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June 30, 2022

WORLDS SAVED:   1
CONFIRMED DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WE HELPED REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 2020: 784,875
CONFIRMED DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WE HELPED REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 2021: 1,570,600
TOTAL VOTER TOUCHES TO DATE: 29,419,401
DAYS UNTIL 2022 MIDTERM ELECTION: 145
IF YOU JUST CAN'T...
Empty
Numb
Ugly
Detached
Disgusting
Disgusted
Defeated
Like I want to vomit

This is the smallest slice of what I’ve been feeling since Friday morning. The rest of that day was quiet, the odd burst of despair sneaking in between sales calls and client stuff. I barely lifted myself into the car to make it to the equally quiet protest outside Burbank’s city hall on Friday evening. Cars honked. We waved and clapped. People cheered, heavy-hearted and half-heartedly. I held my boyfriend’s hand and wept. 

On Saturday I had a good day. I marveled at beautiful things. I don’t think I wept at all. But I ate… and ate. And I drank. Almost too much. 

Sunday dawned much like Saturday, and I thought I would be OK, but as the day moved along, I became angry, agitated, confrontational. I flounced out of the living room to be alone in the bedroom though I didn’t know what I needed there. I sought comfort in bed, but it made me more angry. I felt tears, but I could not cry. It was only as I stormed out of my boyfriend’s house, dropping things left and right, determined to handle this alone as an “independent” woman or some such bullshit that the pain finally bubbled over and forced itself from the depths of my soul and of my uterus – one that is mine and mine alone – and out my eyes. And I wept, loudly, and messily, wiping tears and snot from my face onto the fresh white shirt I’d just put on and into my boyfriend’s patient, loving embrace.

I felt like I’d been thrown back down a deep well in slow motion, a well women – and especially women of color – have been clawing our way up and out of for hundreds of years: clawing for the right to vote, for the freedom to walk down the street without comments about our breasts or our asses or our lack of a smile, for seats at that table of “leaders,” for equal pay, for the right to claim sex as an act of pure pleasure, for the privilege of being treated as equals in a world that has consistently tried to convince us we are not, and for the right to determine if and when we want to adopt the label mother.

We could almost see the top after Hillary and Kamala, our fingernails scratching at the edge. But that steel-toed boot marched over and pressed down on our fingers, pushing so hard that we couldn’t help but lose our grip, sending us reeling back into that darkness. 

If you are in that darkness right now, like I am, if you just… can’t… please know that it’s OK. Go and “can’t” your heart out. If you are a man, and you love someone with a uterus who just can’t right now, tell her you’re with her. Loudly. To her face. Over and over. Then say it loudly to your male friends. To your sons. To your “bros” at work or at the gym. And to your elected officials. 

If, in this moment, you can and you have the strength to act, please do so, remembering that when you need to step back in the future, I’ll take that baton from you. This is a relay, after all, and we are in the f***ing race of our lives. For our lives.

–Kala Maxym, Partnerships Team Lead, Events Team
BIG BREAKING GOOD NEWS!
THE MEIDAS TOUCH STAYS GOLDEN
As you know, we're proudly partnering with MeidasTouch, makers of scorching anti-MAGA videos who've expanded their empire to include a popular Twitter feed (follow @MeidasTouch) and a rad podcast, listen here,

Last Saturday, the Meidas crew, Ben and Jordy Meiselas, Texas Paul, and activist Geri Merrick hosted a meet-and-greet in Dallas. Attendees included local candidates Iro Omere (TX-4), Sheena King (TX HD 61), Beto for Texas and, of course, Field Team 6 volunteers representin'. Notice the sweet buttons, provided by FT6 superstars Gina Harris and Mervis Reisig.
And our partnership just deepened further with now daily posts pushing to their MeidasTouch Picks of the Week which will promote select FT6 voter registration volunteer opportunities!

Click the banner in our Volunteer Ops section (below) for events handpicked each week by MeidasTouch. We're so psyched to be fighting for progress alongside these next-gen, next-level political powerhouses!
FIGHTING FOR ABORTION RIGHTS BY REGISTERING DEMOCRATS
Founder Jason Berlin went to a rally after Friday's horrific Roe decision was announced, and texted:

Registered this guy. 78 years old. With a cane. I had to hold him by the shoulder while he signed the form, he said, “It’s hard to stand – don’t let me fall.”

Loving human beings. That is the majority that we are a part of.

