March 7 Newsletter

March 7, 2020

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Canvassing and Voter Registration

Bensalem, PA	Saturday- Sunday, March 7-8	Canvassing for Harold Hayes in Bucks County (PA HD-18) Learn more
Levittown, PA	Saturday- Sunday, March 7-8	Bensalem PA (HD-18) Special Election Canvassing Learn more
Boston	Wednesday, March 11 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	New Americans Voter Registration Drive Learn more
Boston	Thursday, March 12 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	New Americans Voter Registration Drive (Weekly) Learn more
Levittown, PA	Saturday- Sunday, March 13-14	Bensalem (PA HD-1) Special Election Canvassing Learn more
Bensalem, PA	Saturday- Sunday, March 13-14	Canvassing for Harold Hayes (HD-18) in Bucks County Learn more

Phone Calling and Texting

Concord	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Swing Left Phone Bank at Concord Indivisible Huddle Learn more
Westport, CT	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Westport Activist Afternoons – Vote Forward Letters and Phone Bank (Weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Phone Banks for Maine Sundays (Weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Cambridge Calling: Flip the PA State House Learn more
Provincetown	Sunday, March 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Do Something Sundays (Weekly) Learn more
Newton	Monday, March 9 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm	Phone Banking for Maine (Weekly) Full this week
Newton	Monday, March 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm	Phone Banking for Harold Hayes (PA HD-18) Special Election Learn more
Andover	Tuesday, March 10 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Tuesday Daytime Texting Action Hour (Weekly) Learn more
Great Barrington	Tuesday, March 10 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm	Phone Banking for Maine – Left Field (Weekly) Learn more
Arlington	Tuesday, March 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm	Call Voters for Harold Hayes (PA HD-18) Learn more
Newton	Tuesday, March 10 @ 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm	Help Defeat Susan Collins (Weekly) Learn more
Littleton	Tuesday, March 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Indivisible Acton Area Action at Library (Weekly) Learn more
Brookline	Tuesday, March 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm	Calls to PA for Harold Hayes (PA HD-18) Learn more
Northampton	Wednesday, March 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm	Phone Bank to Help Defeat Susan Collins (Weekly) Learn more
Andover	Wednesday, March 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Wednesday Evening Texting Action Hour (Weekly) Learn more
Arlington	Thursday, March 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Swing Left Phone Bank to Oust Susan Collins Learn more
Lexington	Friday, March 13 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm	Learn to Text with the Environmental Voter Project Learn more
Swampscott	Sunday, March 15 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Let’s Start Phoning to Defeat Susan Collins Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 15 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Phone Banks for Maine Sundays Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 15 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Calling: Flip the PA State House Learn more
Provincetown	Sunday, March 15 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Do Something Sundays (Weekly) Learn more

Postcard and Letter Writing

Boxford	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Write to Pennsylvania Voters Learn more
Weston	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Reclaim Our Vote Postcard Party Learn more
Hyannis	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Write Letters to Voters with Swing Left Learn more
Hyannis	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Texas Reclaim Our Vote Postcard Party Learn more
Avon, CT	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Swing Left Hartford – Take Action Now Meeting Learn more
Westport, CT	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Westport Activist Afternoons – Vote Forward Letters and Phone Bank (Weekly) Learn more
Gloucester	Sunday, March 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Fight Voter Suppression Learn more
Provincetown	Sunday, March 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Do Something Sundays (Weekly) Learn more
Northampton	Sunday, March 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm	Write Postcards to Voters with Swing Left Learn more
Brookline	Monday, March 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm	Brookline Activist Evenings (Weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Tuesday, March 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm	Reclaim Our Vote Postcard Party Learn more
Littleton	Tuesday, March 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Indivisible Acton Area Action at Library (Weekly) Learn more
Maynard	Wednesday, March 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Winning Wednesdays (Biweekly) Learn more
Natick	Wednesday, March 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Florida Vote By Mail Postcard Party Learn more
Needham	Wednesday, March 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm	Write Letters to Voters with Swing Left Learn more
Dartmouth	Thursday, March 12 @ varies	Postcarding for Voter Registration and Get Out The Vote (Weekly) Learn more
Falmouth	Thursday, March 12 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Write Letters to Register Swing State Voters Learn more
Andover	Thursday, March 12 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm	Postcards to Voters with Andover Indivisible (Weekly) Learn more
Newburyport	Thursday, March 12 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm	I-RISE Newburyport Thursday Action Hour (Weekly) Learn more
Northampton	Friday, March 13 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am	Cards and Coffee Learn more
Boston	Friday, March 13 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Write Letters to Voters with Swing Left Learn more
Newburyport	Friday, March 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	I-RISE Newburyport Friday Action Hour Postcards (Weekly) Learn more
Boston	Saturday, March 14 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm	Florida Vote By Mail Postcard Party Learn more
Chicopee	Sunday, March 15 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am	Postcards to Voters Learn more
Provincetown	Sunday, March 15 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Do Something Sundays (Weekly) Learn more

