Join us every Thursday for a
virtual volunteering event!

We will be partnering with different organizations and campaigns
every week to help you get involved.

This week we will be joining the Sean Casten Campaign to
phone bank on Thursday, September 17 at 6:45 pm CT.

If you're new to Casten Virtual Phone Banking or have technical issues to resolve, please sign on for training 30 minutes before the event starts. You will need a phone AND a computer or tablet.

The Zoom link and support documents will be provided by email 24 hours before the event. The virtual phone bank access link will be available in the chat once you sign onto the Zoom call.

Time is running out and it will be close. We need all hands on deck.

Climate Emergency!

Wildfires, hurricanes, rapid weather changes, and extreme weather events
will continue and will become more frequent
if we don't take action TODAY!

This is one of the reasons why we will be phone banking for Casten in our Sean Saturdays at 10 am every week to make sure we
keep the top climate nerd in the US Congress!

Credit: CBS NEWS

Here is one of Casten's accomplishments:

"The Select Committee on the Climate Crisis’ Staff Report is a serious, detailed roadmap for how we as a country can lower our greenhouse gas emissions while rebuilding our economy and tackling systemic inequalities of environmental racism. After many months of hard work, I’m proud to announce that it recommends 8 bills I introduced to:

Promote grid storage technologies

Reduce industrial emissions

Require requiring public companies to disclose climate risks to investors

Strengthen federal housing efficiency standards

Drive innovation and deployment of clean energy and deep decarbonization technologies

Restore and strengthen climate science

Read my full release HERE"

We know some of you may not be very excited to do phone banks but there are a lot of folks to help you! So please join us, even if you can only stay for a few minutes and make a few calls because our children's future is on the ballot this year!

Climate Change and West Coast Wildfires

Fair Tax in Illinois

The old way of taxing income in Illinois is unfair because taxes fall too heavily on working people. Take a look ➡️

Low-income households now pay
almost double what the wealthiest pay in
taxes as a share of their income.
That’s wrong!

Learn more about the Fair Tax and why we need it below from IL State Senator Daniel Biss
and check out yesforfairtax.org!

Learn more about Fair Tax with Daniel Biss.

Learn More About the Fair Tax

Census 2020

The deadline is fast approaching!!

We have only a few weeks to do the census and Illinois is at risk of losing 1-2 congressional seats and $1,500 per person not counted.

Make sure you fill it out NOW and
share it with your networks!
2020census.gov

Fill Out the Census TODAY

Local Elections Updates

There are a lot of seats up in 2021 in our area! Take a look at this graphic: bit.ly/Seatsin2021

Considering running but don't know where to start? Our candidate training is in full force and there is still time to get involved! Join us EVERY SATURDAY at 8:30 am HERE.

Here is a full list of the positions that will be on the ballot in April 2021 in your area:

DuPage: bit.ly/DuPage2021
Addison: bit.ly/AddisonTwp2021
Bloomingdale: bit.ly/BloomingdaleTwp2021
Downers Grove: bit.ly/DownersGroveTwp2021
Lisle: bit.ly/LisleTwp2021
Milton: bit.ly/MiltonTwp2021
Naperville: bit.ly/NapervilleTwp2021
York: bit.ly/YorkTwp2021
Winfield: bit.ly/WinfieldTwp2021
Wayne: bit.ly/WayneTwp202

Here are the descriptions of the roles for Lisle, most townships are similar bit.ly/LisleTwp-2021.

Red To Blue

If you don't want to wake up on November 4 wondering what you might have done to defeat Trump, flip the Senate and hold the House, now is the time to get started!

Whether you are an experienced activist or brand new to political activism, this is your time to make a difference!

Learn how to use our website with this short video HERE!

Volunteering Opportunities Spotlight

This week we encourage you to sign up to volunteer for the following events:

Phone Bank for Lauren Underwood

Talk to voters all around the 14th district to share why we support Lauren and make sure that everyone has the information they need to safely vote. Shifts available almost every day. Register at www.mobilize.us/underwoodforcongress.
And if your schedule is already full, please share with your networks and
donate at underwoodforcongress.com!

Three States. One Mission. 2020
Phone and Text Banking

With COVID-19 putting door-to-door outreach on hold, Indivisible Chicago has doubled down on phone banking as our best means of engaging directly with voters. Join the Zoom phone banking events to make the critical calls to voters in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Want to let your fingers do the talking? Join the text banking team!
Sign up at 3states1mission.org!

Turnout 2020 GOTV National Phone Bank

Turnout2020 is a national voter outreach campaign from Progressive Turnout Project.
They are calling 12 million inconsistent Democratic voters and swing voters in districts across the country to take back the White House, flip the Senate, and expand our House majority.
No matter where you live, your help is needed!
Sign up at turnout2020.org

Phone Bank for GOTV in
Underserved Chicagoland Communities

We have less than two months to connect with voters in underserved communities across Chicagoland. Use this link to sign up for a phone banking shift – or several! Never phone banked before? No problem. Each shift will start and end with a quick 10-minute training session and group debrief. You will receive via email instructions, Zoom information, phone banking call lists, and FAQs prior to each session. All you need to bring is a computer and a phone.
Sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWbQWEFLW-ayorx64mh6VBijM1kc5AFkTYdRr6k7PdbM8DnA/viewform

MORE at RedToBlue.net

Black Voters Matter

Black Voters Matter's goal is to increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities. Effective voting allows a community to determine its own destiny. We agree with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he said, “Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”

Please consider donating or volunteering for this organization that is doing very important work to uplift Black Voices *everywhere*, including rural counties and smaller cities/towns that are often ignored by candidates, elected officials, political parties, and the media, 365 days a year!

Learn more about it at blackvotersmatterfund.org!

Black Voters Matters Donate HERE