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March 21, 2022

Things we can do to WIN IN 2022

I am cross-posting from my thread Stand Up and Fight!.
https://democraticunderground.com/100216380145
I will update that as I can. Copied here for visibility.
I am relatively new to DU and welcome any advice on cross-posting.

Things WE can do to WIN.

Given that DNC actually has an organization and ground troops, donating is probably the most effective way to come out ahead in 2022, but there's always more to do. Here is a short list of what I've found. Adding to it as I find actionable items.


NEWEST!
From Omaha Steve
The DU has a new Stacey Abrams for Governor of GA ActBlue donation link!
Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforstaceyabrams

https://democraticunderground.com/100216519360
Carol Blood will be facing a hardline conservative for Governor of Nebraska.
Donate to Carol here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforblood
Here is her site: https://www.electcarolblood.com/



NEW!
Courtesy of Tommymac
#GOTV2022 Resources:
https://runforsomething.net/
https://www.rockthevote.org/
https://swingleft.org/
https://events.democrats.org/
https://www.democratsabroad.org/voting_news
https://www.padems.com/
https://www.texasdemocrats.org/
https://vademocrats.org/
https://www.georgiademocrat.org/take-action/
https://www.floridadems.org/get-involved/
https://www.ncdp.org/resources/
Awesome.

NEW!
https://democraticunderground.com/100216468060
If you haven't attended any DNC organizing or training sessions, you're missing out!!!
And we need EVERYBODY. I just got done with a Social Media Ambassador training. They have AWESOME tools to use on social media.
Thank you, CousinIT!



NEW!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/9/2084766/-To-elect-a-progressive-majority-we-need-to-flip-North-Carolina-s-open-Senate-seat
Want to end the filibuster? Then help this fantastic Senate candidate beat the GOP
Progressives have two goals when it comes to the Senate this year: preserving our current majority, and making sure our next majority supports reforming the filibuster. Fortunately, this year’s race in North Carolina gives us the chance to do both, which is why Daily Kos is proud to endorse former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in her bid to flip this open seat from the GOP.
ActBlue link
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorses2022beasley?refcode=20220309fpdn1foot

NEW!
https://democrats.org/act/?permalink=volunteer-to-protect-democratic-majorities
Volunteer To Protect Democratic Majorities (DNC)
DNC sent this list of items you can sign up to do. (I pasted a copy of it at the bottom of this post)

NEW!
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/6/2083529/-Wasting-90-million-or-investing-90-thousand-How-to-win-in-every-corner-of-the-country
How to win in every corner of the country.

So we came up with a three-pronged strategy:

1) All Politics Are Local: ... it requires local control and a local touch on messaging and campaign infrastructure to truly be successful.

2) Training: We wanted to find grassroots activists and volunteers, to give them as much knowledge and experience as we could.

3) Unconventional campaigning: We knew we couldn’t win a toe-to-toe fight, so we had to take every weakness and make it a strength.


NEW!
https://betoorourke.com/
Beto For Texas

https://act.betoorourke.com/signup/bft-volunteer/
Volunteer

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bft-website
Donate via ActBlue

https://democraticunderground.com/100216417431
10 Things You Can Do To Defend Democracy
Source: https://liberalarts.tamu.edu/blog/2022/02/28/10-things-you-can-do-to-defend-democracy/
General, but good.

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/19/2081124/-Democrats-can-win-in-November-but-all-of-us-need-to-roll-up-our-sleeves-to-help-kick-some-GOP-butt
Democrats can win in November, but all of us need to roll up our sleeves to help kick some GOP butt

https://postcardstovoters.org

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216345614
Don't just complain, do something. Help GOTV!

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100216311744
We're Not Going To Win If We Keep Saying We're Losing

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216219159
President Joe has me Fired up. I'm ready to get off my arse and GOTV for 2022 right now.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215975225
Doom posting is voter suppression.


ITEMS YOU CAN SIGN UP TO DO FROM DNC
How would you like to volunteer? (Check all that apply)
Become a social ambassador
Make calls
Host an event
Organize friends
Send texts
Organize in your community

• I am a Spanish speaker (Y/N)

If you'd like to organize around a specific community, select all that apply:
Black
Latino
AAPI
Native American
Women
LGBTQIA+
Youth
Disability
Rural
Small Business
Climate
Seniors
Veterans
Other



Guy Kawasaki, an early Apple employee, wrote an article entitled: Don't Kvetch, Kick Butt
I approve of his message.
March 18, 2022

Links for Ukraine Humanitarian Relief

YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME

KewlKat posts:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/122311158
Mariupol Evacutions - Chabad of Larchmont and Mamroneck assisting, but need more funds
DONATIONS CAN BE MADE HERE - https://evacuatemariupol.com/


niyad shares:
Ukraine Donations Go Further and Faster with Women's Funds
https://democraticunderground.com/100216555613
There are donation links on the referenced web page:
https://msmagazine.com/2022/03/30/donate-ukraine-women/ (Ms Magazine)


https://democraticunderground.com/100216468133
Omaha Steve's ActBlue Ukraine donation page.

