Countdown to Election Day: What can we do?
We hope you are as energized as we were watching the Democratic National Convention. Let’s put that energy to work. As Uncle Joe says, we haven’t got a minute to lose. Below, you will find a multitude of volunteer opportunities. At least one should suit your schedule and temperament.
Phone banking
There are phone banking opportunities at the Presidential level as well as for Senate races and State Level races in Pennsylvania and North Carolina which involve races with the potential to flip the chamber from Red to Blue. This is an especially big deal this year because these legislatures will be redrawing the election districts for the next 10 years.
There are lots of ways to phone bank for Biden/Harris. For the most exhaustive list of options sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/2020victory/.
If you would prefer not to phone bank for a specific candidate this list also includes phone banks to encourage college students to register and to recruit local volunteers to help turn out the vote.
| Sponsor | Candidate(s) | Schedule | Link | Notes/Contact |
| Think National Act Bronx | Biden/Harris | Sundays 3:00-5:00 | Sign Up | |
| Think National Act Bronx | Biden/Harris | Sundays 6:00-7:30 | Sign Up | |
| Swing Left and Broadway Dems | Kim Hardy, NC HD43 | Sundays 4:00-6:00 | Sign Up | The NC Statehouse is flippable and Kim Hardy is running to flip the competitive HD43 |
| Swing Left and Broadway Dems | Kirk DeViere, NC SD19 | Sundays 4:00-6:00 | Sign Up | The NC Statehouse is flippable and Kirk DeViere is running to hold the competitive SD19 |
| Bend the Arc and NYCD16 | Biden/Harris | Mondays 7:30-9:00 | Sign Up | Training Available. Contact Suedodell@gmail.com for more information |
| Field Team 6 | Voter Registration | Mondays 5:30-7:00 | Sign Up | Call College Students in Georgia to register to vote |
| Bend the Arc and NYCD16 Indivisible | Max Rose | Tuesdays 6:00-8:00 | Join Training Zoom Register for the Phone Bank Join the Phone Bank | NY-11 Congressman (SI & Brooklyn) fighting to hold the seat he won in 2018 in a reddish district. Contact Suedodell@gmail.com for more information |
| Field Team 6 | Voter Registration | Tuesdays 5:30-7:00 | Sign Up | Call College Students in North Carolina to register |
| Biden/Harris | Tuesdays 6:00-8:00 | Sign Up | Bilingual (Spanish-English) to Florida | |
| West Side Democrats | Biden/Harris | Tuesdays 7:00-8:30 | Sign Up | |
| Field Team 6 | Voter Registration | Wednesdays 5:00-6:30 | Sign Up | Call College Students in Michigan to register |
| Julie Slomski, PA SD49 | Wednesdays 6:00-8:00 | Sign Up | The PA Statehouse is flippable and Julie Slomski is running to flip a seat in the competitive SD49 | |
| Reclaim Our Vote | Fight Voter Suppression in North Carolina | Wednesdays 5:00-7:00 | Sign Up | Non-partisan phone bank. Building a community of Voter Volunteers with the NAACP |
| NYCD16 Indivisible | Lindsay Drew, PA HD106 | Wednesdays 5:30-8:00 | Sign Up | Candidate in PA HD106 to flip the district Blue |
| Bend the Arc and NYCD16 Indivisible | Sarah Gideon, Maine Senate | Thursdays 6:00-8:00 | Join the Zoom | Oust Susan Collins Contact madeline.ritter@gmail.com for more info. |
| NW Bronx Indivisible and Think National Act Bronx | Sarah Gideon, Maine Senate | Thursdays 5:00-7:00 | Sign Up | Contact betseyknapp@gmail.com for more info. |
| Ben Franklin Democratic Club | Biden/Harris | Thursdays 7:00-8:30 | Sign Up | Contact AaronStayman1@gmail.com for more info. |
| 3 Parks Independent Democrats | Biden/Harris | Thursdays 6:00-7:30 | Sign Up | |
| Upper West Side Seniors | Recruit Seniors in PA to Volunteer | Fridays 3:00-5:00 | Sign Up | Call PA seniors (60+) to find and recruit GOTV Volunteers. |
| NY for Biden/Harris | Recruit PA Volunteers | Saturdays 4:00-6:00 | Sign Up | Call to recruit volunteers in PA to help GOTV |
| Powered by People | Various | Various | Sign Up | RSVP to an event and the organization will contact you. Powered by People was started by Beto O’Rourke to flip Texas |
| Indivisible | Various | Various | Sign Up | The Payback Project contacts progressive voters in States with Republican Senators to activate them when their Senators vote the wrong way. |
| Changing the Conversations | Various | Various | Sign Up | Training required. In depth conversations with voters in PA. |
Texting
Text Banks are new and effective way to reach voters. You do not need to use your own phone number so there is no risk of privacy violations. Each text bank has a slightly different process and may require some brief initial training. They all provide standardized scripts that you can follow.
Indivisible – Sign up at https://2020.indivisible.org/textbank/?akid=63920.629518.TwWvRG&rd=1&t=7&utm_medium=link2_20200818&utm_source=email
Powered by People is an organization that was started by Beto O’Rourke to flip Texas. To join their texting team sign up for a training at https://act.betoorourke.com/signup/texting-team-training/
To join the Biden texting team sign up for training at https://www.mobilize.us/2020victory/event/293967/
If there are questions about training call Helen Krim 347-275-5472.
Fundraising
Changing the Conversation Together Access ctctogether.org and select Get Active.
For more information contact Carol Foresta at carol_foresta@yahoo.com 917-533-3902.
Writing Letters
Go to www.votefwd.org and follow instructions to sign up to download Get Out The Vote letters and addresses.
Contact Stephen Real stephen.real@icloud.com 917-531-5083 for more information.
To get training you can also signup to attend a virtual letter writing party. They are Sundays from 1pm to 3pm (sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/dashboard/swingleft/event/266426/ ) and Wednesdays from 5:00 to 6:30 (signup https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/289234/ ). Each session begins with a few minutes teaching newcomers how to do the letters after which participants socialize while work on their letters.
Postcards
Reclaim Our Vote sponsors a Post carding Project directed at disenfranchised voters. To get started in North Riverdale, contact Leah Ferster (leahferster1953@gmail.com). In South Riverdale contact Kathryn Solomon ksolomon7604@gmail.com 917-509-7024.
Other postcards project aim at new or infrequent voters in swing states to remind them to vote in November Contact Deborah Schiavo (bpschiavo@verizon.net) to sign up. Help voters in swing states!
rsvp: bpschiavo@verizon.net, leahferster1953@gmail.com