News You Can Use to get involved in this election the week of October 18th!
Election Day is three weeks from today and before we tell you about all the ways to get plugged in, we wanted to remind you what’s at stake for our families this fall.
In 2020, thousands of PA Stands Up volunteers helped defeat Donald Trump and send Joe Biden to the White House. Since then, we’ve seen some big gains for working class people. We saw a major covid relief bill that included a child tax credit, sent relief money directly to families, and will create good jobs. We saw President Biden ensure government forgiveness of $10,000 in student loan debt. And we witnessed the largest climate action bill in US history (even if we still have a LOOOOONG way to go).
We could have won so much more, too, if it weren’t for Sens. Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema standing in the way. What we’ve seen in the Senate again and again over the last two years is the power of just ONE to TWO votes in determining whether we can win big change. Universal Pre-K, free community college, extending the child care credit, passing paid family leave, creating a clean climate corps — all those things fell off the table because we didn’t have enough champions for working class folks in the Senate.
That’s why it’s so important that Pennsylvanians send John Fetterman to Washingington. He could be the difference maker — the ONE vote — we needed to make many of those things happen. And if he loses, it could mean Republicans have the one vote they need to roll back the progress that’s been made over the last few years.
There’s so much happening in the world right now and none of us know for sure what will happen in November. What we do know is that one vote matters — and that it’s up to us to elect leaders who will fight for our families.
— Ashleigh, Edwin, Jacob and the PA Stands Up Team
P.S. Remember, next Monday, Oct 24th, is the last day to register to vote. Tell everybody about it. (And find more information about key dates and how to vote here.)
PA Stands Up
- 10/17 – Movement Mondays | Volunteer Recruitment Phone Bank: Sign-up!
- 10/18 – Movement Politics Textbank: Sign-up!
- 10/20 – PA Senate: Deep Canvass to WIN: Sign-up!
- 10/20 & 10/22 – PASU Deep Canvass Phone Bank [Virtual Event]: Sign–up!
Lehigh Valley Stands Up
- 10/17 – LVSU Organizing Meeting: Sign-up!
- 10/18 – Ring Some Republicans [Mark Pinsley]: Sign-up!
- 10/19 – Dominicks Candidate Forum [Mark Pinsley]: Sign-up!
- 10/19 – Allentown City Council Meeting: Sign-up!
- 10/20 – Critical Campaign Callathons [Mark Pinsley]: Sign-up!
- 10/22 – Postcards4Pinsley Pickup [Mark Pinsley]: Sign-up!
- 10/26 – Lehigh County Commissioners Meeting: Sign-up!
NEPA Stands Up
- 10/17 – 10/2 – Contest! Weekday Walk and Knock with Team Fern!: Sign-up!
- 10/17 & 10/20 – Phone bank with Vito Malacari: Sign-up!
- 10/22 & 10/23 – Door Knocking with Vito Malacari: Sign-up!
Lancaster Stands Up
- 10/22 & 10/23 – Week of Action: Knock Your Precinct [Izzy Smith-Wade-El]: Sign-up!
Berks Stands Up
- 10/20 – 10/23 – Knock Doors with Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz: Sign up!
- 10/20 – 10/23 Knock With Johanny: Sign-up!
- 10/22 – Phone bank With Johanny: Sign-up!
- 10/22 – October 22nd Upper Gwynedd Day of Action! For Jill Dennin: Sign-up!
Reclaim Philadelphia
- 10/18 – Office Help for Liz Fiedler: Sign-up!
- 10/18 & 10/20 – Phonebank for Liz Fiedler: Sign-up!!
- 10/19 – Canvass Recruitment Phonebank: Sign-Up!
- 10/19, 10/22 & 10/23 – South Philly Canvass for Liz Fielder: Sign-up!
- 10/22 & 10/23 – Midterms Canvassing Sign Up: Sign-Up!
- 10/22 & 10/23 – Canvass with West/Southwest Philly Votes for Rick Krajewski: Sign-up!
Capital Region Stands Up
- 10/19 – Wednesday Canvass [Justin Fleming]: Sign-up!
- 10/22 & 10/23 – Door knocking in Hampden Township for Sara Agerton: Sign-up!
- 10/22 – Saturday Canvass [Justin Fleming]: Sign-up!
- 10/22 & 10/23 – Door Knocking in West Shore for Sara Agerton: Sign-up!
- 10/24 – Abortion Freedom for All Rally @ PA Capitol: Sign-up!
That’s all we have this week! If you haven’t already, become a member of your local PA Stands Up chapter — or join as an “at-large member” living elsewhere in the state — so that together we can build a Pennsylvania that works for #AllofUs.