Welcome to the September Sister District DC/VA/MD Newsletter!

In this newsletter, we will cover:

• THANK YOU -- Results from our September 6 fundraiser for Lashrecse Aird and Joshua Cole! 🎉🎉
• GOTV -- ONLY 56 DAYS UNTIL VIRGINIA ELECTION!
• Early Voting in Virginia begins September 22
• Dancing for Donations -- September 23
• Fall Canvassing Starts Soon
• Phonebanking Expands for GOTV
• Who is Sister District DC/VA/MD?
• Before You Go...

🥂 Success! We did it!🥂

President Biden just directed the DNC to pour $1.2M into VA legislative races, bringing this year's DNC contributions to the Democratic Party of VA to $1.5M, 15 times more than it invested four years ago.  Help us GOTV!

Your vote is your voice! Voting early is an easy way to ensure your voice is heard. If you’re a Virginia voter, please 🙏 vote in the upcoming election. Your vote matters and it can make a difference!

We hope you can join us for an outdoor fitness dance fundraiser on Saturday, September 23, 10-11:15 am. The class, suitable for all fitness levels, will be held in Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park, right off W Street NW between 15th and 16th Streets NW, at the base of the water fountain.

The Doonya class is a dance-based, high-intensity interval training fitness program, and will be conducted by Nisha Singh.  Nisha has been teaching dance for over 5 years in the DC area. She also served on the Sister District DC/VA/MD Steering Committee and is excited to host another fundraiser for Virginia candidates. 

Cost: $25 donation to Sister District candidates Lashrecse Aird and Joshua Cole

Bring a bottle of water, comfortable shoes, AND your friends, and we will see you on September 23.

OR:  Text keyword fitness to 833-602-8124

☎️ Phonebanking Expands for GOTV! 📞

We continue to phonebank every Wednesday at 6:30, and beginning September 23, we're adding Saturday sessions from 12N-2pm.  In August, we made 2,602 calls📞💪!

Join us over Zoom to reach the voters who will be CRITICAL to turning Virginia BLUE this November!

We are volunteers who agree that elections for state legislatures are where the real change is made, and understand the impact small efforts and donations can make in these critical elections.

Our Steering Committee coordinates our efforts across the DC/VA/MD area. One of our key Committee members is our Fundraising Co-Chair, Jim Banner.

About Jim

Originally from New York, Jim now resides in Washington DC, and is a historian of the United States, particularly of the period between the Revolution and Civil War. A member of the Princeton faculty and visiting professor elsewhere, he has taught soldiers, high-schoolers, collegians, graduate students, and, most recently, post-collegians.   His two most recent books are Presidential Misconduct: from George Washington to Today (2019), of which he was editor, and The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History is Revisionist History (2021).  He’s currently writing a book about historians: who they are, what they do, and why they do it. 

Jim was founding chairman of the New Jersey chapter of Common Cause, served for six years as a member of the national governing board of Common Cause during the 

Watergate crisis, and as a historian, was a special consultant to the Impeachment Inquiry of the House Committee on the Judiciary in 1974.  He was also lead plaintiff in a challenge to the provision of federal law that prohibits the District of Columbia from taxing the income of non-residents, a prohibition unique in the world.  The suit lost at both trial and appeals levels.  One member of the three-judge appeals bench was John Roberts.

Jim is married to Phyllis Kramer and has two children and two grandchildren. He gets relief from spending all his free time tearing his hair out about the state of the world and nation by focusing on the concrete challenge of electing Democrats to state legislatures, something the Democratic Party has forgotten about for over a third of a century.

Sister District’s mission is to imagine, build, and expand progressive power in state legislatures, and we know that organizing around elections is just one piece of the puzzle.

That’s why we’re amplifying the voices of local lawmakers, educating the public about the importance of state leaders and policies, and inspiring people to deepen their civic engagement — especially locally and down-ballot.

There is power in storytelling, and the more people we bring into this fight, the more powerful our movement will become. We hope you will join us in our efforts!

Your Sister District DC/VA/MD Leaders

Sarah, Karen, Jennie, Alan, Jim, Kara, Mary, and Jeff

Paid for by Sister District Project.  Authorized by Joshua Cole, candidate for HD 65, and Lashrecse Aird, candidate for SD 13.