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September 9, 2021  WORLDS SAVED:   1 PROGRESSIVES WE'VE HELPED REGISTER: 2,940,883 TOTAL VOTERS REACHED OUT TO: 15,777,283 DAYS UNTIL 2022 MIDTERM ELECTION: 425 DAYS UNTIL CA RECALL ELECTION: 5

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YELL IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS

In the national crisis that is the California recall election, it’s GOTV time. For Field Team 6, that means letting every unregistered likely Democrat know they can still register and vote NO at an early voting center, or at their polling place on Election Day. We’ve already contacted over 100,000 likely Dems in California between two and three times each, and if we hit our fundraising goal (help with that HERE!), we’ll send out another 166,000 touches in the coming days.  The stakes are national. Because if we lose this, California gets Governor Larry Elder, our first governor named after one of the Three Stooges. (And not even the smart one!)  But I don’t mean to insult the Three Stooges. Neither Larry, Moe, or even Curly would be caught dead saying the things Larry Elder says. He says employers SHOULD be able to discriminate against women for having children. He writes that “women know less than men about political issues, economics, and current events.” He claims the 2020 election was “full of shenanigans." He proposes we pay reparations to the descendants of slave OWNERS, to compensate them for losing their “property.” He is anti-vaxx, anti-mask, anti-women’s rights, anti-women in general… and if you ask him about any of these issues, the only thing he’ll deny? Is climate change. So this is one Elder we must NOT respect. He wants to bring his astoundingly mindless, dumbfoundingly reckless, AM radio shock jock-ery to the governor’s mansion? I say OH HAYL NO. We say OH HAYL NO. And between now and close of polls on September 14, we’re going to get every good-hearted voter in California to say OH HAYL NO. Here’s how!

BIG NEWS

5 DAYS LEFT TO DEFEAT THE CA RECALL! Let's explode across the finish line! Join Field Team 6's huge final push to thwart the Republican recall of popular Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. Vote NO on the recall, and tell everyone you know to do the same. If we lose, the new Republican hack governor could end up appointing a replacement for Senator Dianne Feinstein. And GOP frontrunner Larry Elder recently said, "They're afraid I'm going to replace her with a Republican – which I most certainly would do and that would be an earthquake in Washington DC." Return your vote-by-mail ballot by mail (as long as it's postmarked by 9/14) or drop at a secure ballot drop box, a voting location, or your county elections office by 8p on 9/14. If you know someone who hasn't registered yet, there's still time! Find early voting sites HERE (9/11-9/13) and election day (9/14) sites HERE. Once you've locked down your own voting plan, there's a lot more you can do to help get out the vote and Stop the Recall: GOTV — canvass and phone bank to Get Out The Vote with CADEM! Sign up to CANVASS HERE. Sign up to PHONE BANK HERE. BYOP – info on Bring Your Own Phone textbanking below. Outreach Circle – with this powerful TOOL you can ask your Democratic friends and family how they voted, then check off their names on the state party list. It's easy and super-effective at helping the California Democratic Party (CADEM) allocate scarce resources. Here's a handy GUIDE. Social Storm – we've got pre-made social media posts ready to go, all pushing same-day registration info. Post them on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, and join a social storm that has already generated tens of millions of impressions... and can carry us to victory. Grab 'em HERE! (insider tip: get Instagram assets by accessing the link from your phone) The polls are close, and we can't allow this Q-Anon fever dream to become a reality. In this final week, stay focused, stay hungry, stay active! We got this!

