Massachusetts Volunteers
Sister District MA-RI
All of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
About our team
We supported four fantastic state house candidates in 2020: Brittney Rodas in Pennsylvania, and Franccesca Cesti-Browne, Ricky Junquera, and Cindy Polo in Florida. We continue to support six organizations building Black power through elections--donate to them now!
Our 2020 phonebanking stats:
45,104 calls made. 3,837 voters contacted. 4,857 numbers cleaned up.
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MORE ABOUT US
- Join our team: Help us organize!
- Read our blog: Why Are States So Important.
- Up your activism: Resources for volunteers & hosts.
- See our impact: 2019 and 2018 infographics.
Our Past Candidates
In 2017, we helped elect John Bell (VA-87) and Jennifer Carroll Foy (VA-2). In 2018, we supported the campaigns of Margaret Good (FL-72), Melissa Shusterman (PA-157), Anton Andrew (PA-160), and Jenn Alford-Teaster (NH Senate-8). In 2019, we helped elect Pam Iovino (PA-37 Senate) and supported the campaigns of Hala Ayala (VA-51), Larry Barnett (VA-27), and John Bell (VA-13 Senate). In 2020, we supported Harold Hayes (PA-18).
We've also taken part in Sister District Action Network's civic engagement initiatives, forged partnerships with Reclaim Our Vote, MassVOTE, and Ohio Progressive Action Leaders' Mission Vote to expand voter registration, and maintained ongoing relationships with Indivisible and other progressive groups in New England.
Our team in action
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What to Expect When You’re Canvassing
Canvassing is not always so rewarding. Sometimes, you may knock on three or four doors in a row and get no answer. Each time there’s no answer, you leave a flyer at a house to remind the occupants to vote for your candidate, and you hope they will read it. Then it’s on to the next house, which you reach just as the person you want to talk to is driving away. Maybe she will roll down her car window to ask what you’re doing. You’ll tell her you’re there to ask for her support for your candidate. And maybe she’ll tell you, “No, we don’t vote.” (Even though her name is on your list of registered voters.)
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Why Are States So Important?
Gasp, choke! Trump's EPA is working to choke us to death; read here for how states, particularly CA, are working to clear the air.
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Sister District MA-RI: Our Impact 2019
Sister District Project MA&RI gives the lowdown on why state-level races are so vital to the nation’s health. SDP helps top-notch Democratic candidates win strategically important state elections across the country, and works to expand civic engagement.
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My First Time Canvassing… But It Won’t Be My Last!
Sister District Project MA&RI gives the lowdown on why state-level races are so vital to the nation’s health.
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Why Are States So Important? Focus On: Voter Purging in General…and Wisconsin in Particular
Why Are States So Important? Focus On: Voter Purging in General… and Wisconsin in Particular
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