Did you know that you already possess an incredibly powerful tool to inspire your network to vote in the Midterm elections on November 6, 2018? Your personal stories. You have the greatest influence over those who already know, trust, and love you. The Midterm Squad’s Messaging Team has launched its signature project, the #CitizenStoryteller Challenge. Through storytelling, you can share your values, activate empathy, inspire action, and build bridges where there are walls. T

Last weekend, I co-hosted a party with a friend at my house. I made a delicious sangria with my favorite local beverage, I caught up with friends I hadn’t seen in a few months, and I met some great new people. We all crowded into the kitchen and chatted for hours. We had so much fun I didn’t even get one picture - the only one I have is of the food before everyone arrived. Oh, and the food! It was glorious. My co-host’s wife made a fabulous mezze platter, perfectly spiced nut

Have you canvassed before? I hadn’t until I volunteered to join our partner Indivisible Oregon’s Voter Listening Canvass in Vancouver, WA. Canvassing is simply walking around neighborhoods, knocking on doors and talking to voters. I’ll be honest -- the idea of canvassing filled me with dread, and I’ve been avoiding it. But I’ve heard over and over again that canvassing is the most effective way to reach voters. The 2018 midterms are possibly the most important election of our

Over the past couple of years, Oregon has taken great strides to assure that its residents have easy access to voter registration. In 2016, Oregon implemented the Motor Voter Act, which automatically registers anyone who is eligible to vote when they visit the DMV to apply for, renew, or replace an Oregon drivers’ license, ID card, or permit. In 2018, Oregon began letting eligible residents pre-register to vote at 16 years old (they are automatically sent a ballot for the fir

Under cloudy skies, Nasty Women Get Shit Done (NWGSD) and Persisters PDX and joined thousands of other concerned young people and citizens to protest gun violence and demand solutions from Congress at Portland’s March for Our Lives. The student-led protest, conceived of by high school-aged survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL, included more than 450 sister marches throughout the U.S. (and more globally). We didn’t march alone. We marc

Nasty Women Get Shit Done + Persisters PDX will be making a big splash at Saturday, March 24th's Portland March for Our Lives to rally for sensible gun reform.If you value students' lives over guns, march with us! It we want to change the direction of this country, we must elect lawmakers who will stand with us. That is why we need a blue (Democratic) wave at the November midterms. On Saturday, we will be unveiling Stormy, our big blue wave (the embodiment of our campaign to