I organized across ten different Universities during an almost entirely virtual campaign in the battleground state of Michigan to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in their run for President and Vice President. My co-workers and I helped lead the most dramatic increase of youth voter turnout across any battleground state. I specifically oversaw the youth vote in Kent County, a historical red county that went blue due in large part to a huge uptake in youth vote participation. The key to our success was a robust relational organizing program and an aggressive social media volunteer recruitment program. …
The Youth Vote is the largest voting bloc
Activist is a verb
Lessons to the #YouthVote from a community and political organizer
Send this to a friend who doesn’t vote
Think of this as an intervention. Your friend sent you here because they love you. They want the best for you. And unfortunately, what is best for you (and your family, and your community, and your country) is for you to click this link and register yourself to vote. Being apolitical is easy — you may avoid the occasional uncomfortable conversation with the new co-worker, a roommate, or your sibling's partner. Still, the stakes of not being involved are so much higher. I know this because I use to feel this way…
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Young people are an inexhaustible source of energy and passion for social change. They have the electoral force and enthusiasm to swing any election, but due to logistical and structural barriers, young people face a tougher time turning out the vote. These barriers disproportionately affect youths of color and youths with less education. Which prevents the voices that are most needed in our democratic process from being heard, and deepens the effects of systemic racism. Campaigns must acknowledge their role in creating a culture of youth disenfranchisement by not prioritizing youth organizing into…
Letter from a former Biden Campus Organizer
“Relational Organizing” is just a fancy way of saying organizing your friends, according to Jen O’Malley Dillion, former Campaign Manager to Joe Biden.
How do you organize young people to vote in a must-win, battleground state of Michigan, during a global pandemic, in the most consequential election of our lives? Great question. The answer is what we call relational organizing. From the wise words of Jen O’Malley Dillion, Joe Biden’s Former Campaign Manager, Relational Organizing is just a fancy way of saying “organizing your friends’’. Regardless if you are using the ‘Vote Joe’ app, Snapchat, Facetime, DM, or text to…
Passionate about Democratic campaigns and the youth vote. Former organizer for Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke. Student at Missouri State. She/her.