EVENTS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9: BYOP TEXTING BOOTCAMP Get ready to BYOP – Bring Your Own Phone (*plan) – to a whole new, groundbreaking kind of text bank! We're bootcamping TODAY, Thursday, September 9 at 4p PT. Our game-changing goal is to ramp up textbanking without having to raise money for expensive texting software. We’ll train you how to text from your computer, using your data plan. Once trained, you can do this on your own time, whenever you like, as much as you like! This is no-frills textbanking, so if you’re at all tech-challenged, you may be excused. If you have an ActionID and software to text from your computer, you're exactly who we need. Click HERE to sign up!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9: DRINKS FOR DEMOCRACY Join celebrity hosts Jeff Perry (Scandal, My So-Called Life), Zoe Perry (Young Sheldon, Scandal), Gab Taraboulsy, and Don Foster for another of our fabulous virtual happy hours benefitting democracy. This installment is TONIGHT, Thursday, September 9 at 5pm PT / 8pm ET and is all about NO! It's in the spirit of voting NO on the CA recall, ya know? We'll kick things off right with mixologist Alex Saggiomo and a NO-themed drink recipe! (Thirsty Bootcampers from the above textbanking event are most definitely welcome! We'll have a virtual cold one ready for you.) Tune in for celebrity guests Annie Potts, Laurie Metcalf and more, a Recall-themed game called "Know Your Clown Car," an up-to-the-minute Recall update, a shout-out to one of our amazing volunteers, and some quality time to get to know each other. We'll also be raffling off items including Texas-themed Chuck Taylors (women's size 7) with Young Sheldon cast signatures. Wear or display... Yeehaw! RSVP right HERE.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15: SOCIAL MEDIA STORM Every Wednesday we hit the web to raise awareness for Field Team 6's efforts to register Democrats and save the world. Recent storms have averaged over 15 million impressions each – incredible! Our storms are making a difference and the more who join, the bigger the difference! In fact, the numbers from last week were mind-blowing: we created over 19 million impressions! (3 million more than the previous week!!) That was over 4,500 tweets, over 40k likes/retweets, reaching almost 4 million accounts. We have three words for that: Mo. Ment. Um. Let's keep it up! Storm any time on your own or join our upcoming storm on Wednesday, September 15 at 11a PT on Zoom for some socializing and training to develop mad storming skillz! RSVP HERE. No idea what we're talking about? Show up and learn! Our very own Deb Verla is literally a training professional and will make it fun and easy. But, don't wait for our next storm to send out #NewsomDelivers assets (which you can find right HERE). Because... Next Tuesday, September 14, is California's special election and Californians can still “conditionally” register and vote, so we want to encourage unregistered folks to do that as well as urging registered Dems to GOTV and vote NO! This election is far too important to take the foot off the gas now. Next week, after we've defeated the cynical recall attempt (yes, we will!), we'll turn our attention to promoting the crucial For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and our upcoming volunteer opportunities!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15: WEEKLY POSTCARD PARTY Have you ever wanted to write voter registration postcards in a group from the comfort of your kitchen table? Then our weekly postcarding parties are right up your alley! Join Postcarding Queen Laurie Mendik at our upcoming virtual shindig this Wednesday, September 15 from 2-3p PT. She'll get you trained up and ready to write. RSVP HERE! If you'd like to order some of our incredible Shepard Fairey-designed cards, click HERE. And if you can't contain your postcarding enthusiasm until Wednesday, feel free to get started any time right HERE!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25: OVERCOMING ACTIVIST FATIGUE Are you experiencing activist fatigue? You're not alone! Join Field Team 6 multi-hyphenate Czar (Postcarding, Mobilize, Zoom, Newsletter) Sharon Lord Greenspan, on Saturday, September 25 from 5-6pm PT as she shares strategies for remaining positive and active through the political adversity and general chaos we face every day. This meeting of like-minded folks will leave you feeling refreshed, regenerated, and with the tools you need to get back to full strength... so you can get back out there, and kick some a$$ from a place of joy! RSVP right HERE.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3: BALLOTS OVER BROADWAY 3 Join us for a magical evening under the stars featuring Broadway musical performances by your favorite stars of stage and screen—this time in person! Hosted by Chris Mann and featuring musical director Doug Peck and an all-star lineup from Broadway and Hollywood, you won't want to miss it. Plus there's an open bar, light dinner and desserts, and an opportunity to help save democracy! What's not to love? All proceeds benefit Field Team 6 and DemocraShe (a wonderful organization founded by former FT6 Outreach Director, Sarah Jakle). As this is an in-person event, please bring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test from within the previous 48 hours. (The event is outdoors.) For tickets or to donate please click HERE.

