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August 12, 2021
WORLDS SAVED: 1
PROGRESSIVES WE'VE HELPED REGISTER: 2,940,883
TOTAL VOTERS REACHED OUT TO: 15,291,616
DAYS UNTIL 2022 MIDTERM ELECTION: 453
DAYS UNTIL CA RECALL ELECTION: 33
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CALIFORNIA NEEDS OUR HELP NOW |
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The California recall election is too close to call – which is a national crisis for Democrats. Here’s why.
It’s bad enough that if Governor Gavin Newsom loses this recall election in 33 days, America’s most populous state will be led by a Republican hack with a head full of bad ideas. In the midst of a pandemic.
But even worse, that horrible excuse for a governor would have the power to appoint a senator… meaning if Senator Feinstein were to leave her job, she would be replaced by a Republican – costing us our Senate majority and making Mitch McConnell the Majority Leader.
We cannot let that happen.
This national crisis demands a national response.
So to all our passionate volunteers in every corner of the country: help us contact eligible voters now, register them as Democrats, and let them know to vote NO on the Recall. Sign up below to do this at a text bank, postcarding party, or social media storm. And if you're trying to collect the whole set of activism action figures, there's more, more, more with our partners DVC, GDHQ, and Indivisible Northridge.
Mail-in ballots are arriving in CA voters’ mailboxes as we speak. Commit to one action today, defend our blue stronghold California from a Republican coup, and make sure Democrats keep control of the US Senate!
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FIGHT THE NEWSOM RECALL:
LET US COUNT THE WAYS...
You can help stop this madness no matter where you live. The key is registering new Democrats and urging them to vote NO on the Republican-funded California Recall. Here's how!
Social Storms: Social media your thing? We’ve created many pre-made posts you can easily share. Just go HERE, click start, and choose Facebook or Twitter. Happier on Instagram? Do the same – but use your phone!
Postcards: Get started HERE on the art of postcarding. All you need are postcards, stamps, and a pen. Write like the wind!
Texting: Emojis more your style? Then BYOP – Bring Your Own Phone – to this game-changing way of textbanking. Using your data plan, you can send texts from your computer. That means we don’t have to raise money for expensive texting software. (Full disclosure: this is a work in progress, so expect the unexpected!) This “pay what you can” textbanking can be a little challenging if you’re not super tech-savvy. Click HERE to sign up! Have zero dollars but still want to text? We got you. Just email us HERE and we’ll make it happen.
Yard Signs: Order 'em (and other swag) HERE!
Emails: We'd like to do those too, in a big way! (see below)
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CHIP IN FOR RECALL EMAILS
We have about 115k emails of Democrats or likely Democrats in California's swingiest of districts, but to email this many people, we need to raise $843. Check the center console in your car for change and then slide one coin at a time in the slot HERE.
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Don't be alarmed. We're just taking a little break next week to catch up on all the things... We'll be back the following week!n
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17:
OP-ED WORKSHOP SOLD OUT!
Our next workshop on the awesome power of Op-Eds (a follow-up to a smashing June event) is now sold out!
Voting rights advocate, published Op-Ed author, and recent Field Team 6 volunteer of the week, Valerie Morishige, will be walking thirty lucky folks through the ins & outs of writing citizen Op-Eds to influence politicians and bring about positive policy changes.
A reminder for those who scored a (virtual) seat... the event is Tuesday, August 17 at 6pm PT/9pm ET.
And for those who missed out, watch this space... we might be able to convince Valerie to do it again. Op-Eds are such a powerfully outsized tool for change, we should all learn how to write them!
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18:
NEXT SOCIAL MEDIA STORM
Every Wednesday we hit the web to raise awareness for Field Team 6's efforts to register Democrats and save the world. Recent storms have averaged over 10 million impressions each – incredible! These storms are making a difference and the more who join, the bigger the difference!