We have now raised OVER $5000 for Ukraine!!!
Make your tax deductible donation here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforukraine


NEW!
https://pledgeukraine.org/
Pledge Ukraine
Help Ukraine Today
Choose how you want to help
We do not collect any money. We provide you direct links to donation pages
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR MORE INFO.

Thanks to Hekate, who relayed links from this source:
https://snyder.substack.com/p/a-few-ways-to-help-ukrainians?utm_source=url

NGO that arranges life-saving equipment for Ukrainian soldiers: https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate

Hospitallers working at the frontline: https://www.facebook.com/hospitallers/posts/2953630548255167

Ukrainian Women’s Veteran Movement: https://www.uwvm.org.ua/?page_id=3437&lang=en

NGO that assists internal refugees: https://unitedhelpukraine.org/

NGO that assistants internal refugees, especially from Crimea: https://www.peaceinsight.org/en/organisations/crimea-sos/?location=ukraine&theme

NGO that aids traumatised children: https://voices.org.ua/en/

Foundation that assists healthcare and education in eastern Ukraine: https://razomforukraine.org/projects/zhadan/


CharityWatch has a list
https://www.charitywatch.org/charity-donating-articles/watch-here-top-rated-charities-providing-aid-to-ukrainians
Go to the URL above for links to these highly-rated organizations!
CARE USA
Catholic Relief Services
Direct Relief & Direct Relief Foundation
International Medical Corps
Medical Teams International
Mercy Corps
Operation USA
Project HOPE
Save the Children
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
United States Fund for UNICEF

NPR has a list of organizations
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help
Go to the above URL for links.
UNICEF
Médecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders
Voices of Children
Sunflower of Peace
International Committee of the Red Cross
Save the Children
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
CARE
International Medical Corps


IFAW
Thanks, Paula Sims for posting.
https://www.ifaw.org/news/emergency-aid-ukraine
IFAW continues to expand our support to local partners in Ukraine who are helping animals amidst ongoing and violent attacks from Russia.
Donate: https://secure.ifaw.org/united-states/emergency-ukraine

Chef Andrés World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/
WCK serving thousands of fresh meals to Ukrainian families fleeing home as well as those who remain in the country
Donate: https://donate.wck.org/give/396273/#!/donation/checkout

Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF)
https://democraticunderground.com/100216474631
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/news-stories/story/how-msf-responding-war-ukraine
Donate: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/monthly
On March 6, an MSF shipment of emergency medical supplies was delivered to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health in Kyiv. The shipment contained 1,400 cubic feet of supplies, including surgical kits, trauma kits, and basic necessities for intensive care units, emergency rooms, and surgical operating theaters. These supplies are now being sent on to hospitals in the city and other towns further east where they are urgently needed. We are sending additional supplies to the country.

Thank you, Totally Tunsie for posting this.

orangecrush posted:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216472913
Paypal link for direct Ukraine contributions
No fees charged.
Money goes direct to the charities.
I will sleep better tonight.
SLAVA UKRAINI

You can select which charity too!
https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/117811171978246391


Here are 11 verified charities working to help Ukrainians amid invasion
https://news.yahoo.com/5-verified-charities-working-help-185109710.html
Clicking on the link gets you a page with active URLS. to the organizations.
Global Empowerment Mission
World Central Kitchen
Americares
United Way Worldwide
World Health Organization
USA for UNHCR
Global Giving Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund
International Rescue Committee
Save the Children
Razom for Ukraine
The International Committee of the Red Cross

https://pledgeukraine.org/
Pledge Ukraine
Help Ukraine Today
Want to help Ukraine but not sure how?
We help you sort through hundreds of organizations and make a donation that you can trust to help Ukraine.
Built by volunteers (researchers and IT professionals) to help get support where it's needed most.
Choose how you want to help
We do not collect any money. We provide you direct links to donation pages.

