Actions for Week of January 10, 2021
Key elections, must-pass legislation, and how to build back blue
Monday, Jan. 10
TURN FLORIDA BLUE
6 PM- 8 PM
Join Field Team 6 in contacting eligible voters (likely Democrats) in Florida's 26th district!
You’ll be targeting Carlos Gimenez, a horrid Republican congressman who flipped his seat red, and then voted to overturn the Biden election results. Let’s flip this seat back to blue!
Training provided and bilingual Spanish speakers extra welcome.
Tuesday, Jan. 11
ON WISCONSIN!
5 PM - 8 PM
Call Wisconsinites and tell them why the Build Back Better Agenda is so important. Training included, so no worries if you've never worked the dialer before!
Wednesday, January 12
REGISTER FLORIDA BLUE VOTERS
6:30 - 7:30 PM
Write letters and postcards to FL voters with Swing Left and\ Vote Forward. Let’s get more blue voters registered, increase the vote, and get rid of Marco Rubio.
Thursday, January 13
PROTECT VOTING RGHTS
3 PM - 6 PM
Join Joan's Democracy Cafe to phone-bank to protect voting rights!
Ask Michigan voters to Decline to Sign a diabolical petition that implements voter suppression without a vote of the people, and invite them to a virtual educational event (run by Voters Not Politicians)
Ask Arizona and West Virginia voters to tell their Senators to reform the filibuster to pass the Freedom to Vote Act (FTVA) and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (JLVRAA)
OR
NY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DEBATE
7 PM
NYPAN/Our Revolution will be holding a forum for NY gubernatorial candidates. Meet the candidates, hear their platforms, and decide who you want to lead our state.
Friday, January 14
FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT
4-6 PM (other dates and times available)
Call voters in key states and connect them to their Senators to support the Freedom to Vote Act, and eliminate the filibuster.
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Speaking of which, there was another last minute meeting with Senator Schumer last week.
There is forward progress on getting a vote on voting rights legislation, but we need to amplify how important and urgent this is. He would like our help.
The idea is to tie in the insurrection with voter suppression and subversion efforts in state legislatures. Emphasize that rules can be changed and voting rights used to be bipartisan.
So, write letters to the editor, post ion Facebook, and on other social media. If you need ideas, check out the January 6th Messaging Toolkit from a Freedom Rising Movement Briefing with messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio.