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About Us

Proof Through the Night (version 1.0) was created by Tim Cimino with the help of a lot of people, mostly in Pittsburgh.  Tim had the inspiration in 2005. He purchased the domain name from Scott Albert Johnson for $176.60  (in honor of 1776). Scott had used the name for some post-9/11 concerts in Washington DC.

Tim’s vision for the site is that it be a nonpartisan voter education and empowerment project. Before this, Tim has been only minimally involved in politics. “Minimally” means that he has voted in almost every election, and had written many letters to elected representatives and other government officials. But he felt that much more was needed. Like most people, he has been concerned for years about the negative trends in politics. This dissatisfaction led to Proof Through the Night.

Beginning in 2009, using a Meetup.Com group, Proof Through the Night is being re-launched. 

Donations to Proof Through the Night are tax-deductible because it is a project of World Peace One, a tax-exempt, tax-deductible 501c3 nonprofit organization. World Peace One was started by Tim Cimino and friends in 1988. The name comes from the idea that if a World War I or II can start and spread, why not a “World Peace One?” Through it, Tim develops resources to help people change their lives so they can have a greater impact in the world. Its mission is “to help people examine their lives and make changes that improve the quality of life for all.” Gaining political proficiency through Proof Through the Night is certainly a change that can improve the quality of life for all.

World Peace One has always been funded primarily by donations from individuals. 

Membership

Membership allows you to receive reminder emails. These emails:

1. Remind you to set-up a pre-election "Party and Study" the weekend before an election.

2.  Remind you to do some form of advocacy monthly. This email will include a link to current bills before Congress, and links to state and local representatives.

3.  Once a year, remind you to consider making an annual donation.

At a later date, you will be able to set up a free account, so you can choose the frequency of these emails, and so you can change your registered email address.  Right now, we are doing this by hand, so simply send an email to info@proofthroughthenight.org and you will be placed on the list.  

  

Standards

1. Proof Through the Night is nonpartisan. This website will not endorse or oppose any specific legislation or candidates. However, we encourage and expect our program participants to do advocacy for the issues and candidates they care about.

2. Privacy. Any information you send will be kept private. We will not sell or pass on any information from participants who register. If we wish to quote a participant, we will ask permission first. In addition, we will do all we can do keep information secure.

3. Reminder emails to you will be only what we consider essential. For instance, we will not send you a lot of emails asking you to buy promotional items.

4. Transparency. No political writing is without bias and value judgments. For instance, Tim who has written most of the text believes that maintaining the environment is essential to our welfare. So you may see a pro-environment bias in the website context. While it’s impossible to make writing values-neutral, we do wish to avoid hot-button examples and issues in the content, so that you can focus on the process of becoming an informed and active voter. Tim generally aims at the long-term interest of all, not just the long-term interests of Americans. But if you believe in the Golden Rule, it won't be hard to understand how helping others on this small planet is in your long-range best interest, too.

5. To avoid bias, we will accept donations for this project only from individuals. We will also solicit endorsements from a variety of points on the political spectrum.

6. Openness to feedback for the sake of improvement. We intend to do our level best to offer a quality web site. We welcome suggestions for improvement and for ways to make the site more user-friendly.

 




News


1/26/10    Scott Greer begins work on the new Proficiency Test.


1/11/09   After a hiatus, the project was re-launched on Meetup.Com.


3/18/08    We formally trademarked (actually service-marked) our slogan, "There's more than one way to fight for your country." via the US Patent and Trademark Office. 


1/22/07   Tim began working with Mike Murray of Pearhouse Productions to improve the website.

 


Endorsements 

So that you'll feel comfortable with this project, we plan to post endorsements of this project from reputable organizations and leading citizens.  But perhaps the best endorsement of this program comes from whoever is actually using it.  The "Proof" of Proof Through the Night is on the growth in membership and on the increased quality of their action. 

Volunteers

For current volunteer projects, go to volunteer, thank you.

Certain people have helped us or are helping us now. We’d like to acknowledge their help here.  


Michael Rubin -- Copy editing. 

The First 50 Participants

We'd like to salute the first 50 people who have 1) passed the proficiency test; 2) begun a regular pattern of news-intake, advocacy and study; and 3) gotten at least two other people to pass the proficiency test and commit to a regular pattern of news-intake, advocacy and study. These are the people who have helped start this chain reaction and movement to renew American democracy. The names of those who gave permission to post their name are here...

Contact Us

To contact us, call 412-363-9792 or email info@proofthroughthenight.org, or at 5135 Dearborn St.,  Pittsburgh PA 15224.