PAST TRAININGS

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Explore below to find recorded MoveOn trainings on organizing tactics for electoral and issue campaigns. There’s something for everyone, with toolkits and sessions covering everything from power mapping to combating climate change.

Issue Advocacy

Resources

Attacks on Reproductive Justice: From Texas to Roe v. Wade

Facilitation by:

Durrel Douglas, Voter Mobilization Organizer at MoveOn

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Republican extremists have been working for decades to overthrow Roe v. Wade, and their success may be closer than ever before. In early September 2021, the Supreme Court let Texas enact one of the most extreme abortion bans in the nation. The law bans abortion at six weeks, before most people even know they’re pregnant, and puts a $10,000 bounty on those who seek to help others receive the abortion care they need. This session focuses on Texas SB 8 and lookalike legislation in other states within the context of coordinated Republican extremist attacks on voting rights, trans rights, and the right to unionize; Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization; the threat to Roe v. Wade; and why we need to expand the Supreme Court.

A Virtual Pat on the Back

Facilitation by:

Durrel Douglas, Voter Mobilization Organizer at MoveOn

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This opening event reviews the history of MoveOn and its standout moments over the years, the most consequential wins of 2020, and how MO members tip the balance for progressive wins in battleground states.

What Do We Want? Democracy!

Facilitation by:

Durrel Douglas, Voter Mobilization Organizer, and Emma Einhorn, Campaign Director at MoveOn

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In state after state, the Republican Party has spent this year pushing laws that tighten ballot access for certain groups, and that make the system more vulnerable to partisan influences. There’s still work to do. This session focuses on historic context on voting rights and disenfranchisement in America through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, how modern disenfranchisement affects the composition of individual state legislatures, and the “must-haves” for Congress’s new bill.

Biden Won, Now What?

Facilitation by:

Rahna Epting, Executive Director of MoveOn

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With the success of the Biden administration—$1,400 stimulus checks, increased unemployment insurance, greater subsidies for health care exchanges, and a child tax credit program—Democrats worry they’re failing to communicate such achievements to voters. This session goes over what’s been done so far, what’s still possible in Biden’s first term as of October 2022, and concrete, measurable calls to action. 

Read Our Lips, Tax the Ultra-Wealthy

Facilitation by:

Jaira Burke, Campaigns Director, and Durrel Douglas, Voter Mobilization Organizer

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According to a Reuters poll, nearly two-thirds of respondents agree that the very rich should pay more taxes, and those numbers are likely even higher among MoveOn members. Morris Pearl and Erica Payne (authors of “Tax The Rich”) will give a 50-minute presentation followed by an informative Q&A to explain how “the rich”—and the politicians they control—manipulate the U.S. tax code to ensure the rich get richer, while everyone else is left holding the bag.