Join us on TUESDAY, JUNE 15 @7:00 pm.
More info below. SPACE VERY LIMITED!
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More info below. Register here to get the Zoom link!

Dear Supporters —

Over the past 4 years, NJ 11th for Change has launched dozens of political careers. We’re not just talking about Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, either, for whom we cleared a path by scaring off Rodney Frelinghuysen. We’re talking about our own grassroots members! 

SCORES of you have run for office after becoming politically engaged with us, and we couldn’t be prouder. Our members now run for every office in New Jersey: from municipal party committee member to town council representative, mayor to county commissioner (formerly ‘freeholder’), New Jersey State Senator to General Assembly member.

This year, we’ve got a bumper crop of candidates, especially on a municipal level! Please join us on Monday, June 7 (the night before the primary election) at 7:00 pm for a très relaxé Defending Democracy open house (on Zoom, natch) to meet some of our favorite mayoral and town council candidates! 

SPACE IS LIMITED! Register here, and we'll send you the Zoom link!

Among our guests will be:

• Cori Herbig
• Judy Hernandez
• Christy Lazarow
• Michael Soriano
• Kate Barry
• Mark Gyorfy
• Tara Olivio-Moore
• Kim Mazzie  

... and more!

Who's that masked man? That's Parsippany mayor Michael Soriano,
with his running mates Judy Hernandez and Cori Herbig!

These wonderful people share our values and have long been our allies. We’re just crazy about them! Come hear what they all have to say about this year's race, what they plan to do in office, and why it’s SO DAMNED IMPORTANT to vote your ballot all the way down the ticket, not just the topline races.

Register here to get the Zoom link!

That's not all, folks!

NJ 11th for Change is getting ready to fill up your calendar in other ways, too — and soon! Here are some highlights:

Missed our panel discussion with reps from each CD 11 county (Essex, Morris, Passaic, and Sussex) discussion election rules for 2021?

Never fear!

Click here to watch the recording of this lively and incredibly information discussion.

And don't forget to vote on Tuesday, June 8, 2021!

DAYS UNTIL
OUR NEXT DEFENDING
DEMOCRACY PANEL: 2
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Don't forget to pre-register!

Dear Supporters,

Pandemic election rules in 2020 included lots of (sometimes confusing) innovations: universal mail-in ballots! brand-new secure drop boxes! in-person polling place closures!

But now it's 2021 and vaccination rates are increasing at a steady clip ...

... so this year's elections will be back to normal ... right?

Not necessarily!

Did you miss last night's STELLAR panel discussion?

Do you want to share it with friends, family, and neighbors?

Did you enjoy it so much you just have to watch it again (and take notes this time)?

Here it is, on YouTube!

Start at 3:40 to avoid some less-than-entertaining Zoom set-up!

DAYS UNTIL OUR NEXT
DEFENDING DEMOCRACY PANEL,
ALL ABOUT TOWN COUNCILS: 1
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The perpetrators of white supremacy in America have woven a self-serving narrative about Black people for centuries. They have woven that narrative in ways subtle and blatant, one interaction and accusation at a time.

DAYS UNTIL
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DEMOCRACY PANEL: 6
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How many times have you seen neighbors riling themselves up, grabbing pitchforks and torches to storm the council meeting at Town Hall … only to find out later that the town council had nothing to do with the issue they were all so enraged about?

DAYS UNTIL
NJ 11th FOR CHANGE HAS
MASKS(!!) FOR DONORS: 20
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After 2020 and our hard-won, excruciatingly slo-mo victory over Donald Trump, it’s hard to imagine ANY election ever feeling “high stakes” by comparison. 

I mean, we averted the end of the world, right? 

DAYS UNTIL
NJ 11th FOR CHANGE
MASKS(!!): 30
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They say it takes money to make money, but around here, we know: 

It takes money to MAKE CHANGE. 

We need your help. 

There’s important work to do in 2021 — and to set up the action infrastructure to accomplish that, NJ 11th for Change needs to raise $10,000! 

Sure, we’ll take cash … if you happen to have one of these floating around.
But checks and credit cards are easier! Donate with a monthly recurring gift or a one-time gift.

2021 is going to be a busy year. 

The GOP knows we’ve made serious headway, even in some of their reddest strongholds, and they’re gunning for us. No seats will be safe — including Mikie’s in 2022 — if we let them start clawing their way back into power on a municipal, county, and state level. That means we can’t snooze.

A sleep-in? Sure. But no snoozing.

Here are our top 5 priorities: 

DAYS UNTIL OUR Feb 25
DEFENDING DEMOCRACY
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County Committees and their municipal branches are the foundation
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and how you can make them work for YOU and YOUR values!

Greetings, everyone!

It’s finally starting to feel real, isn’t it? "The previous guy" is starting to fade into the background! At last, we can focus on making good things happen. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are getting down to business, and so are we! 

“America is back,” said Biden during his speech
at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.

What kind of business, you ask? 

On a national level, Congress is pressing forward with its flagship piece of legislation — the For the People Act (H.R. 1 in the House, and S. 1 in the Senate). It's an omnibus bill that protects the heart of our democracy: voting rights, election security, redistricting reform, campaign financing, and ethics. Last Thursday, we learned all about it at our virtual letter-writing party—with special guest Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill! 

No puppy this time.
But lots of substantial conversation!