Storm any time on your own or join our upcoming storm on Wednesday, August 18 at 11a PT on Zoom for some socializing and training to develop mad storming skillz! RSVP HERE. No idea what we're talking about? Show up and learn! Our very own Deb Verla is literally a training professional and will make it fun and easy. And you can always find info on our latest storm as well as cool pre-made posts right HERE.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18:
WEEKLY POSTCARD PARTY
Have you ever wanted to write voter registration postcards in a group from the comfort of your kitchen table? Then our weekly postcarding parties are right up your alley! Join Postcarding Queen Laurie Mendik at our upcoming virtual shindig this Wednesday, August 18 from 2-3p PT. She'll get you trained up and ready to write. RSVP HERE! If you'd like to order some of our incredible Shepard Fairey-designed cards, click HERE. And if you can't contain your postcarding enthusiasm until Wednesday, feel free to get started any time right HERE!
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28:
JOIN THE MARCH FOR VOTING RIGHTS
With voting rights under serious attack all across the country, it’s time to get marching in the streets.
Since January, 48 states have introduced 389 voter suppression bills, and many have already become law. Anti-voting legislation works to hamper high turnout: banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early voting days and hours, and even making it illegal to give water to voters waiting in the long lines these very laws create.
GOP-controlled state legislatures pass these laws in the name of fighting “voter fraud.” But we all know the real reason for these racist, anti-democratic anti-voter laws – to cement Republican control of government despite the will of the voters. And they’re putting democracy and our very lives in peril to do that.
Enough is enough – it's time to take serious action. On August 28, mask up and join the march on Washington, Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Phoenix and cities all across America.
RSVP to March On for Voting Rights HERE.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31:
INSTAGRAM VOTER DRIVE WITH ACTIVATE AMERICA
Want to register likely Democratic voters in the key battleground state of Nevada? Using... Instagram?
Then join Field Team 6 and our ingenious friends at Activate America (formerly Flip the West), who are pioneering this creative, new technique for reaching young people.
We'll be messaging likely Democrats from Nevada on Instagram – and registering everyone we can.
Join us for a special training session on Aug. 31st at 5p PT. We’ll review everything you need to know – then you can start sending Instagram DM’s to the Silver State.
Ideally, you already have an Instagram account for at least the past month (please let us know if you want to participate and don’t have an account yet.) Best to load Instagram on your computer in advance of the event – it’s easier to converse with voters that way. And if you don't have a computer, you can use your cell phone.
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REGISTER VOTERS IN PERSON!
Join us for our first in-person voter registration drives since COVID
and flip CA-39 blue!
TRAIN TO LEAD IN-PERSON VOTER DRIVES
Our Zoom trainings give you all the skills to lead in-person voter drives!
We have trainings for AZ, CA, FL, GA, NC, PA, TX, and WI – with NV coming soon!
PHONEBANKING
Join Field Team 6 and our partners as we call likely Dems in
AZ, CA-25, GA, NC-08, PA, and TX and get them registered to vote!
PHONE BANK IN SUPPORT OF FILIBUSTER REFORM
AND VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION
To give us all the freedom to vote, we must reform the filibuster and pass the
For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Call voters in AZ and WV!
POSTCARDING
Register Dems via postcard in the most flippable districts
and write with friends in the OC at our in-person postcarding parties
or virtually at our weekly Wednesday postcarding parties!
Right now, we've got campaigns in
AZ, CA, FL, NC, PA, NM and TX!
We're also postcarding in CA-39 and CA-08 to oppose the CA Gov's Recall!
SOCIAL STORMING
Build progressive awareness and help #RegisterDemocrats
from the comfort of your social media accounts!
Find camaraderie, tips, and tricks on our weekly Wednesday Zooms!
TEXTBANKING
Join texting efforts to stymie the QAnon, anti-vaxxer Trumpists
who are trying to oust popular and effective Democrat Gov. Newsom.
