If your handwriting is not good enough for letter-writing, we have something else you can do to make a difference in the upcoming General Election.  Join us in making phone calls to Black voters to help them navigate the racially motivated voter suppression rules. This is a non-partisan event in partnership with the Center for Common Ground.  As we learned from Rev. Aaron on Sunday, our Universalist faith calls upon us to bring hope and courage in the face of adversity.  Let’s put our faith into action together.

Beth will provide the training in a zoom meeting and then you can give it a try. All you need is a computer (laptop or desktop).  If you use a tablet, you can still make calls but have to exit the zoom meeting when you do. Calls are made through your computer browser.  We will be making calls along with at least 2 other UU Congregations.  Let’s have a good showing from UUCW!  Many of the calls go to the voter’s voice mail where they can benefit from the information you provide.  If you reach a “live voter” that’s a bonus and you’ll have access to all the details they may need to be able to navigate the voting system where they live.

Please RSVP to me directly or via  so we know who to expect and to receive the zoom meeting link.

We will meet by zoom beginning at 6 PM ET/5 PM CT/4 PM MT and make calls till 8 PM ET.  Then we’ll spend a few minutes debriefing.  If you cannot stay the entire time, please at least stay for the training and try making 5 calls.

To qualify as a UUA Good Trouble Congregation in 2024, we now need about 465 phone calls to be made.  Please help chip away at this goal one call at a time!

You can view this training video before the phonebank to see how it works.  http://centerforcommonground.org/pdi.  You can also check out the Guidelines that we will review during the training. If you can’t make it on Wednesday, October 2nd, you can make calls on your own (and report your #s to ) with the resources found at https://www.centerforcommonground.org/phonebanks. 

You do not have to be a Unitarian Universalist to participate in this phonebank. Invite your friends and family!  We believe that all of us are needed in the fight to make the world a better place for all, one voter at a time.

If you would prefer to do letter-writing instead or in addition to phone calls, please go to Vote Forward’s website and choose a campaign at https://votefwd.org/.  We have until October 14 to mail out the letters.

All activities with the GOtV Team are listed here.

Beth Posner-Waldron, Coordinator, " title="UUCW Get Out the Vote Team">UUCW Get Out the Vote Team

*The reference to “good trouble” is taken from the late Congressman John Lewis who said “…Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”