July 29, 2025 Email to Active Group #2

September Solidarity Event

The most important one: we've settled on our September Solidarity Event! We'll be joining in the TWW's 17x17K protest-in-place human chain, but with our own twist! We'll be organizing engagement brigades, and if some of you step up, a post-protest picnic with a protest sign competition.

Get more details about the brigades and sign up to volunteer ASAP (and spread the word!)

2026 Target States

I completed the preliminary research on what the target states should be for 2026, as of the current data. If you're curious, what we'll be working on this year, campaign-wise.

• Tier 1: VA, PA (most important, this year's elections)
• Tier 2: AZ, GA, MI, WI
• Tier 3: CA, NY, NC, PA, IA
• Tier 4: OH, TX, ME, NV

(tier 1 gets most of the effort, tier 4 - the least). See more details: https://itsblueturn.com/

Website Updates

In general, as a procrastination (sorry, yes, I've been avoiding answering emails -- so many!), I've been updating our website: it now contains

• a new, updated mission statement, upcoming events, past events
• kids for democracy page
• stories of resistance
• MAGA Fallout description
• donate to support logistics
• and more.

This is a slow, gradual process; stay tuned.

Join an IBT Team

I've redone the form for joining It's Blue Turn teams. Join a team, I can't emphasize this enough :) Or I will nag and nag you into it :) Or you can help me do that as part of the Volunteer Outreach team (one of the teams listed)! Most urgent need: creating a flyering team, so we can start spreading the word about upcoming events (contact me for the form; it's open only to those who've attended at least one in-person event).

Cyber Kaffeeklatsch (Aug 3)

Our friends at IPA+ are holding a Cyber Kaffeeklatsch at Ada's Cafe on Aug.3 (2–4pm), where they will help people transition off Google and Microsoft products to more privacy-friendly browsers, word processing, apps, etc! Fill out this form to get started.

Million Rising: 2nd Training

Tomorrow (Jul.30) is the 2nd training meeting for Million Rising. Hope to see you there!

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