February 22 Newsletter

February 22, 2020

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Read on to learn what you and other Swing Lefters can accomplish in PA, FL, MI, ME, and AZ.

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Phone Calling and Texting

Concord	Sunday, February 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Florida Vote by Mail Phone Bank at Concord Activist Huddle Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, February 23 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Phone Banks For Maine Sundays (weekly) Learn more
Newton	Monday, February 24 @ 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm	Help Defeat Susan Collins Learn more
Andover	Tuesday, February 25 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Tuesday Daytime Texting Action Hour Learn more
Boston	Tuesday, February 25 @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm	Tacos/Call Florida Dems to Vote-by-Mail + Unity Debate Watch Party Learn more
Lexington	Wednesday, February 26 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Swing Left Phone Bank Learn more
Northampton	Wednesday, February 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm	Phone Bank to Help Defeat Susan Collins Learn more
Andover	Wednesday, February 26 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Wednesday Evening Texting Action Hour (weekly) Learn more
Arlington	Thursday, February 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Swing Left Phone Bank to Oust Susan Collins Learn more
Malden	Thursday, February 27 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm	Phone Bank to Defeat Susan Collins! Learn more
Swampscott	Sunday, March 1 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Let’s Get Ready to Defeat Susan Collins! Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 1 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Phone Banks For Maine Sundays Learn more

Postcard and Letter Writing

Cambridge	Saturday, February 22 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Write Letters to Voters with Swing Left! Learn more
Sandwich	Sunday, February 23 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Write Letters/Voter Registration To PA Voters With Swing Left! Learn more
Northampton	Sunday, February 23 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Write Letters to Voters with Swing Left in Florence! (weekly) Learn more
Cumberland, ME	Monday, February 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 p	House Party/Letter Writing Learn more
Brookline	Monday, February 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm	JALSA Impact Activist Mondays (weekly) Learn more
Nahant	Monday, February 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm	Florida Vote By Mail Postcard Party Learn more
Brewster	Tuesday, February 25 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Letters to Voters & Postcarding Learn more
Portland, ME	Tuesday, February 25 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm	House Party/Letter Writing Learn more
Cambridge	Tuesday, February 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm	Reclaim Our Vote Postcard + Dumpling Party for TX Learn more
Littleton	Tuesday, February 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Indivisible Acton Area Action at Littleton Library Learn more
Marblehead	Tuesday, February 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Florida Vote By Mail Postcard Party Learn more
Portland, ME	Wednesday, February 26 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm	House Party/Letter Writing Learn more
Providence, RI	Wednesday, February 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm	Florida Vote By Mail Postcard Party Learn more
Amherst	Wednesday, February 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm	Postcard Writing Party Learn more
Portland, ME	Wednesday, February 26 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 p	House Party/Letter Writing Learn more
Watertown	Wednesday, February 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Florida Vote By Mail Postcard Party Learn more
Andover	Thursday, February 27 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm	Postcards to Voters with Andover Indivisible (weekly) Learn more
Newburyport	Thursday, February 27 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm	I-RISE Newburyport Thursday Action Hour (weekly) Learn more
Narragansett, RI	Thursday, February 27 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm	Write Postcards to Voters and Help Our Friends at The Womxn Learn more
Marlborough	Thursday, February 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Thirsty Thursdays Learn more
Northampton	Friday, February 28 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am	Cards and Coffee in Northampton! Learn more
Newburyport	Friday, February 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	I-RISE Newburyport Friday Action Hour Postcards (Weekly) Learn more
Leverett	Saturday, February 29 @ 10:30 am – 11:45 am	Swing Left Letter and Postcard Writing to Voters (weekly) Learn more
Harvard	Saturday, February 29 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Saving Democracy Saturdays Learn more
Wayland	Sunday, March 1 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm	Countering Voter Suppression Postcarding Event Learn more
Andover	Sunday, March 1 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Letter Writing to PA Voters Learn more
Framingham	Sunday, March 1 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	North Carolina Reclaim Our Vote Postcard Party Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 1 @ 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm	Florida Vote by Mail Phone Bank at Activist Afternoons Learn more

Training

Online/ Anywhere

Thursday, February 27
@ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Flippin Florida: Voter Registration 101 Training Call with Field Team 6
Learn more

Voter Registration and Canvassing

Philadelphia, PA	Monday, February 24 – Thursday, February 27	Register Democrats With Field Team 6 And Blue Revolution Learn more
Bensalem, PA	Weekends through March 8	Canvassing for Harold Hayes (HD-18) in Bucks County Learn more
Bensalem, PA	Saturday, February 29-Sunday, March 1	Canvassing For Harold Hayes (HD-18) In Bucks County Learn more
Bensalem, PA	Saturday, March 14 through Tuesday, March 17	Swing Left Weekend of Action in PA Learn more
Boston	Thursday, February 27 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	New Americans Voter Registration Drive (weekly) Learn more
Flagstaff/Phoenix, AZ	Saturday, March 21-22 and 28-30	Swing Left Arizona Weekend of Action Learn more
Bensalem, PA	February 22 – February 23	Canvassing for Harold Hayes (HD-18) in Bucks County Learn more

