TAKE ACTION FOR DEMOCRACY
Join the Workers Circle and the Center for Common Ground for our monthly training on how to be an effective citizen advocate.
You’ll be equipped with knowledge about a key federal bill, a letter that you can customize and deliver to your legislators, and best practices for setting up, visiting, and following up with Members of Congress. No experience is necessary!
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Gather together people you know to act and reflect on our democracy . Learn more here.
Every eligible voter deserves to have their vote counted. That’s why we’re working alongside our partner at Election Protection to recruit nonpartisan volunteers who serve as voters’ first line of defense against confusing voting rules, outdated infrastructure, rampant misinformation, and needless obstacles to the ballot box. There’s a role for everyone — whether it’s helping voters from home, assisting voters safely in person, or tracking online disinformation. Sign up today.
Workers Circle has partnered with “Power the Polls” to recruit poll workers across the country. Sign up here to learn more.
The Workers Circle is committed to grassroots and direct action as we fight to ensure free and fair elections and strengthen our democracy. Sign up for our social justice list to receive the Activist Update, and never miss a chance to join us at a protest or rally.
Attending an in-person rally? Download one of our Workers Circle signs!
Postcard, phonebank and text bank to combat racist voter suppression laws
We work in partnership with the Center for Common Ground, a Black-led organization that fights voter suppression and empowers underserved communities to connect voters of color with the information they need to vote by mail and to vote early in person. Our calls, texts, and postcards to voters of color support grassroots efforts by the NAACP, Black Voters Matter, and Mi Familia Vota.
Join the Workers Circle in sending postcards to Black voters in Florida with crucial information they need to cast their ballots for the general election.
We work in partnership with the Center for Common Ground, a people of color-led organization that fights voter suppression and empowers underserved communities to connect voters of color with the information they need to vote by mail and to vote early in person. Our postcarding supports on-the-ground efforts to reach Black voters by the NAACP, Black Voters Matter, and Mi Familia Vota. Click here to learn more.
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 14/S. 4) will stop voter suppression in its tracks. Click here to learn more.
The Freedom to Vote Act is a transformative piece of legislation that will help create a democracy that is truly of, by, and for all of the people. Click here to learn more.
Join us for Workers Circle phone banks every Wednesday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET.
Help fight voter suppression! Join us each Wednesday as we call Black voters in Virginia to provide crucial, non-partisan information about early voting and polling locations as they prepare for their state’s general elections on Nov. 8. No experience is necessary, and you can make calls from anywhere.
We work in partnership with the Center for Common Ground to ensure our calls support the efforts of local grassroots organizations who are educating and mobilizing Black voters in vote-suppressed states across the South. Sign up for phonebanking here.
Tuesdays from 7-8pm on June 25 and July 23, 7-8 PM ET
Join us for one, two, or three Zoom textbanking events to ensure voters of color have the ID necessary to cast their ballot and help them get what they need. Grab your bubbe, neighbor, or grandkids, and join us to text Florida voters.
Lawmakers pay close attention to their local newspapers as do your neighbors. Writing a letter to the editor is a great way to educate the public and to insist on a democracy that works for all. Check out our state voting rights toolkit which has a sample letter, information on why federal voting rights legislation is needed, as well as links to learn about your state’s voting rights laws and pending legislation.
Voter tools
Are you ready to vote? Check this link to be sure
Check out Activote a tool for identifying your lawmakers and learning about key legislation.
Trouble? Call 866-OUR-VOTE
Review the Disability Voting Rights Guide
The Workers Circle is a proud member of the United For Democracy Coalition, which focuses on the courts. While the justices on the Supreme Court are not directly elected by the American people, they are put on the Court by leaders who are. Sign this petition and call on Congress to reign in the Supreme Court.