July 30, 2020
HOUSES FLIPPED:
1
DAYS UNTIL 2020 ELECTION:
96
PROGRESSIVE VOTERS REGISTERED:
21,407
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America, 96 days before the 2020 election.
A pandemic rages unabated. The biggest protest in history, inspired by police violence, is beset by police violence. Unidentified paramilitary threaten our democracy as we enter hurricane season. The economy teeters on a cliff’s edge while Republicans block unemployment help. Trump tweets about postponing the election.
Right now, if you’re not insane? You’re nuts.
But here’s the thing. We’ve always been crazy enough to think we can make a difference. And we HAVE. Together with the entire Resistance, we've saved the world once already, in the 2018 midterms. Remember how many people didn’t know midterms existed before that? Now our Democratic majority runs the House of Representatives.
Our president sides with the three biggest forces who sought to end our democracy: the Confederacy, the Nazis, and Russia. What he’s forgetting is that we won the Civil War and World War Two and the Cold War. And on November third,
we’re going to re-win all three.
The time is now to go all in, with everything you’ve got. We need your volunteer hours, your donations, and your skills to ensure our success. Below, we have a powerful new video by Kelly AuCoin, another shout out from Jack Black, our very own voter registration app to help test, seriously mindblowing fundraising events, and all-important phone banks into swing states. Choose your favorite ways to help, and let’s make the next 96 days 96 body blows to the Trump administration.
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JACK BLACK SHOUTS US OUT... AGAIN!
Friend of FT6 Jack Black (
Jumanji, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock
) strikes again on Instagram! Much gratitude to our fav actor/activist, who even changed his bio to support us. His post has already gotten 265,000 likes and counting!
If you want to rock an awesome "Vote" mask just like Jack, check out our partners at
B Four Products
HERE
– and remember, a chunk of every sale goes to a great cause:
Field Team 6
!
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TWEETSTORM COMING! SATURDAY, AUGUST 8
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The Social Storm announcing Voterizer to the world (and planning Donnie's surprise retirement party!) is happening
Saturday, August 8 from 1-3p PT
.
And we need your help!
Record Donnie a tongue-in-cheek farewell message that we can share in our #DontTellDonnie Tweetstorm. Find instructions and examples
HERE.
And send your Twitter handle to
info@fieldteam6.org
so we can follow you and add you to our FT6 Social Storm DM group.
Voterizer is coming. Donnie is going.
Let's make it happen! But shhh!
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100 DAY COUNTDOWN
Brilliant actor Kelly AuCoin (
Billions
,
The Americans
,
House of Cards
) frames the most important election of our lives in stark, personal terms.
Please watch and share.
Let's make sure these aren't our final months with the beloved democracy we know as America!
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TONIGHT @ 5pm PT
VOTERIZER LOAD TEST!
We're asking all of our friends to flood the
Voterizer.org
web app with activity for 20 minutes to see how it handles the stress.
The more the merrier, and you can sign up for a reminder
HERE
.
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FRIDAYS THRU AUGUST:
MINDFULNESS
Just a reminder - this fantastic workshop is ongoing. Catch the final 5 sessions and learn techniques to relax, recharge, and reignite your passion for activism.
Virtual workshops on Mindful Meditation every Friday evening at 4p PT. Click image for more details.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1:
TRAINING TO WIN 2020
Come get inspired and up-level your skills! This 3-hour virtual conference will help you navigate 2020's pandemic-induced challenges to traditional field organizing.
Led by veteran grassroots leaders (including our own National Outreach Director, Sarah Jakle) who helped bring the 2018 midterm election triumph, it's fantastic, fun... and free!
We’re using an exciting new platform for which you need to create a login. Act now, seats are going fast.
EVENT PASSWORD: Win2020
(then click "join event" and enter your information)
Please note: the event will work best with Chrome and Safari. Other browsers may be glitchy. Find detailed sign-up instructions and troubleshooting
HERE
.
Co-sponsors include:
Field Team 6 - Swing Left - Indivisible - Sister District Project - Women's March - CA National Organization of Women - Commit to Flip Blue - Grassroots Dem HQ - Democracy Action - Resistance Boot Camp - Rock the Congress - NorCal Blue - Sea Change - Sunrise Movement - SoCal Blue - Flip the West
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7:
BALLOTS OVER B'WAY
Playbill
and the
New York Daily News
are already buzzing about Ballots over Broadway, a musical fundraiser coming to your screen (via Zoom!)
