Resources – Playing to Win

Resources for Playing to Win was last updated March 2, 2020.

2020 Primaries

Presidential Election Calendar

Check Your Voter Registration Regularly

Check to See if You’re STILL Registered to Vote:  Vote Save America

Donate to Voting Rights Organizations or Organizing

Barack Obama & Eric Holder’s Gerrymandering and GOTV organization:  All On The Line

Stacey Abrams’s Voter Protection Teams:  Fair Fight 2020

Vote Save America’s Field Organizers for Battleground States:  Leave It All on the Field

Beto O’Rourke’s Organizing Grassroots Volunteers:  Powered by People

Black Leaders Organizing their Communities on the north side:  BLOC

Ballot Box Equality at the Ballot Box across Indian Country:  Four Directions

Latino Leaders Organizing the Communities on the south side of Milwaukee :  Voces de la Frontera

Help Democrats Abroad contact their voting states to confirm registration or register: Democrats Abroad

The Political Home for Black Women:  Higher Heights

VoteRiders

Run For Something

We Can Do This:  Music to Get You Going

Tom Petty:  I Won’t Back Down

Fifth Dimension:  Save the Country

Renata Scotto : La mamma morta (go to 2:53 to get to the good stuff):

We Can Do This:  Articles to Get You Going

Ahead of 2020 election, a ‘Blue Wave’ is rising in the cities

We Can Do This:  Interviews to Get You Going

Elizabeth Warren Interview with Higher Heights (“Political Home for Black Women”)

Studies of What Motivates Voters

How to Mobilize Reluctant Voters

Social Pressures and Voting

Motivating Voter Turnout by Invoking the Self

Phone Banking Recommendations

For a better response rate, set up a local number through Google Voice.

Text Banking

Discussed but no links, Elizabelle offered to check with her organizer.  In the meantime, perhaps contact the campaign for your preferred candidate?

Postcard Campaigns

Postcards4va – Alexandria (this is their Facebook link — for non Face-bookers, email [email protected]).

This branch has additional resources to simplify the job — they provide the postcards and the addressing labor; all you have to do is write an encouraging GOTV message (and throw in some cash for the stamps). The group is meeting NOW daily at various delicious eating establishments throughout Alexandria, VA so one can be with the group or just pick up and drop off postcards.

Focus is on protecting the VA Democratic Majority in the House and Democratic ownership of VA state government as well as flipping VA districts, but there are special efforts to support and flip other states, including Michigan.

MazeDancer’s Postcards for Patriots  (recommended, but no link yet)

Reclaim Our Vote  a national civil rights group that contacts voters purged from voter rolls and tries to get them re-registered.

Sister District  which focuses on state level races (esp. important in a census year)

ACLU Postcards  (recommended, but no link yet)

Americans of Conscience  (recommended, but no link yet)

Volunteer Opportunities Suggested by “Take Action” Jackals

Find a SwingLeft group near you  (Tips on how to find those groups?)

Find a local Indivisible group near you.   Some groups are writing postcards and doing street visibility protests.

Democracy Action

Pick a Senate Race

Washington State Democrats: Volunteer

Seattle:  call (206) 583-0664 and ask for the Operations Manager

Food Ideas for Volunteers and Campaign Organizers

Pizza is easy. Fruits, vegetables, juice, salads, desserts are all great. If you can cook, and you have the time, real meals are a godsend. (If someone is willing to expand on this, I will create a page and link to it here.)