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Hello Democrats,
September is National Voter Registration Month and with less than 10 weeks until Election Day, there is no better time to make sure our communities are ready and able to fully participate in the fast approaching midterm elections! September 20th is National Voter Registration Day and we have you covered with an activist challenge and Victory Vault spotlight to help you celebrate the day! You’ll also find rural organizing training opportunities and youth organizing resources in this month’s BPI Newsletter.
Onward,
Best Practices Institute
TRAINING AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Rural Strong Training Series
The DNC is excited to launch the Rural Strong Campaign! The Rural Strong training series will cover Messaging, Grassroots Organizing, GOTV, and Organizing Tools throughout the five-part training series. Join the upcoming session on Saturday, September 17 at 12pm ET HERE.
- September 17: Organizing and Outreach – Sign Up Here
- October 1: Organizing Tools – Sign Up Here
- October 15: GOTV Part One – Sign Up Here
- October 29: GOTV Part Two – Sign Up Here
- Messaging and Policy – Watch the Recording Here
Youth Vote Training Series
The DNC has wrapped the 2022 youth virtual training series! Thank you to all who participated. If you missed the session, don’t worry! You can still watch the recorded trainings to learn the critical skills and resources needed to organize your community ahead of the midterms! View the recorded training sessions here:
- Organize to Win
- Digital and Relational Organizing
- Campus Organizing
- Youth Beyond the Campus – Apartment Knocking and Rural Organizing
Connect with Ariel Garayar at Youth@dnc.org for meaningful volunteer opportunities to make a difference in 2022 races in your community through the DNC’s Fair Shot Youth Program.
September Activist Challenge
Our monthly Activist Challenge is designed to build infrastructure for Democratic campaigns and organizations through grassroots engagement. Are you ready to accept the challenge, and help elect Democrats up and down the ballot?!
It’s National Voter Registration Month! For this month’s Activist Challenge, we are challenging our #BPIFamily to register your friends, family, and neighbors as election season continues to heat up!
Save the Date! September 20, 2022 is National Voter Registration Day! How are you celebrating? Check out some ideas for engagement below:
- Reach out to your State Party, local Democratic party unit, campaign teams, and more to see what voter registration initiatives you can support this month! Find your State Party here.
- Host your own Voter Registration Event! Utilize the BPI resources linked below and check out our Victory Vault Spotlight for more resources on hosting your own Voter Registration Drive!
- Sign up for the BPI Victory Vault to access the following materials:
- Day of Action Worksheet
- Voter Registration 101
- iWillVote.com
Once you’ve completed the challenge, take a selfie and create a post on social media that includes the following information:
- Your state or territory
- A brief explanation of how you completed this month’s challenge
- The hashtag “#BPItraining”
- And don’t forget to tag “@TheDemocrats”
BPI Spotlight Training
The Spotlight Training portion of the BPI Newsletter will highlight specific trainings that cover skills and concepts that are core to our work and ask you to revisit those trainings in our BPI Victory Vault. The trainings spotlighted in each month’s challenge will correlate to skill building that we believe is most relevant to the timeframe in which it is recommended, allowing participants to put their new knowledge to work right away.
After reviewing these “spotlight” trainings, we will encourage you to share and implement what you have learned within your local Democratic organizations and groups.
Spotlight Training: Voter Registration and Education
After reviewing these “spotlight” trainings, we will encourage you to share and implement what you have learned within your local Democratic organizations and groups. Happy training to all the amazing Democrats stepping up to run for office, and those who are continuously working to support their campaigns!
BPI Victory Vault
The BPI Victory Vault contains on-demand training resources, tailored toward volunteers, community organizers, activists, and campaigns, which cover a variety of grassroots organizing skills. The BPI Victory Vault continues to grow, with new additions added periodically as resources become available. New members are added each Wednesday, and you must use a gmail account to register in order to access the BPI Victory Vault Google Drive folder. Check out our BPI Victory Vault instructions if you have trouble accessing the BPI Victory Vault once you receive your email invitation.
The BPI Victory Vault resources are meant for educational purposes only. BPI Victory Vault materials are not downloadable or shareable. Any individual interested in viewing the BPI Victory Vault resources must complete the application in order to request access. We reserve the right to remove individuals from any and all BPI resources in the event of inappropriate use.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
DNC Talent Bank
The DNC Talent Bank is a resource to help state parties and campaigns find the best applicants for a wide range of positions, from field organizers to digital directors to communications staff, and more.
If you are interested in pursuing a campaign position, please sign up for the DNC Talent Bank in order to receive information on available positions and other career opportunities. All levels of experience and fields of interest are encouraged to apply.
ABOUT THE BPI
Best Practices Institute
The Best Practices Institute (BPI) is the shared training department of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC). The BPI delivers training to activists and volunteers, party leaders and staff, students and youth organizers, candidates and campaign staff, constituency caucus members and community leaders, and so many more!
BPI training topics range from field organizing to digital mobilization, data to finance, communications to compliance, and leadership development to movement building, just to name a few.
Through this vast expansion of training programs, the new BPI is building and strengthening the Democratic Party infrastructure to ensure success for years to come!
CONNECT WITH US
- Text “Training” to 43367 to stay updated on BPI training opportunities, and other insider DNC news! (By texting 43367, you are consenting to receive recurring and/or automated text messages and calls from the DNC. Text STOP to stop, HELP for Help. For SMS, msg & data rates may apply. Democrats.org/privacy-policy)
- Check us out on social media by searching #BPItraining– and don’t forget to tag us in all of your training and volunteer activities!
- Want to be part of an online community of Democrats, get involved at the local level, and stay up to date on events happening in your state? Click HERE to join one of our many DNC Facebook groups!
Happy Training!
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