(Linked at the site)
Ukrainian Organizations
Ukraine Government
Food
Medicine
Refugees
Defense
Legal
Children
Animals
Journalism

We researched for hours so that you can decide in minutes

Over 100 organizations are accepting donations to help Ukraine. We carefully researched all of them.
(Linked at the site)
Legal status as a non-profit
Proof of recent relief efforts
Overhead costs
Press coverage
Financial reports
Social media footprint
What your donation accomplishes
February 22, 2022

Stand up and fight!

Things WE can do to WIN.

Donating to DNC is always effective, but there's always more to do. Here is a list of what I've found. Adding to it as I find actionable items.

VERY VERY LATEST!
Dems launch plan to elect thousands of local election supervisors
Protect Elections from thuggery.
DU post by mahatmakanejeeves
https://democraticunderground.com/10142905218
Politico article: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/democrats-recruiting-push-local-election-officers-00025733

A Democratic candidate recruiting group is pitching donors on an ambitious three-year program to find, train and support 5,000 candidates for local offices in charge of election administration, a sprawling national effort intended to fight subversion of future election results.

The program would recruit candidates in 35 states for everything from county probate judges in Alabama to county clerks in Kansas and county election board members in Pennsylvania — all offices that handle elections and will be on voters’ ballots between now and 2024.

RUN FOR SOMETHING:
https://runforsomething.net/
SIGN UP, AND RUN!
https://wherecanirun.org/

FIGHT FOR VOTING RIGHTS
After a year of assaults on American voting rights, the next steps are clear: end the filibuster and enact federal voting rights legislation that protects voters, no matter what state they live in.
https://naacp.org/campaigns/civil-rights-scorecard

VERY LATEST!
(updated May 29, 2022)
Omaha Steve has an updated list of all current ActBlue DU links for donations,
https://democraticunderground.com/100216743202
Includes Ukraine!
(see below for the first five I collected)

OTHER LISTS!
CrispyQ has assembled a great list here:
https://democraticunderground.com/100216548509

LATEST
Progressive Turnout Project is the largest voter contact organization in the country, specifically dedicated to mobilizing the Democratic Party and defending democracy.
Our mission: rally Democrats to vote.
https://www.turnoutpac.org/
From Wednesdays.

HOT!
From Omaha Steve
All of Omaha Steve's links are here:
Updated April 17, 2022
https://democraticunderground.com/100216602579

In case I can't keep up!

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT Rev. Senator Warnock!
Read the letter that Omaha Steve got from Senator Warnock. (GA)
https://democraticunderground.com/100216555367
AND KEEP THE SENATE BLUE AND TRUE
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforwarnock (Pinback's DU for Warnock site)
Senator Warnock's official campaign site:
https://warnockforgeorgia.com/

NEW OFFICIAL Democratic Underground for Beto O'Rourke Governor Texas 2022
Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/du4beto
(There are other Beto links below, FYI)

The DU has a new Stacey Abrams for Governor of GA ActBlue donation link!
Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforstaceyabrams

https://democraticunderground.com/100216519360
Carol Blood will be facing a hardline conservative for Governor of Nebraska.
Donate to Carol here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforblood
Here is her site: https://www.electcarolblood.com/

UPDATED!
OFFICIAL DU ActBlue for Tim Ryan US Senate from Ohio
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/demsrule86forryan
OFFICIAL Democratic Underground for Ohio Senate 2022
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duohiosenate22
Tim's page: https://timforoh.com/

NEW!
Courtesy of Tommymac
#GOTV2022 Resources:
https://runforsomething.net/
https://www.rockthevote.org/
https://swingleft.org/
https://events.democrats.org/
https://www.democratsabroad.org/voting_news
https://www.padems.com/
https://www.texasdemocrats.org/
https://vademocrats.org/
https://www.georgiademocrat.org/take-action/
https://www.floridadems.org/get-involved/
https://www.ncdp.org/resources/
Awesome.

NEW!
https://democraticunderground.com/100216468060
If you haven't attended any DNC organizing or training sessions, you're missing out!!!
And we need EVERYBODY. I just got done with a Social Media Ambassador training. They have AWESOME tools to use on social media.
Thank you, CousinIT!



