Be on the lookout on the Take Action tab under the Actions and Events Menu bar in the red navigation bar up on top each week for volunteer opportunities for activists like you!
We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us the next two months, but like Michelle Obama told us: “If we start feeling tired, if we start feeling that dread creeping back in, we’ve got to pick ourselves up, throw water on our face, and what?—DO SOMETHING.”
We are riding high off the energy of the Convention. Let’s keep up the momentum—can you sign up today for a volunteer shift?
Adopt-a-District
Do you want to level up your activism? Join the Adopt-a-District program! Work with a small, close-knit team as you focus on a single crucial battleground congressional district—phone banking, text banking, and writing postcards to AFT members. Don’t miss out on this fun and rewarding new program!
After each volunteer shift you fill out “field notes” to give feedback on how we can improve the next volunteer experience—and we read every single one.
Here’s a tip we loved from Holly during our voter registration calls:
“If you get an enthusiastic respondent who is already registered and plans to vote, still share the website if possible saying they may know someone else who needs to check their registration status or to register.” – Holly
We think this is a solid idea and might help you have more calls like the one activist Laura from Minnesota had:
“One woman checked if she was registered when we were on the phone and when she found out she was, she acted like she won the lottery!” – Laura
We can’t thank all of you enough for all your great work–together we are building a winning pro-labor coalition across this country.
Here’s what we have coming up next week and a couple future events to keep in mind:
- Any Day - DIY Battleground State Phone Bank on Your Own Time!
- Sept. 10 - We are hosting a virtual debate watch party for our activists. Join us!
- Sept. 17 - National Voter Registration Day - stay tuned for special voter registration phone banks throughout the day
Whether or not you can join this week: please share this link with 3 fellow AFT members—we need everyone we can in this fight!
Thank you! Team AFT votes