UU the Vote Recommended Georgia Engagements

UU Runoff Phone Banks

Join UU the Vote on Monday nights at 6pmET/3pmPT in a UU-led space with the Center for Common Ground, as UUs call Black voters in Georgia to get out the vote for the December 6th runoff election. They will ground you, build community, and train you to make calls that make a difference while having fun. Sign up here!  https://secure.everyaction.com/PpQLlxFzr0aWmOgA_an2Gg2

UUSJ with the Reeb Voting Rights Project is asking folks to attend 12/5, for a "pile-on" led by our collective membership.

Donate to UU the Vote and Coalition of
UU State Action Networks

UUTV heard a lot of great accomplishments from Kentucky to Michigan to Arizona. Our UU state action networks are doing the work for our values day in and day out and they are continually investing in their congregations and communities. To continue this work, UU the Vote will be splitting our donations with CUUSAN. Donate to continue the work here: https://www.uuthevote.org/fall-flex-for-4-million/

UU The Vote Runoff

Stay up to date with all the UU the Vote activities for the Runoff in Georgia. Sign up for phone banks, text banks, letter writing and more here! https://www.uuthevote.org/gotv/

Donate to Georgia Latino Alliance
for Human Rights

The Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) educates and organizes the Latino community in Georgia to defend and promote their civil and human rights. UUTV partners with this amazing organization that is doing good work directly with affected communities and at this time, these partners are asking for direct contributions. Donate here: https://glahr.org/donation/

Interfaith Recommended Georgia Engagements

  • Center For Common Ground (a UU the Vote partner)

    • UUTV is focused on the Monday evening call efforts by CFG to get out Black voters; forthcoming dates 11/28 and 12/5 (see above).

    • Reclaim Our Vote / Center for Common Ground has 879,000 addresses of consistent Black voters in Georgia available for receipt of postcards. You will need to use their cards, so build in time to order them. The postcards must be mailed by November 23. For background information and to sign up, go to Postcards (centerforcommonground.org).

    • The Center for Common Ground and the Workers Circle are holding phonebanks on November 23, and 30, 7-8pm ET. No prior experience is necessary! Register here. 

  • Text banking w Poor People's Campaign (PPC) in Georgia: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/voting/georgia/ Note, both UUSJ and the UUA endorse the campaign, and the PPC was a listed UUTV national partner in 2022.

  • New Georgia Project (NGP is Georgia’s largest independent Black-led civic engagement and community power-building organization) is ramping up its voter turnout for the Dec. 6th US Senate runoff election. As of Nov. 14th NGP launched a massive 21-day direct voter contact Get Out the Vote effort. The goal is to turn out at least 150,000 voters in the targeted New American Majority high-population counties. In order to do this NGP will need to knock 400,000 doors, make 60,000 phone calls, send 250,000 texts and move 10,000 Georgians to complete a voter plan card.  Ways people and organizations can support runoff voter turnout efforts in Georgia:

    • Donate money to support NGP’s runoff campaign. You can give at ngpaf.org/give and
    • Share the NGP 2022 Senate Runoff Election Mobilization plan with potential donors in our network. You can view it at ngpaf.org/runoff.
    • Help NGP call and text Georgia voters. Email NGP’s Volunteers Director Roderick Smith at Roderick@newgeorgiaproject.org for more information
    • Help canvass on the ground in Georgia. Email NGP’s Organizing Manager, Kristen Vermetten, at Kristen@newgeorgiaproject.org for more information (experienced canvassers)
    • Contact friends, family, and faith leaders in Georgia to ensure they and/or their congregations have a runoff plan to vote. Visit newgeorgiaproject.org for general runoff information.

  • The National Council of Jewish Women & Vote Forward is writing nonpartisan GOTV letters to potential Georgia voters.

  • SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) has scheduled several texting and phone banking sessions to help win the runoff. Sign up for one or more here

Helpful resources:

 

Pushing for Social Justice in a Tough Political Environment 
Tuesday, December  6 – Online Event
8pm ET • 7pm CT • 6pm MT • 5pm PT
Sliding Scale Tickets Available 

Join us for an inspiring and informative talk by David Beckmann, Bread for the World president emeritus. David is an expert on hunger and poverty issues and related trade. He led Bread for the World, one of our nation's largest and most effective faith-based national non-profits, for nearly thirty years. He has testified before Congress more than twenty times. He is the author of six books, and won the World Food Prize, among many other honors and distinctions, and was a member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to Address Poverty and Inequality

Attend on December 6th to hear David Beckmann’s thoughts on doing work for social justice in the federal context. This fundraising event will support UUSJ's engagement during the 118th Congress; we deeply appreciate David's availability for comments.

 
David Beckmann

President Emeritus, Bread for the World,
and Coordinator, Circle of Protection

7750 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20012
202-600-9132 | info@uusj.org
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