February 29th Newsletter

February 29, 2020

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Watch Party

Salisbury	Tuesday, March 3 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Super Tuesday Election Result Watch Party Fundraiser Learn more
Acton	Tuesday, March 3 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm	Super Tuesday Primary Watch Party Learn more
Somerville	Tuesday, March 3 @ 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm	Super Tuesday Watch Party with Swing Left and Blue Revolution Learn more
Allston	Tuesday, March 3 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Super Tuesday Watch Party Learn more
Westbrook, ME	Tuesday, March 3 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm	Swing Left Super Tuesday House Party Learn more

Phone Calling and Texting

Westport, CT	Sunday, March 1 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Westport Activist Afternoons ? Vote Forward Letters And Phone Bank (Weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 1 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Phone Banks For Maine Sundays(Weekly) 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 – 5:15 and 5:15 – 6:45 pm	Florida Vote by Mail Phone Bank Learn more
Andover	Tuesday, March 3 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Tuesday Daytime Texting Action Hour (Weekly) Learn more
Allston	Tuesday, March 3 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Call North Carolina Voters Purged from Voting Rolls (with Some BBQ, Too) Learn more
Online/ Anywhere	Wednesday, March 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Phonebank Q&A Learn more
Andover	Wednesday, March 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Wednesday Evening Texting Action Hour (Weekly) Learn more
Arlington	Thursday, March 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Swing Left Phone Bank to Oust Susan Collins Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Phone Banks for Maine Sundays(Weekly) Logo Learn more

Postcard and Letter Writing

Harvard	Saturday, February 29 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Saving Democracy Saturdays(Weekly) Learn more
Wayland	Sunday, March 1 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm	Countering Voter Suppression Learn more
Providence, RI	Sunday, March 1 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Sarah’s Swing Left House Party Learn more
Andover	Sunday, March 1 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Letter Writing To PA Voters Learn more
Andover	Sunday, March 1 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Florida Vote by Mail Postcarding Learn more
Wellesley	Sunday, March 1 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Get Out the Vote in Michigan! 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	Reclaim Our Vote Postcard Party Learn more
Framingham	Sunday, March 1 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	North Carolina Reclaim Our Vote Postcard Party Learn more
Brewster	Monday, March 2 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Letters to Voters & Postcarding Learn more
Cumberland, ME	Monday, March 2 @ 5:45 pm – 7:00 p	First Monday of the Month GOTV Letters (Monthly) Learn more
New Haven, CT	Monday, March 2 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm	Elm City Swing Left: First Meeting & Write Letters to Voters Learn more
Brookline	Monday, March 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm	JALSA Impact Activist Mondays (Weekly) Learn more
Northampton	Monday, March 2 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm	Florida Vote by Mail Postcard Party Learn more
Newton	Tuesday, March 3 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm	Peachy Postcards to GOTV in Georgia Learn more
Concord	Wednesday, March 4 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Winning Wednesdays! Postcarding Learn more
Marblehead	Wednesday, March 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Write Letters To Voters With Swing Left! Learn more
South Hadley	Wednesday, March 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm	Swing Left MHC Kickoff! Learn more
Natick	Wednesday, March 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Florida Vote by Mail Postcard Party Learn more
Brookline	Wednesday, March 4 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm	Swing Left Postcard Writing Party Learn more
Dartmouth	Thursday, March 5 time varies	Postcarding for Voter Registration and Get Out the Vote (Weekly) Learn more
Andover	Thursday, March 5 @ 6:30-7:30 pm	Postcards to Voters with Andover Indivisible (Weekly) Learn more
Gloucester	Thursday, March 5 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30	Write Letters to Voters Learn more
Newburyport	Thursday, March 5 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm	Newburyport Thursday Action Hour Postcards (Weekly) Learn more
Northampton	Friday, March 6 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am	Coffee and Cards Learn more
Newburyport	Friday, March 6 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Newburyport Friday Action Hour Postcards (Weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Friday, March 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm	R&B Music+Activism Learn more
Hyannis	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Juicing The Orange! (Biweekly) Learn more
Weston	Sunday, March 8 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Reclaim Our Vote Postcard Party Learn more
Boxford	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Write to Pennsylvania Voters Learn more
Avon, CT	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Swing Left Hartford – Take Action Now! Meeting Learn more
Boston	Sunday, March 8 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Jamaica Plain Progressives (JPP) Sunday Activist Afternoons (Weekly) Learn more
Gloucester	Sunday, March 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Fight Voter Suppression Learn more
Northampton	Sunday, March 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm	Write Postcards to Voters with Swing Left! Learn more

