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About Sister District
- Sister District Press Releases and Coverage
- How to Donate
- Sister District Volunteer 2024 One Pager
- Unofficial Sister Races
- Sister District Summit
- Local Team Communications
- Sister District Directory
- Sister District Strategy
- Candidate Selection Process
- 2022 Impact Report
- Who Do I Ask About...?
- Schedule of Calls and Trainings
- Sample In-Person Event Sign-In Form
- Video: Anat Shenker-Osario Keynote Address 2021 Summit
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SDAN
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Team Leadership
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- HQL Update 4.18.24
- HQL Update 4.4.24
- HQL Update 3.21.24
- HQL Update 3.7.24
- HQL Update 2.22.24
- HQL Update 2.8.24
- HQL Update 1.25.24
- HQL Update 1.12.24
- HQL Update 12.14.23
- HQL Update 11.30.23
- HQL Update 11.16.23
- 2023 Special Pre-Election HQL Update 11.3.23
- HQL Update 10.26.23
- HQL Update 10.12.23
- HQL Update 9.28.23
- HQL Update 9.14.23
- HQL Update 8.31.23
- HQL Update 8.17.23
- HQL Update 8.3.23
- HQL Update 7.20.23
- HQL Update 7.6.23
- HQL Update 6.22.23
- HQL Update 6.8.23
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Volunteer Recruitment
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Affiliates and Partnerships
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Tech Tools
- How To: Mobilize
- How-to Guide: Action Network
- How To Guide: Email Editor
- How to Guide: Team Fundraising Dashboard
- How To Guide: Text Recruitment with Hustle
- Sister District Image and Video Asset Library
- Newsletter Example Library
- Increased Email and Text Blast Cadence
- Memo: How Email Editors Can Promote Phonebank Programs
- Video: Newsletter Email Template Training with Taylor Hogeland
- Video: 3/21/21 Email Training with Taylor Hogeland
- VIDEO: 2023 Action Network Layout Training with Leif Warren
- Security Best Practices
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Disclaimers and Compliance
- 2023 Virginia Volunteer Compliance Guide
- Email Disclaimers for 2023 Candidates
- California Volunteer Fundraising Guidelines
- 2024 Candidate Disclaimers
- 2024 Wisconsin Volunteer Compliance Guide
- 2024 Arizona Volunteer Compliance Guide
- 2024 Nevada Volunteer Compliance Guide
- 2024 PA Volunteer Compliance Guide
- 2024 North Carolina Volunteer Compliance Guide
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Voter Contact
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Fundraising
- Fundraising Guide
- Early Money: What, Why, and How
- Virtual Fundraiser Step-by-Step Guide
- How To Guide: Treasurer
- How to Donate
- How To Guide: Candidate & Special Guest Fundraisers
- Fundraising Donation Menu
- Host A Friendraiser!
- How to Guide: Friendraiser Events
- How To Guide: 24 Hr Fundraising Blitz
- How to Guide: Thank and Re-solicit Donors
- Candidate Appearance Request Guide
- 2023 Virginia Volunteer Compliance Guide
- All About "AuctionsBlue" Fundraisers
- Article: Sponsor a Phonebanker by South Bay LA
- Send a Fundraising Email to Friends!
- DC Metro Area's Guide to a Fundraising Blitz
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Candidate Appearances
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Forms
- ActBlue Link Request Form
- Affiliate Interest Form
- Directory Update Form
- Alternative Donation Reporting Form
- Volunteer Reimbursement Request Form
- Sister District Donations Refcode Update Request
- Request for Event Promotion on Social Media
- Action Network: Remove Yourself from the Global Block List
- 2023 Candidate Appearance Request Form
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Social Media
- How to Guide: Social Media Lead
- Sister District Brand Guidelines
- Article: Dealing with Trolls and Bots on Social Media
- Social Squad Program Guide
- Request for Event Promotion on Social Media
- Submit a Video for Sister District Social Media
- Submit a Blog Post for sisterdistrict.com
- Sister District Image and Video Asset Library
- 2023 Wave 1 Candidates Social Squad Messaging
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Volunteer Success Stories: Coalitions and Recruitment
- Progressive Coalition with Sister District Puget Sound
- Confronting Anti-Black Racism Series with Sister District Sacramento
- Send A Weekly Newsletter to Phonebankers, Sister District Portland 2020
- Sister District Sonoma County East, Phone Calls Boost Event Attendance!
