Bike! Bike! Organizing December 2016

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Re: [Bike!Bike! Organizing] BikeBike Debriefing & Volunteer Appreciation
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Update to 34 Cents: Postcard Campaign to Stop Trump at the Electoral College
by Josh Bisker 11 Dec '16

11 Dec '16

More than one hundred people have used the 34 Cents templates: pitch in now so we can reach every Electoral College member with a personal message to save the country! We only need 39 electors to block Trump — and one has already joined the fight (http://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b91…) . That's 38 left to go. The vote is on December 19. Your postcard could make the difference. Pop-up stations are easy and fun. People want to help! Download everything you need to get started in the Community Kit! Here's our table near a firehouse. Every voice right now counts! Join the effort in just two easy steps: 1) Print the Elector Postcard Home Kit (http://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b91…) .* Choose a template, add your message, affix a photo and stamp, and mail it to an elector. Do it with friends! You can also use your own postcards :) 2) Print the Elector Postcard Community Kit (http://facebook.us14.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b9…) ** and Address List (http://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b91…) and hit your street corner, school, church, office break room, business, house party, or transit stop with a pop-up. People love to be part of this kind of action! Ask people to write messages on the backs of the cards and draw pictures on the fronts; you can also glue them to postcards from your hometown, or use a polaroid camera like this one.*** Add messages that positively appeal to the electors. Remember: most people who voted for Trump probably wanted to help the country! Yes, it’s a grotesquely perverted result, but also a genuine motivation. Appeal to the electors’ sense of patriotism, responsibility, honor, saviorhood, faith, and duty: save the country, protect me, be an American and stand up for what's right. Ask them to be the hero this story needs. This is a Hail Mary play -- i.e., a long shot with the chance to save the world. It's like sending our X-wings against the Death Star: our actions may be small, but we pack enough power to change absolutely everything. Start here with us here, and together we’ll keep on transforming fear and anguish into the tools we need to shift the status quo. - Josh, Anna, Greg, Stephan, Joe, Ashlie, and millions of Americans * Remember: postcards need to be on slightly thick paper for USPS to send them. We recommend printing on card stock; you can also glue your card to a photo but be sure you think it's 'postcard thickness. ** Print double-sided and select the option to flip on the short edge. *** Our costs were out-of-pocket, but it feels worthwhile, and many people give us small donations that help off-set them. http://facebook.us14.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b9… Share #34Cents (http://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b91…) http://facebook.us14.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b9… http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FcsXoLL Tweet #34Cents (http://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b91… http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FcsXoLL) http://us14.forward-to-friend1.com/forward?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b917&id=5… Forward (http://us14.forward-to-friend1.com/forward?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b917&id=5…) ============================================================ ** (http://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b91…) ** (http://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b91…) ** (http://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b91…) Copyright © 2016 Stop Trump Postcard Campaign, All rights reserved. You're one of my contacts Our mailing address is: Stop Trump Postcard Campaign 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (http://facebook.us14.list-manage.com/profile?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b917&id…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (http://facebook.us14.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=c4a4170955ba019a0a5e6b9…) Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…

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#34Cents: A Postcard Campaign to Stop Trump at the Electoral College
by Josh Bisker 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

I’m reaching out with a serious request. Join the battle to stop Donald Trump by mailing *a personal message to Electoral College members* using these postcard templates my team and I created. Together, let's convince the electors to back the popular vote and protect the country from an irresponsible leader. *We only need 39 electors* to block Trump — and one has already joined the fight <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/05/faithless-electors-republic…>. That's 38 left to go. The vote is on December 19. *Your postcard could make the difference.* Attached is a printable template <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwS4PppXseTEMEk4bm45SC1oWk0> plus a pop-up kit it to get other people involved <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwS4PppXseTENkRVU3NEeEhKNFk>. Last weekend we used the kit to gather *one hundred postcards in one hour* to send to the electors. Every voice right now counts! Instructions below. Join the effort in just three actions: 1. Print the Elector Postcard Home Kit <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwS4PppXseTEMEk4bm45SC1oWk0>. Choose a template, add your message, affix a photo and stamp, and mail it to an elector. Do it with friends! (Remember: postcards need to be on slightly thick paper for USPS to send them. We recommend printing on card stock; you can also glue your card to a photo but be sure you think it's 'postcard thickness.') 2. Print the Elector Postcard Community Kit <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwS4PppXseTEYVBvd3hSTFgtOG8> and Address List <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwS4PppXseTEdW5BTzl1bGgtMjA> and hit your street corner, school, church, office break room, business, house party, or transit stop! Print double-sided and select the option to flip on the short edge. (Again, print on card stock.) At your pop-up, ask people to write messages on the backs and draw pictures on the fronts, or else glue them to picture postcards from your hometown. We used a *portable photo printer *to personalize them: this Polaroid ZIP one <https://www.amazon.com/Polaroid-Mobile-Printer-Printing-Technology/dp/B00ZP…> worked like a charm. *One hundred people wrote cards and took photos* in just one hour!* 3. Add messages that *positively* appeal to the electors. Remember: most of the people who voted for Trump probably did it because they want to *help* the country! It’s a grotesquely perverted result, but also a genuine motivation. Appeal to the electors’ sense of patriotism, responsibility, honor, saviorhood, faith, and duty: *save the country, protect me, be an American and stand up for what's right. *Ask them to be the hero this story needs. This is a "Hail Mary" play -- i.e., a long shot with the chance to save the world. It's like sending our X-wings against the Death Star: our actions may be small, but we pack enough power to change absolutely everything. The vote is on December 19. Let's get these in the mail pronto! Start here with us here, and together we’ll keep on transforming fear and anguish into the tools we need to shift the status quo. - Josh, Anna, Greg, Joe, Ashlie, and millions of Americans * The costs were out-of-pocket, but it felt worthwhile; you can probably set up a donation jar to make the money back, too. If you’re reading this and have disposable income, consider covering someone else's printing and paper costs. I'll be helping coordinate some pop-up events this weekend.

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