Mission
Statement
The We the People
Congress is a non-profit,
membership-based assembly of patriotic
Americans dedicated to
“institutionalizing” citizen vigilance
and governmental accountability. The
organization is legally and
institutionally separate from the We The
People Foundation, but closely connected
by a mutuality of purpose and
coordinated operations plans.
The Mission of the We The People
Congress is threefold:
1) To institutionalize the local
distribution of educational material
that the People are not receiving from
any other source – the history, meaning,
effect and significance of every
provision of our Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution of the
United States of America and our State
Constitutions; and
2) To institutionalize the independent
review by the People of the actions of
their local, state and federal
government officials – viz a viz
the requirements of their Constitutions;
and
3) To institutionalize resistance by the
People against unconstitutional or
illegal behavior by government officials
whenever and wherever it is discovered.
The Congress coordinates closely with
the WTP Foundation in carrying out its
Mission. The Foundation takes the lead
regarding the development of civic
educational materials. The Foundation
and the Congress share responsibility
for identifying abuses of power. The
Congress takes the lead in organizing
for widespread grassroots civic activism
to correct those abuses.
The WTP Congress has been established
for the purpose of developing in the
public forum, out of the ordinary,
non-aligned citizenry, a constituency
committed to a nationwide, pro-active,
non-violent, mass-movement, with the
goal of achieving ordered Liberty
through citizen vigilance and government
accountability. As an organized force of
“constitutional activists,” the WTP
Congress is organizing into “ward
republics” in every county, with a
“Citizen Vigilance Center” in every
State Capitol.
We recognize that popular sovereignty as
a social and political force is a
fundamental cornerstone of our
constitutional Republic. The Congress is
committed to achieving its goals of
restoring Freedom and Constitutional
Order through the exercise of popular
sovereignty by all possible non-violent
means including: public protest,
judicial process, legislative lobbying,
electoral advocacy and the exercise of
the Right to Petition.
America stands at a crossroad. In our
lifetime, we may witness either the
demise or resurrection of our
Constitution, our Republic and the
promise of Liberty. The WTP Congress is
uniquely committed to serve “We the
People” in helping them organize to
effectively repel the forces of tyranny.
Vision
In each state capitol, We The People
Congress intends to erect a Citizen's
Vigilance Center, staffed by full-time
Congress professional personnel and
local volunteers to carry out the
mission of institutionalized vigilance
over government at all levels, local
state and federal.
In remembrance of his divine
inspiration, constitutional genius and
lifelong commitment to the defense of
Liberty by Thomas Jefferson, each
Congress Vigilance Center and its
surrounding grounds will articulate the
grand architecture and illumination
manifest within Jefferson's Virginia
home, Monticello.
The Vigilance Centers will forever
preserve the Spirit of Freedom and the
Light of Liberty
for the People of this nation, and the
world.