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WELCOME, DAVID!!

matt can I record this for Marching Forward Mass?

@Pattie - I am recording this call and will share the recording in the follow up email on Monday.

Greetings from Greenwich Village NYC!

thank you. Hello from Dartmouth MA

Come help us in TX!!

Hello from Leverett, Mass. (north of Amherst) and Swing Left Pioneer Valley

WE need an Action Team for NJ! Four House seats being targeted by GOP out of 47. Only TX has more targets (5).

Will the action groups be for group members too or just group leaders?

we <3 our Georgia voters!

@Grace - for now, just leaders. These will be working groups - sharing things groups can do.

Janet Nelson from Swing Left Valley I Northampton Ma

@Merv - we do plan to have more Action Teams!

Gotcha thanks Matt!

Greetings from Indivisible Genesee, N. Livingston, N. Oakland Michigan! We need help here too.

We're writing the "gratitude" letters. Bet you are, too!

QUESTION: Is the April 1 deadline for these VoteForward letters a firm date?

how do we plug into thank you letters

how do you plan to evaluate what you learn from the thank you letters?

@Victor - Sign up to write letters at https://votefwd.org

@Jacob and @Carole - I’ve got your questions and we’ll try to answer them live during the Q&A

Huge *organizer-snaps* for Zooming in from the car!

Yes!! ^^ putting in the work!

Drop your questions for Andrew in the chat. I’m collecting them for the Q&A.

How does the new Voting Rights Act help our efforts in VA

Any more specifics on what help and when

How do you feel about the Paul Siker race against incumbent LaRock?

what works, doesn't work for folks from away?

When is the primary for the VA governor’s race?

Who looks to be likely gubernatorial candidate?

Does Swing Left have a nationwide strategy to support HR1 and HR4 which are quite literally designed to protect our democratic republic?

What’s your opinion about the Virginia Republican Party, is it as disarray as it has been reported and will they be hurting on fundraising efforts?

What do you see as remote activities for us to participate in Virgina prior to the redistricting being completed? (1) Have you begun to priorities what races we should focus on. (2) Are there voter registration phone banks/textbanks you would like group to lead? (3) We are are here and ready.

Which are the target districts again?

@Ted - we haven’t selected target districts yet, but they will initially be in Northern Virginia (DC suburbs), the Richmond area, and in the Hampton Roads area (southeast Virginia).

June 8th!

question is which tactics work from afar: phone banking, postcards, letters CANVASSING

Second Pattie's question!!

we have worked with 31 st street and NOPE Neighbors for VA. What is overlap and coordination with Swing Left.

We will definitely support the VA Dems, but are there other orgs doing organizing we should support? New Virginia Majority? Others?

Q!!!!

If we have members who want to sign up to volunteer, how can they connect?

Virginia question)

Sending the group names would be helpful. Thanks!

New Virginia Majority: https://www.newvirginiamajority.org/

Progress Virginia: https://progressva.org/

You can also donate to a number of Virginia grassroots organizations through Blueprint: https://blueprint.swingleft.org

Echoing Yvonne’s question above, about what we can be doing for HR1 and HR4 — when we get to the Q&A later in the call.

Jason and Yvonne - Indivisible Oregon has been partnering with Common Cause to host phonebanks supporting HR1. It’s been a really good experience.

how to access/handle donor tables would be great

can you stop screen share so we can see the panelists

Lean Left Vermont has organized giving circles and found them very effective.

Swing Left personal fundraising pages are easy to use and can be really effective.

just promise me no alarmist rhetoric, no red boxes, no crisis mode. Explain how the money is used for the cause..

Hi from Los Altos , CA

Most people don’t know about Virginia election. I solicited my extended friends and family two years ago and raised thousands.

We love Patricia (sorta personal bias on my part!).

What about reporting requirements?

For Paula: Do you draft a letter for everyone or do they f\draft their own letters?

Blueprint does offer help setting up giving circles. If folks are interested, I’m happy to connect you.

Cool!

Swing Left Pioneer Valley’s fundraiser in Amherst Mass. in 2017 - link to a description of our approach: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JXAvuiyN8A6cYaDkI7kw1DI0OreV7o6cdQ6www-mPmg/edit?usp=sharing

Start with the basic assumption that people want to be generous.

Swing Left Greater Boston’s Public Folder of Fundraising Resources: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oU6yqj-8uc7f8FMgNIUN0RfxXByrNnHf?usp=sharing

@Michael - your guide is in there!

Great meeting! Thanks so much ! I need to go to next zoom.

Will we be able to set up letter writing parties soon? https://swingleft.org/events

SwingLeft Philly has a letter writing party on Sunday at 7 pm. Everyone is welcome to join us

@Donna - we do the letter for everyone, but it could be possibly work the other way if you provide people with some info.

Thanks, Paula.

Thanks! great meeting

thank you