Training

Online/ Anywhere	Saturday, March 7 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm	How to Lead Your Own Field Team 6 Voter Drive (Voter Registration 201 Video Training Call) Learn more
Online/ Anywhere	Monday, March 9 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm	New England for Michigan: Let’s Talk MI Learn more
Online/ Anywhere	Monday, March 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Flippin’ Michigan Voter Registration 101 Training Call with Field Team 6 Learn more
Online/ Anywhere	Tuesday, March 10 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Reclaim Our Vote New Volunteer Training Learn more
Online/ Anywhere	Tuesday, March 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Flippin’ Maine: Voter Registration 101 Training Call with Field Team 6 Learn more

Varies

Hyannis	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Juicing The Orange (Biweekly) Learn more
Concord	Sunday, March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Concord Indivisible Activist Huddle (Biweekly) Learn more
Jamaica Plain	Sunday, March 8 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Jamaica Plain Progressives (JPP) Sunday Activist Afternoons (Weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Cambridge Activist Afternoons (Weekly) Learn more
Jamaica Plain	Sunday, March 15 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Jamaica Plain Progressives (JPP) Sunday Activist Afternoons (Weekly) Learn more
Cambridge	Sunday, March 15 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Activist Afternoons (Weekly) Learn more
Andover	Sunday, March 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Andover Activist Afternoon Learn more

Other

Lexington	Monday, March 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm	Minuteman Indivisible Update/Action Meeting (Monthly) Learn more
Newburyport	Friday, March 13 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm	I-RISE Newburyport Second Friday Happy Hour (Monthly) Learn more
Brighton	Sunday, March 15 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Fundraiser for Quinn Nystrom, MN-8 Learn more
Amherst	Sunday, March 15 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Swing (Left) into Spring Fundraiser Learn more

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It takes multiple touches to activate a voter

Now, Because October Is Too Late

According to Forbes, “Simplicity and repetition are the most important tools you can use to get your message across in the current climate of information overload.” That means we have to begin the hunt for Democratic voters now, before October’s cross fire of multitudes of door knockers and airwaves full of Republican propaganda.

Now is the only time you can begin the repetition cycle and make your efforts effective. Now is the time to engage low-propensity voters via voter registration, vote by mail, and turning out voters in special and local elections.

Join any of the events in the Swing Left Greater Boston calendar.

PENNSYLVANIA

Our own Carolyn Fuller, Bill McAvinney, Bob Scheier, and Ann Eldridge (shown with Andrea Koplove, Director of Engagement with Turn PA Blue) knocked on more than 200 doors this weekend.

Don’t Wait Until the General Election to Turn PA Blue

Pennsylvania HD-18 is one of nine seats the Democrats need to win to take control of the Pennsylvania House. Last weekend, Swing Left Greater Boston volunteers We were among 15 local and out-of- state groups that logged more than 150 canvassing shifts over the weekend.

They were there to support Democrat Harold Hayes in the close Pennsylvania House District 18 special election on March 17. The canvassing built momentum for the March 14-15 weekend of action (RSVP here) where we’ll work get out the vote before the March 17 special election.

	With Republican scare tactics like this door hanger, every vote counts. Come to PA and get out the vote for Harold Hayes.
	Do you speak another language? We’re looking for multilingual volunteers to help communicate with diverse communities: canvassing, phone banking, and translating literature and postcards. If you can speak another language and can help, please fill out this form.

FLORIDA

How the Dems will win.

Don’t Let Apathy Discourage

Volunteers in Florida last week were surprised at the number of people they spoke to who don’t plan to vote. However, our team isn’t discouraged.

Swing Left and other progressive organizations stand by the tenets of “early and often” described in the first article in this newsletter. The more often we touch a possible voter — by postcard, phone, or handshake — the more likely we win another active voter.

Check out these
events in the online calendar
and get Floridians voting.

MICHIGAN

Activists just like you are going to MI

Targeting Change in the MI State House

Swing Left is currently targeting seven districts — five GOP-held seats and two Democratic holds — in the Michigan State House. Four GOP incumbents in target districts are being term-limited out of office, giving Democrats an opportunity to flip the chamber in 2020 and protect the integrity of the Michigan’s independent redistricting process in 2021.

Sign up now
for our next information/organizing call
Monday March 9 @ 6:30-7:30 pm EST (Note: the call was rescheduled from a previous date.)

We’ll be focusing on action, including boots on the ground opportunities for voter registration and canvassing, travel planning, and other ways to flip Michigan from right here in New England.

Interested in Michigan or have connections there?
Tell us more!

Janet Singer (right) is putting her networks to work

Consider Other Venues for Volunteer Activism

Last June, Janet Singer used her 35th college reunion in June to promote volunteer activism. She and a classmate gave a presentation to about 25 other alums on the Swing Left strategy and actions people can take.

Based on that meeting, her classmates continue to gather in “mini-reunions with a purpose.” They are canvassing, writing letters, and more in North Carolina, Houston, Arizona, and Maine, places they themselves live. There’s so much interest that Janet & Co. are going to do a zoom call presentation for others who couldn’t be there.

Consider using your reunions to get people on the road to Democracy. Contact Janet to learn more.

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