We couldn't agree more, Jason. We can keep each other from falling.
EVERYBODY LISTENS TO PAULA POUNDSTONE AND DEB VERLA!
Guess who signed up and attended our weekly Advanced Social Media Storm training?! Hilarious activist Paula Poundstone – author, actor, stand-up, commentator, star of NPR's, Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, and her very own Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone podcast.

FT6 social media trainer extraordinaire Deb Verla gave her, and all attendees, a crash course in how to storm, how to gain followers, and how to increase engagement by pushing out our pre-made posts on the social medias. So cool! Sign up for next week's Beginner course HERE or Advanced course HERE. Maybe your favorite celeb will be there!
IMPACT TEXTING SHOUTS OUT FT6!
We're thrilled that the Impact Text Team gave us a righteous shout-out in their weekly newsletter. "We believe that the Field Team 6 model is excellent – they are registering Democrats in targeted districts and states using all modes of contact: canvassing, phone banking, postcards and TEXTING."

Their monthly meeting was yesterday, and the video recording should be posted soon. Check out their May meeting HERE. As they make clear: when folks vote, Democrats win. So let's turn the tide, together. Every single text can make a difference!
PARTNER SHOUT-OUT: FEARLESS ACTION
We're proudly partnering with Fearless Action, a youth-led organization focused on getting young and first-time voters to the polls in competitive districts and electing the next generation of progressive leaders. Their top priority is climate change and getting rid of Trump Republicans who deny its brutal health and economic effects on real communities. They want to elect representatives who will fight for water sustainability and invest in renewable energy and electric vehicles. We'll be setting up joint registration events soon. But right now, see what they're up to HEREthen grab your ticket to our joint fundraiser "Democracy is No Game" HERE. (And find details below!)
EVENTS
TODAY, JUNE 30: TEXTBANK WITH NEXT STEPS FLORIDA!
Great news: we are once again teaming up with our wonderful partner Next Steps Florida, this time to text women who are eligible voters and likely Democrats. We'll be reaching out with a pro-abortion rights message to get them registered to vote! Bonus points: this is a superfast textbank using the Spoke Rewired platform! And training will be provided. The event is today – Thursday, June 30 at 11a PT. Sign up HERE!
FRIDAY, JULY 1: RELAX IN THE AIR-CONDITIONED ARCADE!
The problem? Field Team 6 has contact information for millions of eligible, likely Democrats – FAR more than we can afford to text. Yet texting is an incredibly effective outreach tool. And there is always huge volunteer demand for texting. So the only obstacle is funding.

The solution? Text Arcades.

A Text Arcade is a super-fast text bank that costs $25 a ticket. And here's why that's a game-changer... 100% of your ticket price goes to funding this textbank. In fact, we're subsidizing the costs of texting to keep the ticket price reasonable, so shout-outs (shouts-out?) to our other donors who are helping defray costs as well! Text Arcades will allow us to reach far more people and register far more Democrats. And we cap attendance to make sure everyone has enough texts to send – so sign up before it sells out!
 
Our next Text Arcade is tomorrow, Friday, July 1 at 10a PT/11a MT. Get your ticket HERE!

This time we are texting unregistered, likely Democratic women in Arizona with a pro-abortion rights message. The freedoms Roe v. Wade promised – allowing individuals and their doctors to make health decisions without government interference – are being taken away by right wing justices on the Trump-packed Supreme Court.

So it's time to register more Democrats, just in time to elect more pro-choice senators who can codify Roe into federal law, post '22 midterms!
FRIDAY, JULY 22: FEARLESS ACTION & FIELD TEAM 6 JOINT FUNDRAISER
Democracy is no game – but this event is! It's a carnival-themed virtual event co-hosted by new Field Team 6 partner, youth-led Fearless Action. There will be prizes! There will be Tik Tok videos. There will be surprises, but we’re not telling you what they are for obvious reasons.

All proceeds from the fundraiser will go to help register new Democrats in three swing California districts – CA-13, CA-22, and CA-27 – so we can save our Democratic House majority in the '22 midterms!

This virtual event is on Friday, July 22 at 6:30p PT. Get your tickets HERE.
SATURDAY, JULY 23: LOS ANGELES IN-PERSON FUNDRAISER FOR FT6!
In the heady, early days of Field Team 6, there was an in-person Echo Park fundraiser with bands, tacos and beer. For those who attended it was unforgettable.

