Phone Bank with SURJ National

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SURJ National is hosting phone banks to elect progressive champion Zohran Mamdani,  who is running to be Mayor of NYC, and to take back the the Virginia Governorship from MAGA by backing Democrat Abigail Spanberger.

Phone bank signups:

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Logistics:

  • These phone banks are online on the Zoom platform. Log into the call on Zoom on your computer and bring your phone to make the calls (if you only have one device, still come!).
  • SURJ has a robust training on the call to give you all the information you need– a script, technical support, and coaching throughout.
  • Returners can start early.
  • You will receive an email with orientation materials ahead of time.
  • Please note the time zone for call time.

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Feeling Unsure?

  • Our model works – learn from the best! Our phone banks have one of the highest rates of success in the country. No matter whether you’re brand new caller or a seasoned organizer, if you join our banks, you can trust that you are putting your effort into a method that works. And you’ll get to learn powerful organizing skills from seasoned leaders!
  • SURJ conversations are based on open-ended questions and deep listening. You do not need to be an expert on the issues or a candidate – our phone banks are successful because we deeply connect with voters and make them feel heard.
  • Want to hear what a phonebank is like? Check out this video interviewing SURJ phonebankers.

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Context

We are living in a historic time of the consolidation of authoritarian, billionaire-funded power in this country. At the same time, at every turn, regular people have risen up, fought back, and set a vision for what working people deserve: affordable healthcare, good schools, the right to live in our communities without fear. Since Trump’s election, SURJ has been a part of meeting this moment, from training thousands of white people in strategic noncompliance to fight ICE raids to recruiting thousands of newly-activated people into our movement.

As they defund the social safety net and peddle more racist lies, millions of people are increasingly feeling the effects of the billionaire agenda. We know this fight is on multiple fronts, and this fall we have an opportunity to harness the energy of the streets and rising resentment towards November’s elections – to not only wrest power from MAGA, but to put candidates in office who are willing to stand up to Trump and fight for working class people.

Virginia has never gone for Trump in a presidential election, but in 2022 elected a MAGA-aligned former CEO worth nearly $500 million to the governor’s office who has opened the gates in Virginia for Trump’s agenda – from pushing a sweeping anti-trans, anti-DEI agenda across the state to rolling back environmental protections. We’ll be organizing white working class Virginian’s to stop MAGA’s state-by-state takeover.

This race will affect millions of working class people this year and help set the tone going into the 2026 midterms. Alongside our partners across the country, this is the time for our movements to offer a bold vision and bring our people into it.