Friday, August 7
at
8p PT / 11p ET
.
Hosted by viral sensation Chris Mann, this showstopping evening features a fantasy wish list of Broadway stars, and benefits
Higher Heights America
as well as
Field Team 6
!
CLICK IMAGE TO GET YOUR TICKETS!
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 8:
VOICES FOR VOTES
And in case you need another hit of awe-inspiring musical talent after our night of a million Broadway stars...
Join us the very next evening,
Saturday, August 8
from
6-7p PT
, for the inaugural event in our new Voices for Votes series! Superstar and 2018 American Idol Finalist Effie Passero will be singing her heart out from a beautiful theater in Puerto Vallarta to benefit
Field Team 6.
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PHONE BANKS INTO SWING STATES!
Call registered Dems and help them sign up to vote from home. Join us for a quick training, then make your calls. We'll be available to answer any questions you have.
ARIZONA
- Thursdays, 4-5:30p PT/MT – RSVP
- Saturdays, 11a-12:30p PT/MT – RSVP
- Every other Monday, 4-5:30p PT/MT – RSVP
- Every other Tuesday, 7-8:30p PT/MT – RSVP
FLORIDA
- Tuesdays 6:30-8p ET – RSVP
- Thursdays 6:30-8p ET – RSVP
- Saturdays 2-3:30p ET – RSVP
- Saturdays 4-5:30p ET – RSVP
LEARN TO LEAD A FL PHONE BANK!
- Saturday, 8/1 2-3p ET – RSVP
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KEEP THE CA DISTRICTS WE FLIPPED! AND FLIP 2 MORE!
Field Team 6
and activism powerhouse
Grassroots Democrats HQ
offer twice-a-week phone banks into the seven CA congressional districts we flipped in 2018, and two more we're going to flip in November!
Full list of districts: CA-08 (Chris Bubser), CA-10 (Josh Harder), CA-21 (TJ Cox), CA-25 (Christy Smith), CA-39 (Gil Cisneros), CA-45 (Katie Porter), CA-48 (Harley Rouda), CA-49 (Mike Levin), CA-50 (Ammar Campa-Najjar).
Join us at a phone bank
Wednesdays at 6p or Saturdays at 11a (all Pacific Time), and help expand our House majority!
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CALL AND TEXT WITH OUR ALLIES!
Reach out to Democrats in battleground states and sign them up to vote by mail!
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BE THE LIGHT: RECORD-BREAKING SUCCESS!
Saturday's Be the Light was a milestone event! Huge thanks to hosts
Onward Toward Progress
and our special guests, including Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Katie Porter, Arizona's next Senator Mark Kelly and his heroic wife Rep. Gabby Giffords! Thanks to all the supporters who turned out, we've raised $61,642, and it's not over yet! Our Silent Auction is active until
Sunday, August 2
at
6p PT
, and there are great prizes available! (Cake a Month, anybody? Kenyan safari? Rare whiskey? Gold coins?) Click
HERE
to bid now!
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ENTER THE FUND-MAP: PUT $$ IN DISTRICTS!
Introducing a fun, new crowdfunding tool to help register more people to vote. Our interactive map highlights our 12 target states down to their counties and precincts. (State Senate and House Districts, too!)
Simply pick one where you want your dollars to make a difference, choose the number of voters you want to help register (e.g. 20 voters = $30) and our automated system will mail out voter registration forms pre-filled with the info of the prospective registrants, along with prepaid return envelopes already addressed to their local County Registrar.
All the voter has to do is sign the form and pop it back in the mail. And we use USPS tracking tech to make sure every registration gets exactly where it needs to go!
Click
HERE
to check it out.
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PHONE BANK CAPTAINS NEEDED NOW!
Become a Phone Bank Captain, and
help lead our most important project so far
: contacting every student in our battleground states dataset! It only takes a couple hours to lead a weekly phone bank after your initial training, and we'll handle all the logistics. Interested? Contact us
HERE
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TROLL PATROL!
WOOHOO!! Field Team 6 is proud to announce we've become big enough to attract trolls! Lately our social media platforms have been swarmed with vulgar or inappropriate comments (and assorted MAGA junk) designed to get us flagged. And every minute we're down is a minute we can't reach an anti-Trump voter.
We'd love a few social media-savvy volunteers to monitor our sites and delete those inappropriate comments. Please contact us at
info@fieldteam6.org
and let us know your platform(s) of choice and when you might be able to help. Thanks!
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