- My Experience as an Organizing Fellow
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Volunteer Success Stories: Phonebanking
- Sister District Sacramento's "Phonomenal" Phonebankers!
- Adopting A Recurring Phonebank in 2020 - Sister District EUG
- Phonebank Battle Oregon vs East Bay
- Special Election Phonebank Recruitment with Sister District NYC
- Special Election Phonebank Recruitment with Sister District MA-RI
- 2020 Virtual Phonebanking with Sister District Greater Chicago
- New Phonebanker Says: This Works!
- Video: Phonebanking Success Stories Panel Sister District 2021 Summit
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Volunteer Success Stories: Fundraising
- Cultivating a Donor with Sister District Eugene
- Rachel Madan Making the Ask at the 2021 SDP Summit
- NYC Donor Reengagement and Matching Recruitment
- Portland 24hr Fundraising Blitz
- CA-3 Matching Donation Blitz
- The Power of Friendraisers SD Portland 2020
- Ice Cream Social Friendraiser Scoops Big Dollars
- Sister District Portland Eastside Hosting a Zoom Friendraiser
- Old-Timey Jam Friendraiser with Sister District Puget Sound
- Portland Eastside Red Wine for a Blue Wave
- Virtual Trivia Fundraiser with Sister District Coastal Los Angeles
- Virtual Bingo Fundraiser with Sister District Hartford County
- Yoga Fundraiser with Sister District Portland Eastside
- Webinar Fundraiser feat. Historian Jim Banner with Sister District South Loop and More
- 2020 Candidate Appearance Fundraiser with Sister District SF
- Candidate Appearance Fundraiser with Sister District Madison
- 2020 Candidate Appearance Fundraiser with Sister District CA Peninsula
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Newsletter Example Library
Newsletter Example Library
Regular, compelling newsletters help keep volunteers engaged and make it more likely that, if asked, they’ll attend or host an event, spread the word, or donate to your candidates. Each team’s Editor is responsible for newsletter and email communications. For inspiration, and to help inform your own newsletter game, have a look through the following examples culled from the many great newsletters teams sent over the past year.
General Newsletter
Sister District Sacramento, General Newsletter, May 10 2021
Sister District Eugene, General Newsletter, June 2 2021
Sister District NYC, General Newsletter, July 2 2021
Sister District Portland, General Newsletter, August 16 2021
Sister District Portland, Monthly Meeting, January 31 2022
Sister District Puget Sound, All Volunteer Meeting Invite, February 23 2022
Fundraising
Event Invite:
Sister District MA-RI, State Bridges, April 8 2021
Sister District Sonoma West County, Walk It Blue, September 9 2021
Sister District South Bay, Cupcakes for Cole/Garden Party, September 14 2021
Sister District DC/VA/MD, Giving Tuesday, November 30 2022
Fundraising Blitz:
Sister District CA-3, Fundraising Blitz, July 25 2021
Sister District Greater Chicago, Fundraising Blitz, October 12 2021
Voter Contact
Phonebank:
Sister District CA Peninsula, Phonebank Invite, August 5 2021
Sister District East Bay, Weekend of Action Phonebank, August 18 2021
Sister District Contra Costa County, Super Phonebank Invite, September 17 2021
Postcard:
Sister District Sonoma County East, Postcard Party, September 24 2021
Canvass:
Sister District DC/VA/MD, Virginia Canvass, September 9 2021
Thank You / Appreciation
Sister District Wisconsin, Special Thank You from Briana Sewell, October 8 2021
Issue Specific
Sister District HQ, BREAKING: Roe v. Wade has been overturned, June 24 2022
Sister District HQ, Everyone deserves clean air to breathe, July 7 2022
Sister District HQ, Gun violence isn’t inevitable, July 12 2022
Sister District HQ, Urgent news from Pennsylvania, July 14 2022
