Please join us on Sunday at 7:00 pm
for a session about the practical realities of voting in 2022.
Click here for the Zoom link.

Or maybe they need to learn more about the candidates, and the issues at stake. You can help with that, too! Tune in for one of the upcoming debates so you can share what you learn — or invite them to watch with you! The October 25 debate, held on the Drew University Campus in Madison, is open to the public. There will be a crew of NJ 11th for Change supporters there (look for the purple balloon), and we'll be glad to save you a seat! Registration is required by the venue.

Have neighbors who haven’t decided yet?
That’s what debates are for! See our Events section at the end of this newsletter for details.

That's just the tip of the iceberg of what YOU can do about disengaged voters in your community.

But it’s not just voters who are disengaged this year. We can’t help but notice that many of our past volunteers are choosing to sit at home instead of knocking doors. 

We know everyone is sick of hearing that this election is the most important election of our lives. 

BUT IT’S TRUE. 

If you care about what happens next in this country — in our world — then it’s time to give it your all. 

OR AT LEAST YOUR SOME.

Volunteering — canvassing! phone banking! talking to strangers! — can be a scary thing. Heck, allowing ourselves to HOPE, and to admit how much we care about what happens when there's no guarantee that things will turn out okay — is even scarier. But we urge you to be brave. Take the risk. 

YOU’VE GOT TOO MUCH SKIN IN THE GAME NOT TO GET IN THE GAME.

You know we’re down to the wire when we start trotting out inspirational quotes — quotes of hope, quotes of urgency — but here we are. Time for a little Teddy Roosevelt (with some color commentary from Tina Turner). 

Be daring! We need you to tag into the arena, by volunteering. 

You know who gives it their all? 
Our canvassing volunteers! 

Last weekend in Parsippany, we all gathered at Morris County Commissioner candidate Judy Hernandez’s house, got to hang out (and eat cake) with Mikie Sherrill, and then off to knock lots of friendly doors! MISSION: transforming apathetic neighbors into voters with a plan to get to the polls!

We hope you’ll join in one of the canvasses for Mikie or Tom Malinowski listed in our Events & Volunteer Opportunities at the end of this newsletter and on our Volunteer Opportunities webpage, updated weekly. Especially our November 5 canvass in Montclair, which will feature gourmet snacks and treats and some of the best coffee in town. We’ll wrap up our canvassing season with a happy hour later that day, open to all of our active 2022 volunteers!

Calling all volunteers!
November 5!

Also giving it their all? 

Our postcard team! 

Patricia Doherty, Mara Novak, and Jim Price stepped up to the plate to cut lists of voters to reach, make stacks of postcards, and drive to locations all over CD11 to deliver postcards to our pick-up spots. Over 180 packets, in just a week!

Cards in nice tidy stacks of 50

Printing lists of voters and addresses

Packets ready for delivery to pick-up stations all over the district

Now we’ve got 10,000 postcards out with valiant postcard writers, who are busily writing and mailing our cards to a targeted group of highly motivatable voters. It’s an effort we know will pay off!

Packets awaiting contactless porch pick-ups on one volunteer's front step.

Volunteers having a great time! Many hands make light work.

Next up? VOTE CHASING!

In the final week before the election, we’ll be text banking to chase friendly voters who haven’t yet cast their ballots. It’s speedy, time-sensitive work, and we need an army of volunteers to help! Vote-chasing is fun, satisfying, and QUICK work that you can do from the comfort of your own home — heck, from the comfort of your car, or standing in line at the supermarket! Click, click, click, and you’ve reached dozens of voters with the information — and the nudge — they need to fill out that ballot, drop by that early-voting polling place, and maybe even nag their spouse and kids and neighbors to do the same.

Want to help vote chase? Email us here with “VOTE CHASING” in the subject line!

So many important ways to help, and so little time.

It all comes down to making a smart plan, and building a team to make it happen. We’ll leave you with one last quote:

We are organized. 

We are ready — not just to work, but to work and WIN!

Come be part of the winning effort!

EVENTS &
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES

NOTE: Our new Volunteer Opportunities webpage will always be updated with the current week’s roster of actions you can take to support our endorsed candidates: Mikie Sherrill (CD11), Tom Malinowski (CD7) and Andy Kim (CD3). Please bookmark it, and check it regularly! 

FEATURED EVENTS & OPPORTUNTIES

Time for the CANDIDATE DEBATES!

Grab your popcorn, call your friends. Here's the upcoming debate schedule!

Sunday, Oct. 23 at 9:00 pm: New Jersey Globe Debate. Learn more here.

Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7:00 pm: League of Women Voters Debate. Live in-person AND livestreamed. The Concert Hall at Drew University, 36 Madison Avenue Madison, NJ 07940. Mikie's campaign would LOVE a big audience of supporters. NJ 11th for Change will be there, with a purple balloon (unless it gets confiscated for some weird security reason). We'll save you a seat! Registration required for in-person attendance. More information here. Want to submit a question in advance? Here's how! Watch the livestream on YouTube here.

Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 7:00–8:30 pm: Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ Candidate Forum — on ZOOM. Register here.