Welcome to 2020, a year of demands and opportunities. We all know the stakes have never been higher. Please do not imagine that there is nothing you can do that will make a difference in this pivotal year. Not true! We need folks willing to be leaders, and also those who will put in the hours writing postcards, knocking on doors, doing voter registration, and so much more. We need you!
We here at OH12 pledge to give you the information you need to learn, connect, and engage so as to have the maximum possible impact on this year's many important elections, all the way up and down the ballot, in OH12 and beyond. We ask you to do your part by staying connected, working (with our help) to find activities that suit, and committing yourself to regular action--weekly if possible!
This newsletter will be your one-stop shop for information on how to get involved (with additional info on our public FB page and in the closed group). If you have questions, you can reach out to us via email at: indivisibleoh12@gmail.com. You can also sign up to receive an additional newsletter about voter registration by writing "subscribe" to MiaOH12@gmail.com.
Each week we'll bring you a list of upcoming events, plus links to ongoing postcard, letter, and voter registration campaigns. The list will be updated frequently, so remember to check for additional opportunities. Here are a couple of things you can get started with right away, with more listed in the "Upcoming events" below.
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VOTEFWD.ORG
Write letters to traditionally underrepresented, not-yet-registered voters in Ohio encouraging them to register to vote. As of 1/2/2020, there were 29,313 letters still to be written. Pledge to write a few every day. Organize a voter-registration letter-writing party and help boost turn out in Ohio this year.
MAP THE VOTE
Here's another new way to hep register voters. Donate to send voter registration forms to unregistered eligible voters in neighborhoods you pick. Check it out.
POSTCARDS TO VOTERS
Have you written cards with Tony yet? It's always important, and fun! You can write on your own, come to an event, or organize your own gathering.
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2020 voter registration starts now! We have two trainings right off the bat, plus two upcoming opportunities to register voters. See additional information under "Upcoming Events" below.
- Sunday, 1/5: OH12 Voter Registration Training PLUS, 2:30-4pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library - Northern Lights Branch, 4093 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Meeting Room 3.
- Sunday, 1/12: OH12 Voter Registration Training, 3-4:30, Old Worthington Library, 820 High St, Worthington.
- Thursday, 1/16: OSU Activity Fair Voter Registration, 4-7pm, Ohio Union. Come register voters with us at the spring student activities fair. This event is indoors!
- Monday, 1/20: MLK Day OH12 Voter Registration Activity, 10am-4pm, location TBD. We will update with specifics closer to the date.
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Upcoming Events
Click on the links for more information. Please share, as always. The mini OH12 icon indicates the event is being hosted or co-hosted by OH12 or one of our subgroups.
 Sunday, 1/5: OH12 Voter Registration Training PLUS, 2:30-4pm, Columbus Metropolitan Library - Northern Lights Branch, 4093 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Meeting Room 3. Come learn or re-learn the basics of Voter Registration, PLUS, important info on how to head up a VR mini-team. Training in how to use Sign Up Genius and more. Open to all!
Monday, 1/6: Hilliard City Council Swearing In Ceremony, 6:30-7pm, 3800 Municipal Way, Hilliard. "Please join us for the swearing in of Hilliard's first elected Democrat in 30 years. The Honorable Allison Russo, Ohio State Representative for District 24, will swear in Cynthia Vermillion."
Wednesday 1/8: Post Card Happy Hours, with Mid-Ohio Indivisible, 5pm, The Phoenix Brewing Company, 131 N Diamond St, Mansfield. This week we'll be writing cards asking Portman and Balderson what their 2020 "Resolutions" are for staying true to their oaths of office. Join us!
Thursday, 1/9: Thursday Action Group, first meeting of 2020! Details to come.
Saturday, 1/11 & Sunday, 1/12: Deep Canvassing Training with the Leadership Lab, 5-7:15pm Saturday and 9am-3pm Sunday. 340 E Fulton St, Columbus. Saturday: Storytelling Session -- Learn how to persuade voters by being open and authentic. Have meaningful conversations with voters make your time knocking doors more productive and more fun! Sunday: Deep canvassing training, canvassing, and debrief. More information HERE and registration HERE.
Sunday, 1/12: OH12 Voter Registration Training, 3-4:30pm, Old Worthington Library, 820 High St, Worthington. Voter registration training in time for second semester college student activity fairs! Come learn the ins and outs of how to register voters and get signed up to start registering voters right away!
Monday, 1/13: Indivisible OH12 Leadership Meeting, 437 Piedmont Rd, Columbus, 7-8:30pm. Join us as we discuss plans for 2020. Open to all.
Tuesday, 1/14: Dublin Area Progressives Monthly Meeting, 7-9pm, 6200 Eiterman Rd, Dublin. Representatives from Reynoldsburg Area Democrats and Westerville Progressive Alliance will teach us how to replicate their 2019 successes. Rachel Morocco, Candidate for OH House District 67 in Delaware County, and Tiffanie Roberts, Candidate for OH House District 86 in Union County, will introduce themselves as well. Please bring in donations for Welcome Warehouse or the Dublin Food Pantry and we will deliver. If you can’t make it to the meeting, please send your donations with a friend or drop off at Sandi Allen’s house (6308 Valley Stream Dr).
Wednesday, 1/15: January Postcard Party & Happy Hour, 6-8pm, Roosters, 3370 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus. Join us as we write to registered progressive voters who have moved but haven't updated their voting address. We'll also chat about upcoming opportunities to register voters and other activities. We'll be in the back room of Roosters and will have plenty of postcards, stamps, and markers. We just need you to help us write!
Thursday, 1/16: OSU Activity Fair Voter Registration, 4-7pm, Ohio Union. Come register voters with us at the spring student activities fair. This event is indoors! Stay for as little or as long as you like. All materials supplied. If you have not done VR before, come a few minutes early for training, or attend one of the training events 1/5 or 1/12.
Saturday, 1/18: Data 101 With Indivisible Westerville, 2-4pm, Westerville Public Library, 126 S State St, Westerville. Join us to learn more about how campaigns make use of data to target voters and how volunteers put it to use! This will be a great event for Indivisible members looking for a "look behind the curtain" of data and for group leaders looking to put data to better use.
Monday, 1/20: MLK Day OH12 Voter Registration Activity, 10am-4pm, location TBD. We will update with specifics closer to the date. Sign up for a shift now!
Saturday, 1/25: Ohio Poor People's Campaign State Convening 2020, 10am-4pm, 93 W Weisheimer Rd, Columbus. "The Ohio and National Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has exciting and important activities that are happening and coming up. Among these are: • The national Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering and Educating (MORE) that will be coming to Dayton with Campaign co-chairs Rev. Theoharris, and Rev, Barber on April 23, 2020; • The Mass People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington that will be happening June 20, 2020; • An upcoming ecological devastation tour of southeast Ohio; • A variety of local and statewide issues that are and will be addressed as well as how to mobilize your community for the PPC movement. RSVP HERE. Carpool Link HERE."
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Thanks for all you do!
Mia, Sara, and the OH12 Team
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