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Hey JTAL Community -
It's been another eventful week. We're excited about President Joe Biden's formal re-election announcement. President Biden said, "When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are." When we look around us and see the attacks on abortion rights, the failure to prevent gun violence, rising inflation costs, widespread student loan debt, the attacks on transgender children, and far-right extremism, it's hard to argue with him on that point.
More exciting for me was VP Kamala Harris' kick off campaign at Howard University surrounded by so many fierce women friends and leaders. Watching from afar and seeing my social feeds filled with images from this event filled my heart. Check out this post from the ACLU about the event. I love how they are sharing theirs and other important endorsements from our powerful community of allied women-led organizations.
It feels like we've been fighting multiple wars on all fronts for the past few years. Wars against poverty, bigotry, gun violence, and so many other inequities have left many of us exhausted and unsure if we have any fight left. Weeks like these are a rallying cry to us all that the only way we stand a chance in saving our democracy is by working together.
In the coming weeks and months, we hope that you all utilize GAIN Power as a resource to find opportunities in your state and across the country to get involved in the 2024 election. Even if you're don't want to work on behalf of a candidate this election cycle, we need people to register voters, educate voters on ballot measures, volunteer to be poll workers and so much more. We will always do our duty to keep you all informed and provide a space for connection and encouragement. And be clear - we still have many important elections in 2023. |
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We're deep in the planning process of our Powerful IDEA Awards event - and pushing and watching the voting for the over 400 amazing nominees. Voting is still open and we hope you will participate before March 15th. If you haven't already, you just need to visit PowerfulIDEA.vote, check out the nominees, and cast your votes.
We have a few weeks left for community voting and two weeks for final judging. We're hosting a live and virtual awards program, and a career and campaign services expo with a diverse variety of panels. Registration to attend the Powerful IDEA Awards is officially open NOW and you do not want to miss this! Registration takes place on the networking and event app we're using to make sure the event helps connect everyone and make it accessible to all whether you are able to join us in DC or want to participate online. We'll be adding much more content to the app over the next few weeks - but for today you can use it just to register. |
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We'd love your input on some of the programming for these events. This community feedback helps shape the panel topics, professional development sessions, and speakers we invite.
For now sending our gratitude out to this amazing community.
In solidarity, — Amy & the GAIN Power Team |
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GAIN Power Events |
| Voting Is Open
Now is your chance to help decide who will be the final awardees for our Powerful IDEA Awards.
Check out our new blog post about the ins and outs of voting in the 2023 Powerful IDEA Awards. | |
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Progressive Events: |
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In Person - Progressive Networking In DC |
| May 10 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT In Person in DC
Are you:
(A) New to working in the progressive, Democratic, or left-leaning political space? AND
(B) Tired of walking away from DC networking events with nothing but a buzz and business cards that will inevitably turn into a small trash pile? This event is for you. |
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| Taking place June 13–15, Camp re:power will provide participants with the support they need to sharpen their foundational field, digital, and base building organizing skills, develop rigorous and transformative campaign plans that build state-based political power, and cultivate their emotional fortitude in preparation for the upcoming 2024 elections. Focus areas are offered based on your role in progressive organizing, each with a distinctive curriculum taught by some of the nation's leading experts in grassroots politics and organizing. |
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Movement Labs Social Media Team – Teammate Orientation |
| May 3,10, 17 @ 7:00 pm - 7:30 PM EDT - All sessions are virtual
Are you ready to start using Social Media – to do GREAT things? Join a rapidly growing team of people who are working to: – Silence disinformation
– Amplify Democratic messaging
– Build a strong Democratic community
– Save Democracy – one tap at a time
Learn at your own pace. Take action on your own schedule. Most teammate actions take less than five minutes to complete.
Over time, teammates will develop invaluable digital and social media skills that will help them leverage the power of social media for Democrats! |
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| Spotlight Series: Rosa Roman We are proud to spotlight Rosa Roman, an Account Specialist at TargetSmart.
Here at GAIN Power, we are always looking to spotlight different political progressives and changemakers. If you or someone you know would like to be nominated, please fill out this form! |
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Career Center Snapshot & Featured Jobs |
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Check out all the opportunities on the career center, see all the employers, and look at talent too! |
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Sponsorship Opportunities |
| GAIN Power is a platform for the people and organizations who power progressive politics. From our career center, this newsletter, awards, events, and other programs, we exist to promote organizations and the people impacting our democracy, elections, and advocacy. Want to get your company or organization in front of thousands of Progressive leaders and activists? You can learn about sponsorship and more marketing opportunities here or email: sponsors@gainpower.org and we will be in touch. |
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Featured Political Pages |
We would love to see more progressive firms and organizations join our political pages. |
| Blue Tiger Strategies helps you run a coherent, gimmick-free campaign. They're not just one type of consultant — they're a one-stop shop. If a campaign needs to do something well in order to win, then they're great at it. And if your campaign doesn't need it, they won't pressure you to buy it. Period. | |
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| DSE Solutions utilizes Data Analysis and Strategic Organizing to uplift your Experience as a business owner, organization, or individual. Being strategic and intentional is critical when assessing how to solve the problem proposed. The team at DSE Solutions utilizes years of grassroots organizing experience to curate strategic plans for your small business, campaign, or organization. | |
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| Left Rising is a premier fundraising firm for progressive campaigns and causes. | |
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| Main Street One is a People-First digital marketing firm that specializes in social listening, influencer storytelling, and digital advertising to tell personal, local, and authentic stories by trusted messengers. We work on behalf of progressive causes and candidates to have real people deliver messages on their behalf in a targeted, speedy, and scalable way. | |
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Jobs That Are Left Update
Jobs That Are Left Substack We've moved our long-time google group posts, Jobs That Are Left, here to Substack. We post jobs from the GAIN Power Career Center, events, and occasional other announcements. jobsthatareleft.substack.com
If you are a job seeker, we encourage you to sign up for job alerts, which can email you jobs as they happen, or in digest, and limit your email alerts to jobs that fit within certain search parameters. And if you are an employer, we encourage you to post your jobs so they are shared with the entirety of the progressive community. This should help you attract diverse applicants of all sorts or personal and professional backgrounds. |
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Have a fundraiser, training, or other event you want to promote to our community? |
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