Erin Miller, Founder of Cartoons for Democracy, joins Deepak Puri, Founder of The Democracy Labs, to discuss using postcards to enable people who can't canvass due to age, location, or time constraints to support campaigns. A political cartoon on one side of a postcard with a handwritten note is an eye-catching way to communicate a message quickly and humorously to a broad audience, and it is proving effective at getting attention from voters.

Deepak and Erin talk about

• Why postcarding is a crucial tool for activism and complementary to other tactics
• Finding ways to overcome digital disinformation
• Role of the Campaign Postcard Captain
• How cartoons and humor can bypass literacy and attention span barriers to plant a seed about an idea

#CartoonsForDemocracy #TheDemLabs #PostcardCampaign #VoterEngagement #Democracy #PoliticalCartoons #GrassrootsActivism #VoterTurnout #Postcarding #CivicEngagement #GOTV #GetOutTheVote #PoliticalActivism #DemocracyInAction

CartoonsforDemocracy.org

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Caroline Sanchez-Avakian, Strategic Communications Director at the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, BISC, offers advice to nonprofits on effectively managing their communications and earned media strategies. The media environment continues to change, requiring nonprofits to tell authentic, clear, and concise stories about complex topics that fit into a larger narrative.

We talk about:

• The need to move beyond episodic campaign-based thinking to building a comprehensive ongoing narrative
• Connecting policy to real-world community impact is essential to getting the attention of reporters
• Creating succinct and visually engaging videos, infographics, and bullet points
• Focusing on reaching an engaged, invested community rather than attempting to go viral with a message

#BallotInitiativeStrategyCenter #BISC #BallotInitiatives #Nonprofits #EarnedMedia #MediaStrategy #CommunityEngagement #DigitalStrategy #PoliticalCommunications

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Andrea Miller, Center for Common Ground, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to highlight the strategy behind the effort to get out the vote in the Virginia special election, where voters will decide on a proposal to redraw the state's congressional district maps.

Deepak and Andrea talk about:

• Potential impact of the proposed Virginia congressional map
• Tactics to reach the 675,000 Black voters in Virginia
• Importance of postcards to effectively reach older, poorer, and rural voters who may not have reliable access to the internet
• Building trust and demonstrating that civic engagement can lead to tangible changes

@CTR4CMNGround #VASpecialElection #GOTV @TheDemLabs #Redistricting

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TheDemLabs.org