Those who missed it still regret it on late nights when coyotes howl.

Well, it's back! For the second time ever, come eat tacos, enjoy music and each other's vaxxed visages, clink beers and bid on silent auction items that range from mouth-watering to hilarious and everything in between.

The in-person event is in Echo Park on Saturday, July 2 from 6-9p PT. Get your tickets HERE. Next week we'll have the silent auction up, so you can participate even if you're OOT! WOOT!
VOLUNTEER OPS
NEW Field Team 6 Partner!
Click for the volunteer opportunities chosen by Meidas this week!
IN PERSON VOTER DRIVES!
Register Dems in-person in:
Costa Mesa, CA, Atlanta, GA,
DeKalb, IL and Sycamore, IL,
Kenosha, WI (Pride Kenosha!) and Milwaukee, WI

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 all of our target states:
AZ, CA, FL, GA, NC, NV, PA, TX and WI!

PHONEBANKING
Join Field Team 6 and our partners as we call likely Dems in
swing states and get them registered to vote!

POSTCARDING
Register Dems via postcard in the most flippable districts and
write with friends on Wednesdays at our weekly virtual postcarding party!
We've got campaigns in all nine of our target states:
AZ, CA, FL, GA, NC, NV, PA, TX and WI!
Now featuring: abortion rights, anti-hate crime
and gun sense campaigns

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!
Now featuring: Beginner and Advanced Twitter training!

TEXTBANKING
Join our BYOP textbank to register Dems in all of our target states:
AZ, CA, FL, GA, NC, NV, PA, TX and WI!
And new "superfast" pro-choice textbanks just added to women in AZ, WI and FL!

Click VOLUNTEER OPS below to get up-to-the-minute details and sign up!
FIELD TEAM 6 NEEDS YOU!
We're looking for volunteers with a little time and almost any skill to share. Find all of our current behind-the-scenes needs, or pleasantly surprise us HERE.

If you’d like to join our Zoom Force and help with basic tech tasks, especially on Zoom meetings... or if you're more tech-savvy and would like to help us set up text and phone banks – click HERE!
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
HATCH YOUR OWN
FIELD TEAM 6 CHAPTER*!
As the midterms loom, there’s no better time to assemble your peeps into a new Field Team 6 chapter, come up with a name for it, and lead them to register Democrats! ("Chapter" sound daunting? Call it a club, a justice league, a brunch bunch. If you and someone else are in it, it works for us! It's like the carpool lane!)
 
Your chapter can work in-person or virtually. It can draw from a geographic base (e.g. FT6 Five Points Atlanta)... an ethnic group (FT6 Chinese-Americans for Democracy)... or even an alumni pool (FT6 Notre Dame Fighting Democrats). Your community can be tiny at first. As long as you’re engaging and registering people, you’re making a difference! 
 
Field Team 6 makes it easy-peasy to get going. We can help you create a Slack channel to communicate with your chapter members. We have a calendar of events you can join. We have training sessions to get you started phonebanking, textbanking, postcarding, and social storming. Questions? Reach out to Partnerships@FieldTeam6.org. 

Using our database of unregistered likely Democrats, Field Team 6 can set up your own phone/text banks and postcard campaigns to help you register members of your community, laying the foundation for victory in November.
 
Click HERE for all our existing Volunteer Opportunities. Or click HERE to find out all the ways Field Team 6 can partner with your new chapter!
NEW SMARTPHONE QR LOCK SCREENS: GREAT FOR MARCHES & DRIVES!
Suiting up for your next Pride, Juneteenth or Moms Demand march? Heading out to an in-person voter drive? Or maybe you're just going shopping but always like to be prepared...

Turn your phone into a registration machine by making one of these images your lock screen. The QR code on each sends people to Voterizer.org, the fastest way to register a Democrat!™ There they can check their registration or get registered to vote and depending on the state, even sign up to vote by mail.

Find these ready-to-download images at our PRINTABLE TOOLS section of FieldTeam6.org under Resources. That section has been growing by leaps and bounds as volunteers suggest new things they could use! Thanks y'all!
GORGEOUS POSTCARDS AND SNAZZY TEES!
Along with our Magic Voter Registration Handout Cards we also have a full range of Jamie Rodgers, Shepard Fairey and James McMullan postcards and QR t-shirts linking to Voterizer.org and making it a snap for any eager recipient to register as a Democrat ASAP!

Click HERE to find it all!