January 15, 2022 Newsletter
Posted on January 16, 2022
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Massachusetts' best resource for keeping the House and the Senate and turning purple states Blue.
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Volunteers Taking Back Democracy
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In This Issue
● Swing Blue Alliance All Volunteer Roundup ● AZ and the FTVA ● Introducing Win Blue NH
● Volunteers TBA for the FTVA ● All In for NC meeting ● Sylvia Galván: Building Strong Coalitions
● Political texting
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Chris Pappas Comes to the Roundup!
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Chris Pappas, US Representative from NH, is coming to the Swing Blue Alliance (SBA) All Volunteer Roundup – and so should you! Learn why volunteers turn to SBA for effective ways to swing the country blue.
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This month, you’ll get the answers to these questions:
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- What’s really going on with the Senate filibuster?
Izzy Bronstein, Common Cause
- Why is NH critical to 2022 elections? How is SBA supporting the effort?
- Lucas Meyer, Catalyst Advocacy and 603 Forward
- How will Democratic volunteers in Pennsylvania build their ranks to ensure Democratic legislation across the state? Can SBA help?
Andrea Koplove, Swing PA Blue
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Want the nitty-gritty details?
Learn more about voting rights, plans for NH, and organizing in PA in separate breakout sessions -- take your pick!
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How can we "celebrate" Martin Luther King Day without the passage of voting rights legislation? That's what Dr. King's family is asking the President and Senate.
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On January 15, the date of Dr. King’s birthday, the King family is attending a rally in Phoenix, AZ, to “restore and expand voting rights in honor of Dr. King’s legacy.” On January 17, MLK Day, the family will be in Washington, DC, rallying supporters with a march across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and other events. They will be drawing comparisons with Dr. King’s 1965 march for voting rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
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You, too, can help freedom fighters in AZ and other states across the country. Join any of the Common Cause/SBA phonebanks and talk to like-minded Arizona voters. Ask these constituents to demand that Senator Sinema and other Senators pass voting rights legislation by breaking the filibuster.
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It’s time to do more, worry less.
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Every day at different times
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Introducing the Win Blue NH Team
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Swing Blue Alliance’s Win Blue NH team will be working to re-elect Senator Maggie Hassan and Congressman Chris Pappas and support down-ballot races.
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NH Dems have a winning strategy: In 2021, NH Democrats statewide won 10 out of 13 city mayoral races, including Manchester; swept School Board and Alderman races; and prevailed in 3 of 5 special elections.
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Ready for the NH Kickoff?: Hear what K.R. Epstein, Chris Pappas’ Organizing Director, has to say about the state of NH politics at the Win Blue NH Kickoff on January 24. Then get a preview of options for volunteering in NH.
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This is a pivotal week for the Freedom to Vote Act. It's time for all hands on deck. Volunteers TBD is calling people who have previously volunteered on Common Cause phonebanks. We're asking them to sign up for more shifts.
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Will you exponentialize your contribution by finding more volunteers to get on the phone for the FTVA? This week, we'll be calling people who have volunteered on Common Cause phonebanks to promote the Freedom to Vote Act.
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Fri, Jan 21, 2-3:30 pm ET
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Now you can work directly with grassroots groups to help their efforts to take back North Carolina.
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All In for NC is laying the groundwork to win the currently Republican-held US Senate seat in 2022 and to affect pending redistricting -- the first round is already held up in the State Supreme Court as likely illegal.
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On January 24, we’ll look at “The North Carolina Budget – What Happened in 2021 and What’s Ahead in 2022.” The talk will feature Rep. Brian Farkas (Pitt County), who served on the Budget Committee, and Dr. Jenni Owen(tentative), Director of Strategic Partnerships and former Policy Director to Governor Roy Cooper.
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Building Strong Coalitions
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Sylvia Galván came from Mexico to join her husband in Western Massachusetts in the 1970s. Then, after three years back in Mexico in the 1980s – she wanted her sons to learn their native language -- she became a bilingual teacher in Holyoke, MA. Sylvia calls this period the golden age of bilingual education, while recognizing that the movement resulted in clashes within the Holyoke community.
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Her concern over the conflicts prompted Sylvia to become active in multiple Latino organizations. Eventually, she served on the Southampton Democratic Committee, reaching voters through their Latino heritage. She is also involved with Indivisible/Swing Blue Alliance in Western Massachusetts and has written hundreds of postcards since 2020.
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Sylvia worries that Democrat candidates are losing the Latino community and urges them to get to know Hispanic neighborhoods, offering concrete advice on how to get this group of citizens to vote.
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Learn about Sylvia’s transition to activism, all she has accomplished, and her advice to Democratic campaigns.
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Texting is a great way to reach people in other states about issues and candidates. Learn how with Christine Brown from Indivisible Acton Area. She'll provide training and then help you set up accounts with either Movement Labs or Move On.
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