Phonebanking, ft. some friends and some doodles
The most meaningful thing I'm doing this summer is, hands-down, phonebanking with Sunrise! Some lovely phonebankers pose for a Zoom screenshot Charles Booker and Jamaal Bowman have their primaries on June 23rd, and there are thousands of calls to make before then, so I wanted to get this post out in time for people to join a phonebank if they want to. Since I just mentioned it at the end of my last post , I thought I’d elaborate. So what's a phonebank? Put simply, phonebanking is when volunteers make direct phone calls to voters, asking them to vote for a certain candidate. I had never done a phonebank before in my life until this year, when my local Sunrise hub made calls for Marie Newman (candidate for Congress in IL-03). It was a small group that patiently explained all the steps to me over Zoom, and Newman ended up winning her primary , so that felt awesome! But what if I say the voter's name wrong? That will happen at some point. Just do your best and be friendly!