(Including our first-ever BYOP text bank – see above!)
Click VOLUNTEER OPS below to get details and sign up!
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VOLUNTEER SHOUT-OUT: GINA & MERVIS |
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This week, we’re shouting out Gina Harris and Mervis Reissig, two incredible volunteer leaders who became besties while working for Field Team 6, even though they’ve never actually met in person!
Gina connected with the group after reading a Field Team 6 email – hail the mighty newsletter! “How I got on the list, I don’t know, but I liked what I heard. Registering Democrats — makes so much sense.” So Gina started phonebanking.
Then before she knew it, she was training other people to phonebank. That’s when she met Mervis, whose volunteerism goes way back. Mervis moved to California in the 1970’s and got interested in saving the environment and stopping the nukes. Her passion for activism has never waned over the years.
The two quickly bonded over their shared commitment to various causes, like voting rights and women's rights. As Gina puts it, “‘Saving the world’ sounds like pie-in-the-sky, but why not? David didn’t sit around worrying he couldn’t slay Goliath, he just gathered stones. That’s what we’re doing.”
When Field Team 6 transitioned online, Mervis volunteered to be on the Zoom Force. “At some point I volunteered to help Gina with a training, and the two of us have been a team ever since. Even though we have never met in person, we are friends for life, and love talking about all the wonderful things we will do when we can get together in person – including in-person registration wherever we are needed!”
Speaking of which, Gina and Mervis will soon start co-leading Zoom trainings for in-person voter drives in both WI and GA, the only trainers to be taking on two states!
One of Gina’s favorite parts of Field Team 6? “The volunteers who are old-timers and terrific, but can’t figure out technology for the life of them. They get my extra love because I spent years going to my husband, Steve, to fix anything electronic. These folks are now my karma, and I want to do right by them as Steve did by me.”
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Mervis particularly enjoys in-depth research projects, “like calling the Secretary of State offices to see the differences in response! The only pushback I've ever received was in Texas – damn Texas, which we can win in 2024!”
Gina and Mervis are a true dynamic duo. “I am better with Mervis," Gina says. "We are a good team – I’m just louder. She monitors the sacred chat and researches everything. I am the mouth.” That, by the way, is super self-effacing for a brilliantly talented lifelong singer-songwriter who has worked in film and television as well as on Broadway. (Find her music HERE!)
Thank you, Gina and Mervis! We're so grateful for your longtime dedication to Field Team 6. We're thrilled you've become actual BFF's through virtual channels. And we're so honored to be working with you both to save democracy!
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We're looking for people with a little time and almost any skill to share. Heck, it might be something we don't even know we need! Find our current needs we know about HERE.
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LET'S KEEP CA-49 BLUE!
A magical thing happened in CA-49 in 2018, when Democrat Mike Levin was elected to Congress, replacing the loathsome Darrell Issa. Rep. Levin fought for the environment, clean energy and other progressive causes, and ably won reelection in 2020.
But now Congressman Levin's blue district needs protecting! Redistricting (California is losing a House seat, people!) means his seat may be an even harder win in 2022. So we need to protect this new blue stronghold in the upcoming midterms. The best way to do that? Register every Democrat in the district!
We're looking to raise just $1,027 to start standing up digital voter registration efforts in the district. That means buying the data of unregistered likely Dems so we can set up phone banks and postcarding campaigns to get them registered. If you have the means to contribute, please do so HERE.
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REGISTRATION T-SHIRT:
SAVE THE WORLD BY WALKING AROUND!
Feel like taking a stroll? Pull on this snazzy tee and get some exercise, clear your head, run an errand... and register voters as you go! On the front, the simple but all-important message in super cool shadow script: "REGISTER." On the back: a handy QR code that sends new voters to Voterizer.org for instant registration. You spin around, they snap away with their smartphone, and VOILA – a Democrat is born. Fast, fun and stylish! Click HERE to start shopping!
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