VOLUNTEER OPS

REGISTER VOTERS IN PERSON! Join us for in-person voter registration drives in Orange County! TRAIN TO LEAD IN-PERSON VOTER DRIVES Our Zoom trainings give you all the skills to lead in-person voter drives! We have trainings for AZ, CA, FL, GA, NC, PA, TX, and WI – with NV coming soon! PHONEBANKING Join Field Team 6 and our partners as we call likely Dems in CA-25, GA, NC-08, PA, and TX and get them registered to vote! Just added: Bilingual Spanish phone bank to register Dems in FL! PHONE BANK IN SUPPORT OF FILIBUSTER REFORM AND VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION  To give us all the freedom to vote, we must reform the filibuster and pass the  For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.  Call voters in AZ and WV! POSTCARDING Register Dems via postcard in the most flippable districts and write with friends in the OC at our in-person postcarding parties or virtually at our weekly Wednesday postcarding parties! Right now, we've got campaigns in AZ, CA, CO, FL, NC, PA and TX! SOCIAL STORMING Build progressive awareness and help #RegisterDemocrats from the comfort of your social media accounts!  Find camaraderie, tips, and tricks on our weekly Wednesday Zooms! TEXTBANKING Join texting efforts to stymie the QAnon, anti-vaxxer Trumpists who are trying to oust popular and effective Democrat Gov. Newsom. (Including our new BYOP text bank – see above!) Click VOLUNTEER OPS below to get details and sign up!

VOLUNTEER OPS

VOLUNTEER SHOUT-OUT: KATHLEEN MAUDY

This week, we’re shouting out Kathleen Maudy in her own words! "My parents were politically active, but as a child, I wanted no part – I already stuck out enough as the kid of hippies who relocated from San Francisco to a tiny logging community in the Sierras in Butte County, California. I couldn’t wait to get back to the Bay Area as a young adult, but eventually, I returned with my husband and our two kids to the beautiful mountain valley of my youth. Other than encouraging my 10-year-old to phonebank for Obama in 2008 (part of the Ohio bump!), I fell into my old habit of staying quiet, feeling outnumbered in a hopelessly Republican-leaning district. I just kept my head down and focused on working on our sheep and chicken ranch and homeschooling our kids. But the election of Trump in 2016 got my attention and propelled me into action. Soon I was busily working on getting out the vote for Democrats in my community and writing postcards and letters to voters in other states to encourage them to send Democrats to D.C. It felt great to take a positive step toward change, and I realized that over my lifetime, Butte County slowly has become less right-leaning and sometimes swings a tiny bit to the left. Still, the rest of Congressional District 1 is far from blue. Feeling a bit frustrated last year, I decided to volunteer on administrative tasks for some fantastic groups like Field Team 6 and SoCal Blue that do good work organizing volunteers. I figured that not many people love the minutiae of adding events to calendars or tracking down bugs on a website or creating spreadsheets to utilize data better, but I do! I hope that my behind-the-scenes work will help many more people make a difference on the issues I care about most, including tackling the climate crisis, passing universal healthcare, and fighting the current assault on voting rights across the country!" Katherine does a whole lot of behind-the-scenes work at Field Team 6, including keeping our Mobilize feed (master events calendar) clean and up-to-date, keeping our Mobilize users list within a manageable range, and being a vital part of our Voter Registration Drive Field Data Team. Thank you Kathleen! We love your love of minutiae!

FIELD TEAM 6 NEEDS YOU

Be like Kathleen! We're looking for people with a little time and almost any skill to share. Find our current needs HERE.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

REGISTRATION T-SHIRT: SAVE THE WORLD BY WALKING AROUND! Feel like taking a stroll? Pull on this snazzy tee and get some exercise, clear your head, run an errand... and register voters as you go! On the front, the simple but all-important message in super cool shadow script: "REGISTER." On the back: a handy QR code that sends new voters to Voterizer.org for instant registration. You spin around, they snap away with their smartphone, and VOILA – a Democrat is born. Fast, fun and stylish! Click HERE to start shopping!

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