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October 7, 2021
WORLDS SAVED: 1
DEMOCRATS WE'VE HELPED REGISTER: over 3,000,000!
TOTAL VOTERS REACHED OUT TO: 16,102,473
DAYS UNTIL 2022 MIDTERM ELECTION: 397
DAYS UNTIL ELECTIONS IN AZ, FL, GA, NC, PA, VA : 26
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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ’Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” -Fred Rogers
In these scary times, you are the helpers. We are the helpers.
As the president we elected says, we are in a battle for the soul of this country. There are helpers in the federal judiciary, who overturned the brutally cruel Texas abortion ban yesterday. There are helpers we elected to Congress who are trying to pass the Build Back Better Act, which would help everyone in America. It would give us universal pre-K, address the climate crisis, expand Medicaid in red states, make community college free, expand childcare and Obamacare, provide better elder care, address the housing crisis and the homelessness crisis, provide a child tax credit, and add dental, vision, and hearing care to Medicare.
With all the party’s problems, Democrats are the only party that’s helping – while elected Republicans are busy every day tearing down our country by stripping away women’s rights, spreading dangerous Covid lies, fueling racism, and passing anti-voter laws.
And you and I are helping every day, in ways both simple and powerful, by registering Democrats in the places that need them most. By texting Texans, calling North Carolinians, writing postcards to Pennsylvanians, holding a live voter drive in a California swing district… we’re expanding the electorate – and we’re expanding what is possible for America to achieve.
Yes, things are scary right now. But you are the antidote! You are a helper. You make things better!
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BALLOTS OVER BROADWAY 3:
A MAGICAL NIGHT!
We said it would be your favorite night of the year, and judging by your responses on Twitter, Facebook, and calls to Field Team 6 HQ... we were right!
It was an amazing show under the stars with an absolutely stellar ensemble of über-talented singers, actors and comedians ...and many who are all three!
Special thanks to Jen Levin and family for letting us use their beautiful backyard, to musical director Doug Peck (OMG!), and to our suave super-host Chris Mann who was hilarious as usual and stunned with a song from Phantom. Jason Berlin and Sarah Jakle wowed with pitches for FT6 and DemocraShe respectively, and Sarah's powerful young speakers left not a dry eye in the twinkling yard.
Beyond the show itself was some much-needed human contact. Incredible activists met in person for the first time... the food was delicious... the wine flowed like, well, wine... (so much that we had to do two alcohol runs mid-show as the bars kept running out... you thirsty minxes, you!) and, of course, we raised a healthy amount in the service of saving democracy.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to each of you who contributed your time, talent, and/or treasure. We love you all! And we'd be remiss to say it's not too late to donate (click Details twice, then Additional Donation) if you didn't get a chance to come – or even if you did!
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VIDEO SPOTLIGHT: BUILD BACK BETTER |
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BUILD THE PRESSURE... TO PASS BUILD BACK BETTER!
Just 2 Democratic senators (and all 50 Republicans) are standing in the way of President Biden's historic Build Back Better plan. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are preventing the party from passing an absolutely vital piece of legislation. Apparently, they don't want to create jobs, lower taxes and costs for working and middle-class families, and battle climate change, all by making the wealthiest pay their fair share.
But we must get this plan passed while we still have a (razor thin) majority. The name of the game is putting pressure on the Dysfunctional Duo. So head over to our YouTube channel to check out a new BBB video, then share it on social media. It’s a great reminder of all the people the legislation can help. Then call your senator at (202) 224-3121 and tell them it’s time to Build Back Better. (Did we mention it's urgent?)
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TODAY, OCTOBER 7: FIGHT TREASONWEASELS IN NC-08!
Please join us RIGHT NOW in texting eligible voters (likely Dems) in North Carolina’s 8th district! This event goes all day today (10/7/21, until 8p ET), and tomorrow too from 9a ET, until we finish the list! You’ll be reaching out to get tens of thousands of people registered as Democrats, or signed up to vote by mail… just in time to beat tomorrow's deadline, so they can vote in municipal elections on November 2! Registering Democrats to vote, and making sure they can vote safely by mail, is the #1 most effective way to win elections. (We will not be providing a training for this one, so please join only if you are familiar with Spoke Rewired.) Find pertinent links in the Field Team 6 Slack: #Textbanking – or if you need a Slack invite, reach out to our amazing Text Bank Czar Deb Verla. See you there!
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 11:
PHONE BANK TO FLORIDA
Join Field Team 6 in phone banking into one of the most critical states to our democracy-saving efforts: Florida.
This will be an ongoing campaign and we'll be focusing on contacting eligible voters (likely Democrats) in Florida's swing 26th district!