COME JOIN OUR Feb. 16
LETTER/POSTCARD-WRITING
PARTY WITH MIKIE SHERRILL!
(Register here; see below for details!)

Hello, Supporters!

ALL THAT WORK YOU DID to help Joe Biden and Kamala Harris win the White House?

ALL THAT WORK YOU DID supporting Mikie Sherrill here in New Jersey and Ossoff and Warnock in Georgia, so we could win the House and the Senate?

We did what we set out to do, and we earned the right to celebrate!!

But the work isn’t done. Now we've got to protect those victories!

Our wins are fragile. Our margins in the legislative branch are slim at best and (as today’s travesty of an impeachment vote proves) completely inadequate at worst.

And you can bet your sweet bippy that the GOP is laying the groundwork RIGHT NOW to take back the Senate and House in 2022.

Grrrrrrr.....

Members. Volunteers. Activists. HEROES.  

People of NJ 11th for Change! 

WE DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

9,000 letters.

50,000 postcards.

75,000 texts.

WE DID OUR JOB.

WE DID IT!

Thanks to all of our hard work,

• we locked in New Jersey’s electoral college votes for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
• we re-elected Mikie Sherrill as our congressional representative. 
• we are seeing very promising results for down-ballot state, county, and municipal candidates. (Final results may take as long as a week to come through, but there is reason to hope for many victories!) 
• we may have turned Morris County a beautiful shade of BLUE! It looks as if this historical red stronghold voted strong for Biden, Booker, Sherrill, and Malinowski! 
• in other states, counties and districts, we are seeing success in races our volunteers worked hard to support: notably, re-electing Congressman Andy Kim in CD3, and electing West Orange native Mark Kelly to the Senate in Arizona!!

We have changed the conversation in New Jersey.

YOU DID THIS.

THANK YOU.

Hats off to NJ 11th for Change volunteers!

Now, what about the presidential race?

New Jersey is solid, but other states are still in play.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP?

We know — we’ve always known — that a complete tally is going to take time and patience. There are very encouraging signs (as anticipated) that a full count will turn the tide towards electing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

There is every reason to hope that MATH + TIME = VICTORY!

Minus autocratic treachery and underhanded shenanigans, of course. As other states process their mail-in ballots, Trump is calling for the count to be over. He is threatening lawsuits that will disenfranchise millions of people. (Again, as anticipated.)

We want to reassure you: We are fully engaged. NJ 11th for Change has joined a coalition that includes well-respected Jersey-wide grassroots groups, powerhouse Labor organizations, and influential progressives. We are closely watching the calls-to-action, guidance, and training being distributed by Protect the Results, a nationwide arm of Indivisible. We are coordinating every day to put out a strong, unified message: COUNT EVERY VOTE. 

We need you to amplify this message in your community and to your friends and family across the country. Be VOCAL and VISIBLE on this issue. Be an ambassador for calm and patience, and for allowing the time necessary to conduct a safe, secure, and thorough count. This is not a partisan message; it is at the heart of our democracy. Every voter who followed their state rules to cast a ballot deserves to have their vote count! 

And if Trump's calls to cut the count short start to get louder? All of the organizations in our coalition agree: 

WE MUST BE READY TO PROTEST.

So far, the election officials in battleground states are proceeding unimpeded with their counts, so national plans for immediate protest today are on hold. But if we need to take to the streets, WE WILL TAKE TO THE STREETS.

Small, local actions in your own town are fine: a rally in front of town hall, a march on Main Street. However, if we need to march, WE WILL NEED A SHOW OF FORCE in major metropolitan areas! Mark your calendar and set your GPS for

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7

PHILADELPHIA • NEWARK • NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, D.C • and more

Consider this a "Save the Date" notice, in case it becomes necessary.

The power of a large showing has never been more important. We have a specific and very urgent demand, and the louder we are, the better we can communicate that we will NOT take the gutting of democracy lying down. The White House, the federal legislature, the courts, and state governments need to see the power of the people!

The Protect the Results organization’s emphasis is on safety and non-violence, at all venues. The COVID-era union-organized protests in Newark have shown themselves to be very safety-focused, and protesters have, by and large, been respectful of covid-safety guidelines. 

We strongly urge you to sign up with Protect the Results for information and up-to-date event announcements at locations across our area and across the country. And keep close to NJ 11th for Change; we will be sharing events that are nearby, and encouraging members to work together to attend. 

Now is the time.

COUNT EVERY VOTE!

URGENT!

EVENTS & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

We strongly urge volunteers to participate in CURE CALL phone banks!

Voters who have had their ballots rejected (for signatures that don't exactly match or other issues) often need help figuring out exactly what they need to do to "cure" their ballot so their vote will count.

When you make a CURE CALL, you are helping a person who made the effort to vote, and really wants their vote to count. They are glad to hear from you; you are helping them. The process is generally pretty simple, so it's easy to make a difference for these voters.

The Georgia Dems urgently need help with this; ballots can only be cured through Friday. Click here to help!

North Carolina is another important state for cure calls. Click here to help!

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NJ 11th For Change
http://www.nj11thforchange.org/

NJ 11^th for Change is a 501(c)(4) unaffiliated organization dedicated to advocating for all people of New Jersey’s 11^th Congressional District. We foster an engaged and informed community with the power to shape our political representation so that it is transparent, responsive and accountable—and so that it reflects the values of fairness, compassion, inclusivity and a decent quality of life.