What Would Alice Paul Do?

In this episode, we are finishing up our five-part series by talking about fundraising. And groups like the League of Women Voters need more dollars to make an impact. We walk you through how to make an ask and fund the causes you care the most about.

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• The steps: Introduction, addressing the person’s issue that relates to the work, agitation, share the vision, make the ask, inoculation and follow up.

• League of Women Voters’ Fundraising Training Modules - These 6 fundraising training modules are designed for League leaders to grow their League's capacity and impact through effective fundraising.

• The information in this ‘Deeds Now Words’ segment comes from Virginia Progressive Leadership Project where Amy spent a several weeks with fellow progressive leaders to learn about organizing and fundraising for progressive causes.

• Listen to the earlier episodes in this five-part series: Connect People, Passion, Purpose; Craft Your Story as an Activist, Use Your Narrative to Change the World; Connect Like a Community Organizer in 7 Steps.

• League of Women Voters of the United States Nominating Committee is now taking applications.

• Support the For the People Act in the U.S. Senate! Learn more at LWV.org.

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At the heart of community organizing is relationship building and inviting people to join the movement. In this episode, we give you the 7 steps to have one-on-one conversations like a community organizer. With these steps, you’ll be able to connect people with their passion and help them find an outlet by jumping in work you are facilitating.

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• 7 Steps of the organizing conversation: The Introduction, The Issues, Agitation, the Vision or Plan, the Ask, Inoculation and Follow up.

• Re:Power—organizing training

• LWV/Wellstone Training series webinars

• Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Base of Volunteers from nonprofitinclusiveness.org

• LWV Membership Leadership Development Guidances and Tools

• Powerful questions from LWV.org (PDF)

• Turning members into leaders from LWV.org

• Leverage post-election volunteer interest from LWV.org (PDF)

• To listen to the 3 earlier episodes in this five-part series, listen to Episode 23, Episode 24 and Episode 25.

• A special shout out and thank you to Virginia Progressive Leadership Project and Progress Virginia Education Fund for the resources shared in this episode.

• League of Women Voters’ High School Voter Registration Manual

• Episode 15: How to Run a Highly Effective High School Voter Registration Program

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In this episode of the What Would Alice Paul Do? Podcast, we’re continuing our five-part activist series and talking about what a narrative is, when it is used, and how you can craft your own.

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• Five parts of a narrative: vision, the hero, the hero’s tools, the threat, the villain and the villain’s tools.

• Huffington Post article, “The Leadership Philosophy of 3 P’s: Passion, Purpose, People

• TedTalk: Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

• Information shared comes from The Narrative Project, an initiative conducted by the Progress Virginia Education Fund and in partnership with Stephen Clermont at Third Eye Strategies.

• To listen to the two earlier episodes in this five-part series, listen to Episode 23 and Episode 24.

• A special shout out and thank you to Progress Virginia and Virginia Progressive Leadership Project for the resources shared in this episode.

Meetup.com - a great organizing tool and way to get new people to join your cause

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In episode 24 of the What Would Alice Paul Do? Podcast, we’re focusing on how you can craft your most effective story as an activist. This is part 2 of our five-part hands-on series on increasing your effectiveness in activism. And we have an important update on H.R. 1 to share.

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• Learn more about craftivism. “Local ‘craftivists’ protest with their knitting needles,” via TwinCities.com and Vision Board Activity PDF via bjclearn.org.

• The Impact podcast by VOX

• No Jargon Podcast by Scholars Strategy Network

• Worksheet for Storytelling by the Virginia Progressive Leadership Project (PDF)

• The ARC: Tools for Building Power Through Personal Stories (PDF)

• #1 Great example of storytelling:  Tan Le: My immigration story    

• #2 Great example of storytelling: Restoration of Voting Rights   

• Candidate speech example on what not to do: https://youtu.be/IPIvwu-573Y

• Review the first episode of this series: Episode 23: Connecting People, Passion, Purpose

• League of Women Voters Supports HR1

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In episode 23 of the What Would Alice Paul Do? Podcast, we are talking about passion, purpose and people and what that means in the League. And we have an activist tip to share.

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Graphic Novel suggestions

• March: Book One by John Lewis

• The Flintstones by DC Comics

• Bitch Planet by Valentine De Landro and Kelly Sue DeConnick

• More about the Virginia Progressive Leadership Project

• Values Cards Activity from ICareValues.org

• Organizational Values Workshop by EvolvingCollaboratio.com

• Brené Brown’s Operationalizing Your Organization’s Values from her book, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

Activist Tip: Invite Gift to Your Organization Through a Year-End Annual Giving Campaign

• Episode 5: Fundraising for Your Cause Part 1

• Episode 6: Fundraising for Your Cause Part 2

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In episode 22 of the What Would Alice Paul Do? Podcast, we are talking about big wins from the 2018 Election and for an Activist Tip, we talk about #GivingTuesday campaigns.

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• Learn more about  Virginia Progressive Leadership Project, which Amy has been attending.

• Learn more about the League of Women Voters’ Wellstone Training Series

Over 110 women were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and more than 20 black women will serve in Congress. This is a huge win for democracy as Congress and some state governments are starting to reflect the communities in which they serve. Issue campaigns were strong, including Florida voting to restore ex-felon voting rights with Amendment 4.