Monday, October 11 from 6-8p ET we’ll be targeting Carlos Gimenez, a heinous Republican congressman who flipped his seat red, and then voted to overturn the Biden election results. In November, Carlos won his district (FL-26) by 3.4 points, or 11,816 votes. We have 35,005 eligible voters to call in his district. Let's do this!!!
And remember, every Democrat we register and inspire is a vote against Senator Marco Rubio, a vote against Governor Ron "COVID King" DeSantis, and a future 2024 vote against Senator Rick "Skeletor" Scott.
Seriously, could there be a worse collection of villains than Florida's GOP leaders? Let's kick them all to the curb! RSVP HERE.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13:
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.
Recently we've been hitting absolutely mind-boggling numbers!
Our next efforts will be around the must-pass #DemsBuildBackBetter act, getting rid of the Jim Crow filibuster, passing the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, as well as supporting all of our phonebanks, textbanks and postcarding programs!
Storm any time on your own or join our upcoming storm on Wednesday, October 13 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, as always, you can find info/assets for our latest storm right HERE.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13:
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, October 13 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 or James McMullan-designed cards then 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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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14:
BYOP TEXTING BOOTCAMP - WI
Get ready to BYOP – Bring Your Own Phone (*plan)! We're bootcamping next Thursday, October 14 at 4p PT. Our game-changing goal is to ramp up textbanking without having to raise money for expensive texting software. We’ll train you how to text from your computer, using your data plan. Once trained, you can do this on your own time, whenever you like, as much as you like!
We're focusing on Wisconsin in honor of our recent Blue Cheese event with Ben Wikler and the yeoman's work he's doing there in the fight against the GOP's nakedly anti-democracy shenanigans. Let's lend Ben a hand by registering new Wisconsin Democrats and working together to get Democrats elected up and down the Badger State ballot! ...especially a new senator to replace Republican—and obvious Russian asset—Ron Johnson!
This is no-frills textbanking, so if you’re at all tech-challenged, you may be excused. If you have an ActionID and software to text from your computer, you're exactly who we need. Click HERE to sign up! (P.S. - we're taking this week off, but we'll be back full force next week and ready to turn Wisconsin even bluer!)
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14:
OP-EDS FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE
Join published op-ed writer and brilliant voting rights advocate Valerie Morishige on Thursday, October 14 at 6p PT for a how-to on writing an op-ed as an "ordinary person." The goals for the workshop are to increase your motivation, unlock your abilities, and get published!
We will discuss why an op-ed is a powerful tool for change, how to choose a target, positioning yourself as an "expert," crafting your argument, and the nitty gritty of submitting your final product. You can RSVP right HERE.
Since this is a hands-on workshop, please come prepared with an issue you would like to write about. The goal is to be co-creators and co-conspirators in this space; therefore, sign-ups will be capped at 20 people and the session will not be recorded. Thank you!
This is the third Op-Ed workshop Valerie has led for us and each one has been inspiring, chock full of learnin', and a whole lot of fun. And they all sell out, so don't sleep on this!
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23:
DAY OF ACTION FOR CA-25
The voters of CA-25 are mobilizing! They’ve had enough of Republican Mike Garcia, who slithered into Katie Hill’s old seat and promptly became a vocal Trump stooge totally at odds with the vast majority of the people he claims to serve. He retained his seat by just 333 votes... in a district full of unregistered progressives.
In 2022 we'll send him packing – and we've been hard at work on this all year! So on Saturday, October 23 from 9:30a-3p PT Field Team 6, in association with a host of Democratic clubs and grassroots organizations, is holding a rally and Voter Registration Day of Action to reach out to Democratic households in the Antelope Valley.
We'll canvass with bilingual door hangers to make sure everyone in the family is registered to vote, let them know about Rep. Garcia’s abysmal voting record, and connect them to the Democratic community in the area.
Come with your mask, hat, comfortable shoes, and a fully charged mobile phone. For more info or to sign up CLICK HERE.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26:
FLIP VICTORVILLE BLUE!
(CA-08)
Want to fight Trumpism and the GOP circus of horrors, and make a real difference? Registering Democrats is the #1 most effective way to do that... and now, once again, you can do that in person!
Join Field Team 6 and the San Bernardino County Democratic Party on Tuesday, October 26 from 10a-12p PT for an exciting, in-person, voter registration drive in CA-08. This district has leaned red, but its voters are finally realizing the GOP's policies don't benefit them in any way, shape or form. Let's make that crystal clear as we sign them up to vote as honest-to-God, democracy-loving Democrats! RSVP to join us right HERE.
No experience necessary. We'll start with a 15-minute training and deploy to some local hot spots. We'll have clipboards, forms, and pens. Just bring your smartphone or tablet (optional) a mask, a little water, sunscreen, some comfortable shoes, and maybe a hat.
