Thousands of people concerned about big money in politics, congressional dysfunction, and voter disenfranchisement are expected to converge on Washington, DC for a week-long program of civil disobedience, teach-ins, rallies, and marches.

The Public Citizen and 99Rise.org organizations are unifying a coalition of groups, including Greenpeace, the AFL-CIO, NAACP, National Nurses Union, and civil rights movements, that will stream into the nation's capital starting on Monday. 

People associated with 99Rise.org kicked of the "Democracy Spring" campaign on April 2 by marching the 140 miles from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, "where the dream of American democracy took flight," to Washington, DC, where they will begin a week-long sit-in at the Capitol building.

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