Varies

Concord	Sunday, February 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Concord Indivisible Activist Huddle Learn more
`Hyannis	Sunday, February 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Juicing The Orange! Learn more
Boston	Sunday, February 23 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Jamaica Plain Progressives (JPP) Sunday Activist Afternoons (weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, February 23 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Cambridge Activist Afternoons Learn more
Provincetown	Sunday, February 23 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Do Something Sundays (weekly) Learn more
Andover	Sunday, March 1 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Activist Afternoons/Evenings Learn more
Boston	Sunday, March 1 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Jamaica Plain Progressives (JPP) Sunday Activist Afternoons (weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 1 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Cambridge Activist Afternoons Learn more
Provincetown	Sunday, March 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Do Something Sundays (weekly) Learn more

Other

Wayland	Sunday, February 23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Meet Rep. Susan Wild (PA07) & Help Hold the House! Learn more
Brookline	Sunday, February 23 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Meet Rep. Susan Wild (PA07) & Help Hold The House! Learn more
Online/ Anywhere	Sunday, February 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Swing Left Volunteer Leaders Call Learn more
Wellesley	Monday, February 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Activist Night Learn more
Online/ Anywhere	Tuesday, February 25 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm	Maine Leaders Call Learn more
Arlington	Saturday, February 29 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am	Minuteman Indivisible Weekday Warriors Monthly Meeting Learn more
Cambridge	Saturday, February 29 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Jimmy Tingles 20/20 Vision Learn more
Providence, RI	Saturday, February 29 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Sarah’s Swing Left House Party Learn more
Newton	Sunday, March 1 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm	League of Women Voters: Civics Challenge Learn more

Host a Super Tuesday Watch Party on March 3
Bring in new activists and stir up action. Together, you can watch tallies come in from Super States — including Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, and Texas — as well as places where many of our volunteers live.
Find out how easy it is to create a Super Tuesday Watch Party.

PENNSYLVANIA

Activists just like you are going down to PA

All Roads Lead to PA for March 17 Election

We’re just nine seats from flipping the PA State House in 2020, and the first step is a win for Democratic Harold Hayes in the March 17 special legislative election for PA HD-18. Join us in the most effective way to increase voter turnout: knocking on doors.

Only five hours from Boston, HD-18 is just north of Philly and includes Bensalem and parts of Bucks County. We need all hands on deck, so please sign up for as many shifts as you can!

Help us meet our goal of knocking on 3,000 doors every week before the special election on March 17.
Saturday and Sunday, February 29-March 1
with Swing Left
or
Tuesday-Friday, February 25 -28
or
Weekends through March 15

Keep the House Blue

Protect Susan Wild’s Seat

As part of the February 29-March 4 Weekend of Action, Swing Lefters are attending the re-election campaign kick-off for US Rep. Susan Wild. Wild is the first Democrat in 20 years — and the first woman ever –to represent PA’s HD-7.

Come celebrate with Swing Left canvassers on March 1
and/or
meet Susan Wild right here in Greater Boston on Sunday, February 23

In Wayland @ 2:00 pm -4:00 pm RSVP/Donate
In Brookline @ 5:00 pm -700 pm RSVP/Donate

FLORIDA

29 electoral college votes are at stake in Florida

Canvassers Can Make Difference in Florida

Turns out, there’s a virtual pipeline between New England and Florida — a superhighway of solid gold when it comes to flipping this swing state. Volunteers taking this route are seeing the fruits of their efforts.

A Massachusetts contingent will be knocking on doors this week (February 24-28). Swing Left Leaders – including Susan Labandibar, Kate Kavanaugh, and ____ — will make time around canvassing for meetings with on-the-ground organizers; the goal is to maximize the impact of Greater Boston volunteers.

Learn more about canvassing in Florida in an online call on February 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm.

You don’t have to travel to Florida to get Democratic votes. Every three VBM sign-ups yield one vote.

Use the promo code Indivisible and $10 from every ticket goes to Indivisible-MA

MICHIGAN

A win in Michigan = a Dem in the White House and an end to gerrymandering

Turn Michigan as Blue as the Great Lakes

Only by increasing the number of Democratic voters can we win the state’s 16 Electoral College votes and flip control of the Republican-led Michigan State House. We just need four seats to flip the Michigan State House, which will impact gerrymandering, the environment, and education.

Ready to flip Michigan?

Learn how you can help turn Michigan as blue as the Great Lakes! Take part in New England for Michigan: Let’s Talk MI, an online call on March 9 @ 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm.
Can’t be on the call? Tell us what interests you here, and/or email Swing Left Boston Volunteer Organizer info@swingbluealliance.org.
Consider a #DemocracyHoliday in the great state of Michigan. Learn more at Swing Left’s Michigan trip planner.

Maine phone banking has moved into Cambridge Activist Afternoons, and all you have to do is listen! Help us learn about voter issues, identify support for candidates, and clean up contact lists. We’ll start with an intro to the process, and then you’ll get on your phones.

Call Maine Dems every Sunday at Cambridge Activist Afternoons.
Sign up in advance here.
Please bring your own laptop computer or tablet, chargers, and headphones.

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