Sources:

• Powerful Women Turned the Tide on Tuesday, Ms. Magazine

• League of Women Voters Celebrates Redistricting Win for North Carolina Voters, lwv.org

• League Celebrates Record Number of Women Elected in 2018, lwv.org

• Democracy Wins at the Ballot Box with Voting Rights Expansion in 2018 Midterms, lwv.org

• League Celebrates Largest Enfranchisement Since Voting Rights Act, lwvfl.org.

• Black women turned electoral power into political power in 2018, vox.com

• What Went Down In The 2018 Midterms, fivethirtyeight.com

• Read more about the women voting rights pioneer, Anne Henrietta Martin, from the Nevada Women’s History Project

• Victory! 19 Black Women Made History In Texas, newsone.com

• Key takeaways about Latino voters in the 2018 midterm elections, PewResearch.org

• How Many Millennials Voted In The 2018 Midterms? This Is So Encouraging, elitedaily.com

• Early Signs of a Youth Wave, theatlantic.com

• TRUMP EFFECT – Mid-Terms a Turning Point for Asian American Voters, blackvoicenews.com

• Another Election Winner — Public Financing, brennancenter.org

Use GivingTuesday to build relationships and ask your supporters to support your important work. Learn more at givingtuesday.org.

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In this episode, we interview Krysta Jones, an exceptional leader who develops other African-American women to lead their communities. Jones spearheads initiatives that focus on diversifying leadership. And In this episode we ask you to take on a new challenge to develop new relationships in diverse communities.

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• League of Women Voters of Charleston SC’s voter registration work in beauty shops. See “Beauty Shops Becomes Prime Ground for Voter Registration Efforts” by the Post and Courier.

• SMARTIE Goals worksheet from the Management Center (Strategic, Measurable, Ambitious, Realistic, Time-bound, Inclusive and Equitable). (Google Doc link)

• LWV Convention materials on “Using Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lens to Strengthen Social Impact and Collaboration”

For our Deeds Not Words segment, Amy interviews Krysta Jones, a powerful voice for inspiring and creating space for Black leaders in political leadership. She founded Vote Lead Impact, and she advocates for women’s socio-economic status issues, and has served in the leadership of several women's organizations including the Arlington Commission on the Status of Women, Women's Vote Centennial Initiative, Women's Monument Commission, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, and the Junior League of Northern Virginia.

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In episode 20, we’re talking about strategy! Board and committee retreats are happening now. We want to make sure you have the tools you need to make the next year impactful.

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• Redistricting Awareness - League of Women Voters of Maryland: Tame the Gerrymander and Elbridge Gerry's Birthday Bash

• SWOT (Strengths Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) Analysis. See more at University of Kansas. See LWV Minnesota's SWOT Analysis (PDF). 
• SMART Goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound). See more at MIT.edu.
• League of Women Voters' Strategy screen (PDF)
• Define your audience
• Attend events as an individual
• Engaging the Community Part 1 (PDF) and Part 2 (PDF)
• Make it easy to collect data. Tools include SurveyMonkey or Google docs
• Make sure your budget and fundraising plans support your strategic plan. See more about budgeting from LWV Illinois (PDF)
• Invest in training your volunteers in skills they can use. From voter registration to social media, look for local resources and be on the lookout from LWV.org or other grassroots organizations for opportunities. 
• Focus.  Be inspired by your mission statement and let it guide your discussions. Find out more at the Wharton School of Business podcast.
• 10 Ways to Make the Most of Your Board Orientation/Retreat! by LWV.org

• LWV Ohio (PDF)
• LWV Minnesota
• LWV Placer County, California (PDF)

• Keep up with LWV.org's work with the U.S. Census.
• Check out the LWVUS's Census Action Kit
• Coalitions are forming now

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In this episode, we’re taking your questions and reflecting on our experience at the League of Women Voters' 2018 National Convention in Chicago. We also have an Activist Action Alert.

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• Books Mentioned: The Woman's Hour by Elaine Weiss, Alice Paul: Claiming Power by J.D. Zahniser and Amelia Fry, and The Power by Naomi Alderman.
• Equal Means Equal documentary.
• Check out our episode on Advocacy versus Lobbying.
• League of Women Voters' 2018 National Convention Resources: All Convention Items from LWVUS,  new video about the mission impact work of League of Women Voters around the country, Convention workbook, presentation archive including resources from the Diverse, Equity and Inclusion training from the Saturday session, the daily briefings on all the business that happened at convention, and the livestream video from the presentation, "A Conversation on Redistricting with Ruth Greenwood and Nick Stephanopoulos."
• Meet Virginia Kase, the new CEO of the League of Women Voters of the U.S. Read "Virginia Kase's Midterm Plan: Make It Easier for Women to Vote" by Glamour Magazine.
• The Washington Post poll about Americans losing confidence in elections published June 2018.
• This summer, over a dozen groups are launching the Fix Democracy Now campaign from July 29th to August 4th, 2018 to encourage candidates running at every level of elected office from City Hall to Congress to campaign on their plans to create a democracy that works for all of us. Get the Fix Democracy Now Toolkit.

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In episode 18, we talk with Pooja Tanjore, an emerging civic leader, Rise to Run volunteer and soon-to-be high school senior. Join us as we discuss the power of grassroots movements and importance in engaging young women in leadership.

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• Rise to Run brings progressive girls and young women together in their communities to give them insight into the political process, connect them with mentors, and involve them in local organizing. 
• The Virginia Civic Engagement Table strengthens and connects Virginia's progressive nonprofit organizations and activists and acts as a hub for the larger progressive community.
• Join the League of Women Voters! Our members are passionate activists who support our work in all 50 states and in more than 700 communities. 

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