Grassroots Organizing/Campaigns

Posted by | June 2, 2022
Building Real Power with Relational Organizing

To win transformative victories, we need to build power in our communities from the ground up, 365 days a year. Relational organizing is not just an electoral buzzword for the...

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Posted by | June 2, 2022
Voter Education: Dispelling Disinformation and Turning Out Voters in PA

A lot is at stake in the midterms, and Pennsylvania is in the center of the action. Join us to learn about what's happening legislatively in the Keystone State. We'll...

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Posted by | June 2, 2022
Saving Public Education: Electing Good People to School Boards

Public education has been under attack for the past decade by the tea party. It started with a push for charter schools, transitioned to slashing funding for education, and in...

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Posted by | June 2, 2022
There Is a Plan C: Increasing Abortion Access Online and By Mail

While we all prepare for a post-Roe future, the reality is that too many are already living it. With traditional routes of abortion access restricted and criminalization threatened, amplifying an...

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Posted by | June 2, 2022
Starting and Running Your Own Grassroots PAC

What if you had a massive email list that you could activate to raise thousands of dollars for your favorite candidates or write thousands of letters to Congress or your...

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Posted by | June 2, 2022
Text Out the Vote: How to Use In-Bound Texting to Drive Voter Turnout

In the final month of the 2020 election, VoteAmerica launched a first-of-its-kind inbound Voter Helpline built with an SMS/Slack integration to connect voters in need with trained volunteers around the...

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Posted by | June 2, 2022
How to De-escalate Red Voters with Cooling Conversations

Deep canvassing and relational organizing are increasingly recognized as powerful tools for mobilizing supporters and persuading the undecided. Less well-recognized is their usefulness for demobilizing and moderating opponents. This workshop...

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Posted by | June 2, 2022
Improving Your Influence: Strategizing Relationships with Elected Officials

Every campaign needs a thorough strategy—but how often do we intentionally strategize our relationships with elected officials? Correspondence with decision-makers must be calculated in order to achieve desired policy goals....

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Posted by | August 18, 2021
Distributed Organizing A-Z: How to Build Strong, Flexible Campaigns

Distributed organizing — where supporters lead their own efforts, with support from a centralized staff or committee, rather than the other way around — is a critical way to grow...

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Posted by | August 18, 2021
Power Mapping: How to Target with Intention and Make an Impact

What is power mapping? It’s not just about mailing lists and data points. It’s campaign work to build community power and effect real systemic change. We’ll give you practical, useful...

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