Get Out & Protect the Vote
Take Action Up To & After Election Day to
UU the Vote!
Tuesday, October 27 Actions
PHONEBANK in Florida: Join the National UU the Vote team for a phonebank in partnership with the New Florida Majority at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Learn more and register here.
PHONEBANK in California: Join the “Yes on 15!” Coalition to educate voters on Proposition 15 (Schools & Communities First) and make sure it passes. Join this effort for economic justice and make calls from 5:30pm-8:30pm PT. Learn more and sign up here. (other dates also available!)
Wednesday, October 28 Actions
ACTIVIST TRAINING: Join the #FreeTheVote & #YesOn17 community in California to learn how you can help restore the vote to nearly 50,000 Californians who have completed their prison sentences. Learn more and register here for this training on Wednesday at 7pm PT.
Thursday, October 29 Actions
ELECTION DEFENDER TRAINING: Election Defenders will be working to provide safe supports for voting (such as PPE and water), and election and voter defense, de-escalating white supremacist intimidation tactics and signaling to a network of groups and lawyers if and where trouble breaks out. Sign up to join their Election Defender Training on 10/29 at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET here. (Can’t make it at that time? Sign up anyway so they can send you a recording of the training!)
DE-ESCALATION TRAINING (Online): Join the Silicon Valley Faith Leaders Collaborative for a “Nonviolent De-escalation Training for November 4 and Beyond” for faith leaders (lay, ordained, and more) from 6:00-8:00 PM Pacific. Help ensure a fair election process, safety for all, the counting of every vote, and a peaceful transition, no matter what the results by building teams of faith and religious leaders trained to maintain a nonviolent space for rallies and vigils following the election. Register here to receive the online meeting information.
HALLOWEEN PHONEBANK PARTY: Join youth from all over California on October 29th, 4:00-7:00pm PT for our Halloween Phonebank Party! Help us win over $12 billion for our schools and communities by reaching out to voters for Proposition 15! Wear your Halloween costume and enter our costume contest to WIN $100 prize for youth AND adults! And $500 worth of prizes and raffles throughout the night (register here by 10/28 to be entered in a $50 raffle)!
Friday, October 30 Actions
READY & RESILIENT with UU the Vote: Join Rev. Ashley Horan for a facilitated group discussion and action planning session at 9am PT/ 12pm ET around the needs to defend the election. With early voting and absentee ballot returns underway, we’re already seeing intentionally weak infrastructure to support the volume of people casting their ballots. This year we must be prepared for all scenarios, find our lane, and take faithful action to defend our elections, support voters, and to act in unity and solidarity to demand that every vote is counted. Register for the October 30 session here. (To prepare, please watch “Ready and Resilient: Organizing for Nov 3rd :and Beyond and review the updated Asset Map with your team.)
EVERY VOTE IS SACRED (Orange County): On Friday, October 30th at 12pm PT – the first day of early voting in Orange County – CLUE’s interfaith coalition will meet at the Honda Center to offer prayers and blessings upon all who are voting at Orange County’s largest Vote Center. Clergy and lay leaders from local houses of worship will also conduct a nonviolence training, to prepare community leaders to peacefully defend democracy after the November 3rd general election. Register here (in-person & online attendance options available).
Saturday, October 31 Actions
PHONEBANK in California: Join the “Yes on 15!” Coalition to educate voters on Proposition 15 (Schools & Communities First) and make sure it passes. October 31 Phonebanks are from 10am-1pm PT and 2pm-5pm PT. Learn more and sign up here. (other dates also available!)
Sunday, November 1 Actions
PHONEBANK PARTY WITH UUJMCA: Join UUJMCA as we partner with “Reclaim Our Vote” for the final “From Worship to Work” Sunday Phonebank to voters in states with a history of voter suppression. We’ll make calls to get out the vote starting at 1pm PT and end at 4pm with a party to celebrate the work YOU have done. Learn more and sign up to join here.
Monday, November 2 Actions
PHONEBANK in Wisconsin: Join the National UU the Vote team for a phonebank in partnership with Wisconsin at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Learn more and register for this *PRIORITY EVENT* here.
PHONEBANK in Florida: Join the National UU the Vote team for a phonebank in partnership with the New Florida Majority at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Learn more and register here.
Tuesday, November 3 Actions
SPIRITUAL GROUNDING FOR ELECTION DAY: From 10am – 10pm ET (7am-7pm PT), UU Ministers will be gathering from around the country to offer a space for respite, positive energy, peace, and spiritual practice on Election Day. You are invited join at any time during that day to find a peaceful space for reflection, prayer, meditation and spiritual practice. Different UU ministers will be leading every 15 minutes. See the Facebook event for Zoom Call information.
Wednesday, November 4 Actions
PRAYER VIGIL & RALLY (San Jose): Join the Silicon Valley Faith Leaders Collaborative at 5pm PT at San Jose City Hall. This event is sponsored by over two dozen local community organizations, and will provide a worshipful space to land for those in the San Jose/Silicon Valley region who want to make sure every vote is counted!
NON-VIOLENCE TRAINING (Orange County, Online): Join CLUE Justice (Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice) for a “Post-Election Day Online Convocation & Nonviolence Training” with faith leaders/community members and organizers in Orange County. Register here to join this online event on November 4 at 2pm Pacific.
PROTECT THE RESULTS: Protect the Results is a coalition of over 100 bipartisan grassroots organizations ready to protect the valid results of the 2020 election. Should the Trump administration unconstitutionally declare victory before all the votes are counted, make unfounded claims that the election was “stolen,” or further act to intimidate or prevent the legitimate counting of votes, Protect the Results will activate nationwide mobilizations to demand that all the votes are counted and for the peaceful transition of power. Find a local event to learn more and prepare for action on November 4 here.
Thursday, November 5 Actions
IN-PERSON VIGIL (Orange County): Join CLUE Justice for an interfaith vigil to faithfully demand that every vote is counted & honored. 12pm PT, with location TBD, but share your interest to be updated on specifics as events unfold. (Online participation also available)
POST-ELECTION VIGIL with UU the Vote: Save the date for this national time with faithful UU community & organizers at 5pm Pacific. No matter the results of the election this year, we know we will want to gather in community. Please save the date and join the UUA, UU the Vote, Side with Love, and UUA President Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray for this event. Hosted on Zoom, Facebook Live, and YouTube.