John, we love the wide expanses of rural America, but these distances create obstacles too. In 2024 Democrats will have many seats to defend in very 'red' areas. One might say 'the map is against us'.
The good news is we are here to change the map from within by empowering rural organizers to win on the issues that matter in their own communities. And they way this is done is by talking to neighbors face-to-face.
There are many people who have limited or no access at all to internet. Digital organizing isn't an effective tool to reach voters in such places, but digital organizing is critical for our organizers themselves! Giving them the tools to genuinely convey the issues in their own communities and suggest solutions to fix them in face-to-face conversations with their neighbors.
The fact is, there is nothing more persuasive than sitting down in person and hearing from people in your own neighborhood. An effective ground game is more essential in rural America than anywhere else, and it's the thing Democrats have lacked... until now!
ROCC is organizing infrastructure engineered by lifelong rural Democrats to bring activists and organizers together to share effective techniques, and to adapt and apply these in our own communitites through face-to-face voter engagement.
Volunteer your time right now in a local organization and invite them to participate in ROCC. Our next national forum is May 10th.
Or, John, why not chip in right now to support ROCC and the many partners who are using our infrastructure to build up their ground games for 2024?
