat. Oct. 17, 2026
Citizen Activate · Events
Where we’ve shown up.
Workshops, trainings and time on the floor. Every Citizen Activate event is here, with the playbooks, flyers and replays that came out of it.
Training
Tennessee New School Board Member Orientation
Thu.–Fri. Oct. 1–2, 2026
Convention
2026 Republican Midterm Convention
Wed.–Thu. Sept. 9–10, 2026
The record
Past events
Each one is below in full, as it ran on the home page: the menu, the schedule, the replays and the playbook.
WorkshopCapitol View, Nashville
Pre-Election Brunch & Learn
Brunch and a hands-on social media and messaging workshop, midway through early voting.
Sat., Oct. 17, 2026 · 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Central
TrainingDowntown Nashville
Tennessee New School Board Member Orientation
Elle Johnson taught open records and conflict-of-interest ethics to Tennessee’s newest school board members.
Thu.–Fri., Oct. 1–2, 2026
ConventionDallas, Texas
2026 Republican Midterm Convention
Two nights on the convention floor with Tennessee’s delegation, then home to put the lessons to work.
Wed.–Thu., Sept. 9–10, 2026
Sat., Oct. 17 Capitol View Brunch + happy hour
One Saturday. Two ways to get involved. Brunch is on in Capitol View. Brunch is over. The posting starts now.
Join Citizen Activate at Detroit Cowboy for a free Pre-Election Brunch & Learn, with good food and a hands-on workshop on social media and messaging. At 2 p.m., keep the conversation going with drinks and networking at a Nashville Young Republicans Happy Hour.
Come for the strategy. Stay for the community.
Your free Brunch & Learn registration includes
- Hands-on training
- Take-home resources
- Brunch
- Coffee & mimosa bar
- Networking
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Doors opened at 11. Head to the Detroit Cowboy on 11th Avenue North for brunch, templates and a messaging session. We wrap at 2 p.m. Central.
Thanks to everyone who came out, and to Meredith Miller and Carlos Cardena for teaching. Keep the momentum going: run, volunteer, or follow along for the next one.
Lights on. See you Saturday.
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Save my free seat on Partiful (opens in a new tab)Live at the Detroit Cowboy · Sat., Oct. 17 · 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Inside the Detroit Cowboy
Pull up a chair.
Two sessions at one long table. You leave with a posting plan, the templates to run it, and the words to make it land.
First course
Meredith Miller
Founder · Yellow Belly Marketing
Effective, inventive social media strategy, plus downloadable, ready-to-use templates for volunteers, candidates and campaigns, so you leave with posts you can put up the same day.
- Social strategy
- Take-home templates
Second course
Carlos Cardena
Regional Director, Southeast U.S. · Leadership Institute
Strategic messaging and marketing techniques: how to say it clearly, say it on purpose, and strengthen your outreach to the voters a campaign needs to reach.
- Strategic messaging
- Outreach
Oct. 1–2 · Renaissance Nashville · Leadership Institute
In session · Renaissance Nashville
Live now · Fri., Oct. 2 · 2:15–3:15 p.m. Central
Oct. 1–2 · Leadership Institute · Nashville
New to the school board? Start here.
Citizen Activate founder Elle Johnson is teaching at the Leadership Institute’s Tennessee New School Board Member Orientation. Her session covers Tennessee’s open records law and conflict-of-interest ethics: what counts as a public record, when a vote needs a disclosure, and the January 31 filing every board member owes.
Attending counts toward your Super Volunteer punch card.
The Leadership Institute’s Tennessee New School Board Member Orientation is underway. Elle teaches open records and conflict-of-interest ethics on Friday, Oct. 2, at 2:15 p.m. Central, and the playbook from her session posts here the moment she wraps.
Open records, conflicts of interest and the disclosures new board members owe, in one hour. The playbook posts here at 3:15 p.m. Central, as soon as Elle finishes.
Elle’s session from the Tennessee New School Board Member Orientation, in one download: open records, conflicts of interest, the January 31 Statement of Interests, and five moves to make before your next meeting.
- Day 1 · Thu., Oct. 1 Orientation opens at 10 a.m. Central
- Day 2 · Fri., Oct. 2 · 2:15–3:15 p.m. Central Elle Johnson: Ready for the Room · Tennessee open records law and conflict-of-interest ethics
- Fri., Oct. 2 Orientation wraps at 5 p.m. Central
The playbook from Elle’s session posts here on Fri., Oct. 2, right after she finishes.
Sept. 9–10 · Dallas, Texas · Tennessee delegation Live From the floor in Dallas · Tennessee delegation Dallas, Sept 9–10 · What came home
Nashville heads to Dallas. The torch is on the floor in Dallas. The torch came home with notes.
Citizen Activate founder Elle Johnson is joining Tennessee’s delegation to the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention. The Citizen Activate Team will spend two packed days studying how candidates connect, campaigns organize, and ideas turn into action. Then it’s back to Davidson County to put those lessons to work.
Elle Johnson is on the floor with the Tennessee delegation right now. Sessions run 3 to 9 p.m. Central, the same clock as Nashville, and the dispatches land on Instagram as they happen.
Two nights on the floor with the Tennessee delegation, 100-plus speakers, one notebook. Here’s what Elle brought home to Davidson County, and what to do with it before the seats open.
Night 1 starts in
Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. Central.
Wednesday, Sept. 9 · 3 p.m. Central
- Night 1Wed., Sept. 9 · 3–9 p.m. CentralPresident Donald Trump keynote
- Night 2Thu., Sept. 10 · 3–9 p.m. CentralVice President JD Vance. Closing remarks from President Trump
Dallas bound. Davidson focused.
Streamed by the Republican National Convention. Also at GOPConvention.com/live. Nothing from YouTube loads until you press play.
Night 1 run of show
- 3 p.m.Working families tax relief · rooting out waste and fraud · healthcare affordability
- 4 p.m.Policy contrast · legislative delivery · election integrity and public safety
- 5 p.m.Candidate showcase · targeted worker tax cuts · border enforcement · national pride and faith
- 6 p.m.Trade and reshoring · education and parental rights · cultural common sense · healthcare accountability
- 7 p.m.Public safety and victims’ families · economic expansion · government integrity
- 8 p.m.Domestic manufacturing · Vice President Vance’s keynote
Hourly themes from the RNC’s published schedule, converted to Central time.
Night 2 run of show
- 3 p.m.Working families tax relief · anti-corruption · education freedom and faith · hostages
- 4 p.m.American dream · food security · sports · border security
- 5 p.m.Candidate showcase · youth mobilization · tax relief · healthcare reform
- 6 p.m.Prescription drug costs · criminal justice · congressional reform · 9/11 remembrance
- 7 p.m.Public health · party agenda · opposition contrast · working-class focus
- 8 p.m.President Trump’s closing keynote
Hourly themes from the RNC’s published schedule, converted to Central time.