NEW!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/9/2084766/-To-elect-a-progressive-majority-we-need-to-flip-North-Carolina-s-open-Senate-seat
Want to end the filibuster? Then help this fantastic Senate candidate beat the GOP
Progressives have two goals when it comes to the Senate this year: preserving our current majority, and making sure our next majority supports reforming the filibuster. Fortunately, this year’s race in North Carolina gives us the chance to do both, which is why Daily Kos is proud to endorse former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in her bid to flip this open seat from the GOP.
ActBlue link
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dkendorses2022beasley?refcode=20220309fpdn1foot

NEW!
https://democrats.org/act/?permalink=volunteer-to-protect-democratic-majorities
Volunteer To Protect Democratic Majorities (DNC)
DNC sent this list of items you can sign up to do. (I pasted a copy of it at the bottom of this post)

NEW!
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/6/2083529/-Wasting-90-million-or-investing-90-thousand-How-to-win-in-every-corner-of-the-country
How to win in every corner of the country.

So we came up with a three-pronged strategy:

1) All Politics Are Local: ... it requires local control and a local touch on messaging and campaign infrastructure to truly be successful.

2) Training: We wanted to find grassroots activists and volunteers, to give them as much knowledge and experience as we could.

3) Unconventional campaigning: We knew we couldn’t win a toe-to-toe fight, so we had to take every weakness and make it a strength.


NEW!
https://betoorourke.com/
Beto For Texas

https://act.betoorourke.com/signup/bft-volunteer/
Volunteer

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bft-website
Donate via ActBlue

https://democraticunderground.com/100216417431
10 Things You Can Do To Defend Democracy
Source: https://liberalarts.tamu.edu/blog/2022/02/28/10-things-you-can-do-to-defend-democracy/
General, but good.

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/19/2081124/-Democrats-can-win-in-November-but-all-of-us-need-to-roll-up-our-sleeves-to-help-kick-some-GOP-butt
Democrats can win in November, but all of us need to roll up our sleeves to help kick some GOP butt

https://postcardstovoters.org

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216345614
Don't just complain, do something. Help GOTV!

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100216311744
We're Not Going To Win If We Keep Saying We're Losing

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216219159
President Joe has me Fired up. I'm ready to get off my arse and GOTV for 2022 right now.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215975225
Doom posting is voter suppression.


ITEMS YOU CAN SIGN UP TO DO FROM DNC
How would you like to volunteer? (Check all that apply)
Become a social ambassador
Make calls
Host an event
Organize friends
Send texts
Organize in your community

• I am a Spanish speaker (Y/N)

If you'd like to organize around a specific community, select all that apply:
Black
Latino
AAPI
Native American
Women
LGBTQIA+
Youth
Disability
Rural
Small Business
Climate
Seniors
Veterans
Other



Guy Kawasaki, an early Apple employee, wrote an article entitled: Don't Kvetch, Kick Butt
I approve of his message.
February 8, 2022

Thank you, Anonymous, for the heart.

Now I am wondering who

Someone shared this thought.
You brightened a very depressing day.

I have three words for you:
Illegitimi non carborundum

Don't let the bastards wear you down, (in very broken Latin)

I joined recently after going through the Miracle on Pennsylvania Ave with DU, in order to counter the doom and gloom with some humor, positive suggestions and (soon) some photos.

Peace.

January 6, 2022

How we built a relational network of 160k voters in less than a month

For the John Ossoff for Senate Campaign.
By Davis Leonard.

This article is technical, but the technology "sits firmly on the shoulders" of experienced progressive organizers.


https://medium.com/@davisleonard/how-we-built-a-relational-network-of-160k-voters-in-less-than-a-month-92262926fdb0

The "link" tag is confused by the @sign, so you may have to copy and paste the URL.


The Jon Ossoff for Senate runoff campaign ran a massive relational voter contact program, building and mobilizing a relational network of over 160,000 voters in less than a month. It worked— an analysis of our program found that it improved turnout by an estimated 3.8 percentage points for voters in the relational network.

-----

In these posts, we talk specifically about the relational voter contact program our teams ran on this campaign. We want to explicitly acknowledge that the Ossoff program amounted essentially to a cherry on top of years of of hard-fought progressive organizing in Georgia on the part of Black organizers and Georgia-based organizations like New Georgia Project and Fair Fight; and that our relational voter contact program sits firmly on the shoulders of the union organizers and communities of color who pioneered relational organizing as a means to build power and drive movements for social, economic and racial justice. We are grateful to have been able to learn and draw from this history, and to build on the work of organizers on recent Democratic campaigns as well, namely those of Sri Kulkarni, Ed Markey, Mondaire Jones, Joe Biden, and Pete Buttigieg, who were able to apply these tactics to electoral voter contact and who generously shared their lessons learned and resources with us.





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