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SUMMARY:Flipping Congress in 2026: What Works
DESCRIPTION:Learn how you and your community can make a difference in the 2026 midterm elections. \nSpeakers \n\nDoran Schrantz\, The Organizing Lab Founder; Minnesota and National Organizer\nYasmin Radjy\, Executive Director\, Swing Left and Vote Forward\nChuck Albrecht\, Swing Left Maricopa County\nMarlene Silva\, Political Organizer\, All In for North Carolina\nHeather Haggarty\, Founder\, Donuts + Democracy\n\n Hear how Swing Left’s Ground Truth volunteers are using new ways to reach voters in swing districts. Yasmin Radjy will describe how meaningful conversations are helping Democrats win back power. \nChuck Albrecht will discuss how this Arizona group succeeded in implementing the Ground Truth program in the largest battleground county (4.5 million people) in the US. \nThen\, learn from Minnesota organizer Dran Schrantz how the infrastructure they built in 2025 led to effective mobilization when it was most needed\, and how they continue that momentum to train and activate Minnesotans for the elections. Doran will discuss how volunteers everywhere can replicate that impact. \nMarlene Silva will explain how remote volunteers working with the Mecklenburg Dems helped recruit 1\,900 active  in-district volunteers in North Carolina. \nFind out how Heather Haggarty and her daughter\, who launched Donuts + Democracy in 2024 to increase young voter turnout\, registered\, educated\, and mobilized more than 114\,000 students at 450+ events on nearly 150 college campuses. \nThis event is co-sponsored by:\nActivate America\, All In for NC\, Commit to Democracy\, DemCast\, Grassroots Democrats HQ\, Indivisible Tucson Action Alliance\, Swing Left\, Swing left Maricopa County\, Third Act.
URL:https://volunteerblue.org/calendar/winning-congress-in-2026-how-volunteers-are-flipping-the-house-and-senate/
LOCATION:virtual\, United States
CATEGORIES:Canvass,National/Multi-State,Organizing,Phone Bank,Postcard/Mail,Protesting,Red District Project,Relational Organizing,Social Media,Special Event,Text,Top Pick,Voter Registration
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