Friends,
We don’t want to overwhelm you with more info, which could lead to Option Paralysis! So pick and choose among the info/actions below. And feel free to reach out to us to help you curate!--Myra & Charlie

myralevysf@gmail.com   charlievaron@gmail.com

 

Bay Area activist groups​

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From Judith Bolker:
The Bay Area Coalition is organizing lots of phone banks, canvassing, voter registration, speakers series and training events. More info

 

From Rachelle Resnick:
All Rise Alameda is registering Young Voters - Modesto Jr. College on Jan 16 from 9:30 am to 3 pm (in-person). Sign up here

Info on other All Rise Alameda events

 

From Debbie Ruskay:
Rise Up To Action (SF)

RUTA Postcard Party - Let’s Flip Santos’ NY House Seat Blue! Sunday January 28th from 1:30-3:30 PM, Charlie’s Café, 3202 Folsom St, SF

From Natalie Burdick:

Bay Area-wide volunteer mixer/happy hour and 2024 elections kickoff: Sunday, March 17, 5 - 7pm, Skyway Center (655 Skyway Rd, San Carlos - accessible via  Caltrain/SamTrans)

 

Notes from Natalie Burdick's "We Will Win" pep talk:

Natalie's mantra in 2024: We will win...because WE've done it before (if we all put in that ever-so-vital, margin of effort!)

 

2018 - Affordable Care Act, House 

2019 - VA Democratic trifecta (Medicaid for 700,000, Climate Action in south)

2020 - Record Biden win (total and marginal votes); COVID!

2021 - Senate (Warnock/Ossoff in GA)

2022 - Record Dem wins despite media's echo chamber - Congress, State Legislative in battleground states, ALL abortion access ballots (detailed analysis here)

2023 - VA state House, state Senate/Danica Roem; (detailed summary here) 

 

Natalie's prescription for staying sane (i.e., positive and determined) in 2024:

• Don't catch "Mad Poll Disease," instead read this.

• Listen to what an actual young person has to say, read this.

• Trust, but verify what I had to say, read this. 

Finally, on the critical importance of using effective framing in our everyday communication (with friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, AND especially those strangers, with whom some of us strike up conversations), read this primer.

 

Please let folks know, they're free to reach out to me about the Values/Villains/Vision messaging framework (my personal passion), if interested in learning more (or, honestly about anything I discussed). Email: nataliehb@gmail.com

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