NOTE: If possible, wear a liberal-looking t-shirt, hat, or pin! It really helps.
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TEXAS AND ARIZONA...
ARE YOU ACTIVATED?
A few weeks ago Field Team 6 announced our longtime partnership with Activate22, a homegrown community of enthusiastic volunteers using data-driven strategies to register new progressive voters.
They set an ambitious goal of sending 10s of thousands of postcards to unregistered likely Democrats in Arizona and Texas by National Voter Registration Day (9/28)! We provided the data and our postcarding system.
Then they launched an aggressive text banking campaign to the same Lone Star staters to send texts before and after that postcard would arrive. Genius!
Our research shows that multiple contacts produces a higher rate of new registrations. It just may be the key to turning two huge states blue. That could mean multiple House seats, a pair of Democratic Senators' seats and a governor's mansion... or even two!
So thanks to all who contributed or participated. And if you'd like to help out you can still chip in here to help cover the costs of these Texas and Arizona textbanks.
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REGISTER VOTERS IN PERSON!
Join us for in-person voter registration drives in CA-39 and CA-08!
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
CA-25, GA, NC-08, PA, FL and TX and get them registered to vote!
PHONE BANK IN SUPPORT OF FILIBUSTER REFORM
AND VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION
To protect voting rights, we must reform the filibuster
and pass the Freedom to Vote Act.
Call voters in AZ and WV!
POSTCARDING
Register Dems via postcard in the most flippable districts,
write with friends in the OC at our in-person postcarding parties
or virtually at our weekly Wednesday postcarding parties!
We've got campaigns going in
AZ, CA, CO, FL, NC, PA, WI and TX!
And if you have time right now, write for the high-priority
VA campaign! Mailing deadline is 10/4!
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 register likely Dems in swing states like AZ and TX!
Including our new BYOP text bank to register WI Dems!
Click VOLUNTEER OPS below to get details and sign up!
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VOLUNTEER SHOUT-OUT: ROXANNE MORSE |
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This week we’re shouting out Roxanne Morse – a Field Team 6 volunteer who retired from her travel consultant career and decided to “put some time and energy into improving the political landscape.” Landscaping! We love it!
A native Californian, she grew up in Berkeley in the sixties, but wasn’t really into the whole “marching” thing. Instead, she preferred writing letters, donating money, being a leader, or getting someone else to join her in the fight.
So when 2016 hit, Roxanne “could not stand the options available to us as a country” and knew it was time to get active again. She started by doing some phonebanking.
Then, impressed by Field Team 6’s success in flipping the OC blue in the 2018 House race, she volunteered for a 2-4 hour per week job that turned out to be "2-4 hours per day sometimes, but that’s what it takes.” And that is what it took to answer the hundreds of emails pouring into the organization!
Roxanne has gone on to do a wide range of things for Field Team 6, from being a calendarist for Founder Jason Berlin, to helping volunteers find a way to help behind the scenes, to being a Voterizer updater and a postcarder.
What causes really get her going? “Defeating / burying / obliterating the former president whose name I do not let pass my lips.” Plus, she does yoga to try to stay Zen about it all.
In terms of which state she’s most focused on next, it’s really a matter of whatever needs the most help. As she puts it, “my target state is your target state.”
Roxanne is “happy to have found Field Team 6, where people believe enough to work their butts off for the greater good.”
And we’re SO happy she found us too. Roxanne, we salute your passion and dedication to helping save democracy with thoughtfulness and hard work!
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Be like Roxanne! We're looking for people with a little time and almost any skill to share. Find our current needs or pleasantly surprise us HERE.
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McAULIFFE DELIVERS
In Virginia, the crucial governor's race has narrowed to a precarious margin, so we created some social media posts (and a video) to ensure Terry McAuliffe beats the living MAGA(A) out of the Trump stooge running against him. Share bit.ly/McAuliffe21 (where all of the #McAuliffeDelivers assets live) with everyone you know in Virginia, and with Virginia organizations who are on the ground. Ask Governor Newsom if this sort of thing helps! We think he'd agree that the 10s of millions of impressions with positive messaging helped defeat the CA recall!
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WE'VE TURNED POSTCARDING INTO A FINE ART...
Everybody knows about Shepard Fairey's wonderful postcards, but did you know we now have a second world-famous artist on the team?
Yes, James McMullan's incredible artistry has graced Lincoln Center Theater posters, U.S. stamps, and the classic children's book I Stink!
And now you can buy a series of "register to vote" postcards featuring his original Democracy Donkey, and join our postcarding efforts in true style.
So grab James and Shepard postcards here, and thank you again to James for joining the good fight with his colorful creations!
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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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