NAACP Atlanta Gets-Out-The-Vote with relational organizing Increased Black voter turnout was key to Senator Warnock and Ossoff’s victories in Georgia. NAACP Atlanta worked with a broad coalition of partners to increase Black
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What gets read? What gets skipped? It all starts with the headline. How do you get your message read by more people across the political spectrum? How do you overcome
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Tackle disinformation by training people to spot when they’re being manipulated – even when the storylines resemble fairy tales.
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Activists use relational organizing to push for reusable COVID masks Online petitions help build public support for a cause. But how does a small grassroots group, with just a few
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Follow the corporate funding behind sedition and violence “Millions of people had to be whipped into a frenzy over bogus charges of voter fraud and a critical mass of them
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Savvy organizers should focus on firms that provide essential technologies, forcing tech firms to develop their own software or finding a different vendor.
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How YouTube makes money selling ads next to videos of the U.S. Capitol being attackedHow YouTube makes money selling ads next to videos of the U.S. Capitol being attacked A
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Everyone involved should be held accountable. Violent protestors. Politicians inciting violence. And the companies funding them.
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https://storymaps.arcgis.com/ “Eleven Republican senators and senators-elect said that they would vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory … to defy the unambiguous results of the election and indulge
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Managing a ZOOM event with several presenters? Use an on-screen teleprompter to keep things on track. It is showtime! Your big Zoom event is at hand. The presenters are lined
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Smartphone cameras are weapons against voter suppression. Take photos of poll tapes at voting centers after the polls have closed to help preserve election integrity. Taking photos of poll tapes
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Lack of information should not prevent people from voting nor in reporting obstacles they encounter. Reclaim Our Vote and NAACP Atlanta teamed with DemLabs to provide Georgia voters a chatbot powered service they can
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Horse racing is important to some. American lives matter to even more people. Why would a politician prioritize horses over people? Money, judges and voter suppression. Why would Mitch McConnell
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Redistricting occurs every ten years and it next happens in 2021. It’s time to understand redistricting and prepare to advocate for fair representation.
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“Relational organizing focuses on the most important tools at our disposal: our relationships and our ability to talk with one another about things that matter.” – Kara Waite, Harper’s Bazaar. Spreading
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Videos get three times as much exposure on social media than just words. Making videos has been slow, expensive and complicated – leaving it beyond the reach of grassroots groups.
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The poor die when justice is sold to the highest bidder. Some stories require little description. This is one of them. How fairly is justice applied in America? Look at these recent
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How can volunteers be organized remotely to help others vote? How can celebrities support a cause? How can phone banks be energized with video streaming? How do you extend the impact
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You’re about to vote early. Where’s the closest location in your county? When is it open? How do you get there? Vote Georgia makes it easy for Georgia voters to find
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Kennedy’s speech, https://bigstageteleprompter.online/ Look ’em in the eye and deliver your message forcefully. It’s easier with an on-screen teleprompter. Keep your audience engaged with an on-screen teleprompter to project your
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The Lord may work in mysterious ways, but it’s pretty clear his flock at the Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta are fired up. Volunteers in the congregation are part of a nationwide
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Bots spread disinformation by pretending to be human, sharing and liking content they have been programmed to promote. Building an army of bots requires skills and money that most grassroots
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Music can move people to action, but with COVID raging, online performances have replaced large concerts. Virtual events are tailored to local audiences. Turnout increases as streaming technology lets organizers
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Voters need information fast in a form that’s easily used. Phone based apps work well, but often take a lot of time and money to create. How does a small
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“Very few of Georgia’s more than 100,000 voting-age Native Americans cast ballots in November. Even a small increase could make a difference in the Senate runoffs.” Nearly 150,000 Native Americans
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290k Americans have already died, yet people protest masks and are skeptical of vaccinations. How does disinformation manipulate people into risky behavior?
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Rural communities are held back economically and silenced politically by denying them internet access. It’s time to break the stranglehold.
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Young voters are a key Georgia voting group with many voting for the first time! They prefer texting over calling. This demands frugal innovation so organizing groups with little time, money and
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Children forced to do their homework outside fast food outlets where there is WiFi. Rural communities denied access to health information. All from lack of internet access. Large corporations donating
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Perform better on Zoom with these expert tips. – How to prepare your script– Body Language– Using a teleprompter– Directing your attendees to take an action– Organizing your desktop– Adjusting
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Foreign interference and domestic politics use disinformation to divide, incite and manipulate. It’s cheap, effective and hard to counter. Learn how to spot it and inoculate others against it too.
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Voting in Georgia? Map of early voting locations. Map of Georgia early voting locations This map is designed with information collected by Reclaim Our Vote and created with ArcGIS. It
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Reclaim Our Vote and NAACP Atlanta will text over a million Georgia voters in December to get out the vote. Their innovative campaign provides voters with details about their closest early voting location
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McConnell aims to cling to power by creating an American underclass that pays taxes but cannot vote and gets no benefits. His scheme overturns the American principle of no taxation
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Brad Pitt races to save virus infected zombies in World War Z. Back in the real world, disinformation is used to turn people into zombies immune to the facts and vote
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Remote learning is urgently needed but creating training courses the traditional way is slow and expensive. How does a group with little money and few technical skills create online training
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Twitter had a lot of questions about this, so I assume you all do, too. Warning: After reading this post, you may know more about civil and appellate procedure than
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How do you stretch limited time, money and workers to reach the most people? The problem comes in different forms: canvassing, delivering campaign supplies or giving voters rides to the
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Voter ID laws prevent or intimidate millions of eligible Americans from casting their ballot. Obtaining an ID that fulfills voting requirements is costly and confusing. It often requires navigating arcane
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ZOOM makes it easy to connect, but how do you get supporters to take the next step and donate? How can they do this while still watching the event? How
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Who do the wealthiest Americans donate their money to? Where did White House officials work before they were appointed? Which lobbyists are married to politicians? Who do they lobby for?
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Which counties have the most unregistered voters? How does a county’s racial composition impact how many residents get to vote? Where should organize focus to increase voter registration and turnout?
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Rural voters decide many elections. Organizers have to deal with remote communities, poor roads and sparse internet coverage to organize and mobilize them to vote. Reclaim Our Vote volunteers in
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We defeated Donald Trump, but down-ballot Democrats in PA and nationwide did not share the same success. Read our early report below, and RSVP for an in-depth, virtual 2020 Election Debrief,
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“Democracy relies on citizens’ trust that each vote is counted as cast” – Verified Voting Who makes the machines that count the votes? How are votes counted? This interactive map provides
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Summary of StepsRequired Prior to Inauguration Barbara Shimei, from Indivisible Hawaii, has graciously shared her research regarding all the steps required to get us from the elections to inauguration. We’ll also
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Been hearing the president make claims about the economy “he” created and that a Biden presidency would somehow destroy it? It’s time to examine those claims. Before COVID-19 caused shutdowns
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Keep ’em honest. Photograph publicly displayed poll tapes of the vote count. “Photograph poll tapes at the polling place on election night and check the vote totals against the official
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Voters become citizen reporters with SeeSay2020 to spotlight incidents of voter suppression making it easier for voting right advocates and the media to react quickly. Superman is “Faster than a speeding bullet!”. So is crowdsourced
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Federal law prohibits voter intimidation. The right of each voter to cast his or her ballot free from intimidation or coercion is the foundation of a free and democratic society.
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