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Arena Community,
Last week, we trained thousands of volunteers at the Democratic National Convention in partnership with Team Biden and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. The live interactive lessons have been viewed over 30,000 times since last Monday.
The Democratic National Convention was also the occasion for us to tell a story I’ve been wanting to share for a long time, about how our training partners, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, used the same practices we’re teaching campaigns and volunteers now to pivot to digital and get out the vote during their statewide Supreme Court election in April. They won that election in a landslide in what’s been called a “dress rehearsal” for November.
“Dress Rehearsal” is the title of our new documentary short about the Wisconsin election that premiered last Thursday. I’d love for you to watch and learn more about why it’s so urgent that you help us roll out a new kind of GOTV training before November. |
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The victory in Wisconsin shows that Democrats have a recipe for pandemic-proof organizing even when we’re fighting dirty Republican voter suppression. And as Arena’s trainings have grown from 400 students at a time to 4,000, we’ve proven that we know how to share these resources with people deeply while at scale.
In fact, one of our participants this week even told us, “Imagine if everyone felt as ‘cared for’ as we all feel during this Academy. The model is here. We just have to copy it.”
That’s just what we’re trying to do. For the next two and a half months, Arena is working closely with battleground state campaigns to train staff to get out the vote safely during a pandemic. Realistically, we need $1.2M by early September to train enough staff and volunteers to hit our GOTV targets.
Given how close the race is, we believe Arena’s trainings have the potential to swing the election. Help us make sure we train enough staff and volunteers so we leave nothing on the floor in November.
Thank you, Ravi
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