NJ 11th for Change has been invited specifically to march with Mikie.
All allies welcome — friends, family, partners, neighbors,
kids, high schoolers, college students and more!

Red states across the country — no, it's not just Texas — are pressing their anti-choice agendas. SCOTUS is just looking for an excuse to scuttle Roe v. Wade. Even here in NJ, lawmakers are stalling the passage of Governor Murphy's landmark Reproductive Freedom Act.

We must speak up!

Where? When? How?
GOOD QUESTIONS!

This Saturday, October 2, a network of Women's Marches in support of reproductive rights are scheduled across the United States. In North Jersey, the official march site is in Montclair, at the municipal building (corner of Forest Street and Claremont Avenue). NJ 11th for Change is one of the sponsors of the march, and we'd love to see you there!

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: Gov. Phil Murphy,
Tammy Murphy, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, and more.

NJ 11th for Change will be marching as a group, as invited guests of Mikie Sherrill. We will gather with Mikie prior to meeting up with the rest of the crowd at the Montclair Women's March. The more people we have, the stronger our impact! Please bring friends and family, and any allies you can find. Kids and teens welcome: the damage that state legislatures and the Supreme Court do to reproductive rights NOW is going to affect them, their friends, and their futures! Their voices matter. They deserve the chance to be heard.

We'll be sharing a specific meet-up location soon ... sign up here so we can email it to you, along with parking suggestions and any other crucial last-minute announcements. Otherwise, you can just look for the NJ 11th for Change signs and the Mikie banner when you get there!

Make a creative sign, or carry one of ours (limited supplies); wear comfy shoes, and be ready to use your OUTSIDE voice! Bring a tambourine, you ask? Sure, why not! This is sure to be a motivating, empowering morning for all of us. TOGETHER, WE RISE!

Speaking of motivating, empowering mornings ...
THANKS FOR CANVASSING AT THE 9/25 DAY OF ACTION! 

Last Saturday, September 25, was a Phil Murphy DAY OF ACTION. All over the state, volunteers canvassed for both the governor and for local Dem candidates. NJ 11th for Change co-hosted a canvassing launch in West Orange, and our members showed up in force! Lots of elected leaders, as well: Mikie Sherrill, NJDCC Chairman LeRoy Jones, State Senator Richard Codey, Assemblywoman Mila Jasey and Assemblyman John McKeon ... there was some serious activist energy going on in the Redwine family's backyard — positively inspiring!

How Many Days Until
Election Day 2021
(November 2)?
41 Days

After a long, hot summer, fresh crisp fall days are energizing.

And after a long, dull year of pandemic lockdown and watch-’n’-wait politics, TAKING ACTION is energizing, too! 

Are you ready? Ready to canvass, ready to rally, ready to march?

Summer sluggishness is finally lifting, the kids are back in school, and we’re hankering for some serious political ACTION! 

Ready to rumble? Nah. But ready to rally, canvass and march!

Not a moment too soon, either. New Jersey’s 2021 election is officially on, as County Clerks hit the September 18 deadline (that’s this Saturday!) to start sending out vote-by-mail ballots to voters who requested them. That means VBM voters will gradually start getting their ballots NEXT WEEK — and start casting their votes! 

We've got less than 2 months until Election Day — when everything in Trenton could be turned completely upside-down.

Anti-vax and anti-mask agitators are working hard, town by town in Board of Education and Town Council meetings, to rile people up against Governor Phil Murphy. And it's working! 

Just a regular candidate trying to take over the Butler NJ Board of Education and motivate every anti-mask zealot in town to vote against Murphy.

End of summer is supposed to be a peaceful time. A time for regathering ourselves, for getting ready. Not a time for worry, fear and rage!

So, 2021, what on earth is going on?

This past month, things have seemed more chaotic and contentious than ever (and let’s face it, after the past 5 years, our bar for ‘chaotic’ and ‘contentious’ has gotten pretty high). 

Last newsletter, we shared with you our powerhouse list of NJ 11th for Change endorsed candidates. They impressed us then, and as we see them pounding the pavement to meet potential voters, they impress us even more! 

T.C. McCourt, out canvassing for Morris County Commissioner.
NJ 11th for Change proudly endorsed this entire slate.

But candidates can't do it alone! They need support from volunteers like US. NJ 11th for Change has encouraged all of our endorsed candidates — from all corners of the 11th Congressional District — to share their campaigns' volunteer opportunities with us. We've got a nice array this week, and there will be more to come each week, from now until Election Day! If you miss canvassing, or phone banking, or text banking ... NOW IS THE TIME! Please check below in the EVENTS & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES section of this newsletter, and in upcoming editions. Every week, we promise there will be new options, and more and more candidates you can support.

This week, NJ 11th for Change proudly released its 2021 candidate endorsements!  

What?!? MORE elections? you ask. 

Yes, more elections. It’s New Jersey. We like elections here. 

For politicians and for activists, that means one thing: no rest for the weary.

Top of the ticket in 2021 is the race for governor, and there are lots of state, county and municipal races that require our attention, too. NJ 11th for Change chose to endorse in the races for:

• GOVERNOR
• COUNTY COMMISSIONER (for the counties in CD11 territory)
• STATE SENATE (for the legislative districts in CD 11 territory)
• STATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (for the legislative districts in CD 11 territory)

That amounts to twenty-four different races, with seventy-seventy different candidates to consider. GULP. 

I.C.E.'s abuse of power is not a problem just in border states — it's a problem right here in New Jersey! But what can we do about it?