Training

Online/ Anywhere	Saturday, February 29 @ 1:00 am – 2:00 am EST	Reclaim Our Vote ? New Volunteer Training Learn more
Online/ Anywhere	Tuesday, March 3 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Reclaim Our Vote ? New Volunteer Training Learn more

Varies

Andover	Sunday, March 1 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Andover Activist Afternoons/Evenings (Weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 1 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Cambridge Activist Afternoons (Weekly) Learn more
Provincetown	Sunday, March 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Do Something Sundays (Weekly) Learn more
Concord	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Concord Indivisible Activist Huddle Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Cambridge Activist Afternoons (Weekly) Learn more
Provincetown	Sunday, March 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Do Something Sundays (Weekly) Learn more

Voter Registration and Canvassing

Boston	Thursday, March 5 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	New Americans Voter Registration Drive Learn more
Bensalem, PA	Saturday & Sunday, March 7 & 8	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
Flagstaff/ Phoenix, AZ	Saturday, March 21-22 and 28-30	Swing Left Arizona Weekend of Action Learn more
Auburn, ME	Monday, March 23 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm	Say Bye-Bye Susan Collins ? Register Voters In Maine Learn more

Other

Cambridge	Saturday, February 29 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Jimmy Tingle’s 20/20 Vision Learn more
Newton	Sunday, March 1 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm	League Of Women Voters: Civics Challenge Learn more

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Super Tuesday Election Day Watch Parties

Super Tuesday Watch Parties

Democratic candidates are promoting their differences and strengths. Democratic voters are weighing ideological vs. who-can-beat-Trump concerns. And, given political news, Democratic volunteers are streaming to Swing Left , ready to work for democracy.

Regardless of who wins the presidential primary, we’re working hard to defeat Trump and the GOP up and down the ballot this November. A Super Tuesday house party is the perfect — and easiest! — way to meet other volunteers and get ready to take action.

Join others at one of these Super Tuesday Watch Parties.

Somerville * Allston * Newton * Salisbury * Acton * Westbrook

UPDATES FROM THE FIELD

Meeting with Harold Hayes in Bensalem PA

Canvassing with Harold Hayes (third from right) in Bensalem

Great Days for Canvassing in PA

“We left Boston at 7 am on Saturday, and 4.5 hours later arrived, ready to knock doors for Harold Hayes. Super friendly voters, easy turf, organized campaign team, and great response.

“Folks were really into Harold — master plumber, union man/local 690, working-man for-working-families message. Hardly anyone knew about the election, so we felt really effective.

“Having come this far, we took an extra day and toured Bucks County barns and a brewery. On our next visit, we’re heading for Valley Forge and Independence Hall in Philly.”

Come canvass with us

Weekends through March 15

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Susan Labandibar, Kate Kavanagh and Wendy Blum with Massachusetts snowbirds and the Manatee Dems

Tactics for Winning in Florida

“We met with passionate voter registration leaders from both coasts. We’re learning best practices, nurturing relationships, and determining needs that New Englanders can address. Based on this info, we’re creating a Flippin’ Florida trip kit to support blue voter turnout in this critical year.”

Host or attend a Swing Left Flippin’ Florida phone bank

Swing Lefters across the country are giving their time, energy, and even saving to get a Democrat in the White House, Senate, and State Legislatures. See the video on NBC.

Swing Left agrees with the Boston Globe: More Democratic Voters = A Win for Democracy. Read the article.

2-22-2020 reclaim our vote party montage

Most volunteers used preprinted designs, but a few of us went for original art, including six-year-old Lilly. Will definitely be having another postcard party!!

At the 2/25 Dumplings & Reclaim Our Vote postcarding party, we completed 200 cards for purged voters in Alabama … and we were able to watch the debate while writing!

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