Day 5: Volunteering & Skills Building

• Reflect on content we’ve touched on thus far

• Reflect on volunteering and/or process of choosing a campaign/organization to volunteer with and/or campaigns you’re interested in

• Practice phone banking

• Gain insight and inspiration from guest speakers

0) Reflect on the previous session

• What are 1-3 things that you learned, or that struck you, from our time with the guest speaker today? And from our group discussion?

• What follow up questions do you have for the guest speaker? Or, what questions arose from your time with the guest speaker?

• What's been the most challenging part for you in finding a campaign or organization to volunteer with? What's been the most interesting part of the process for you thus far?

1) Watch: 3 minutes of timeless inspiration from 2008.

2) Develop questions for our guest speakers. Please read their bios and/or Google them, and develop 3 questions you’d like to ask. Write these in your journal and add ONE to a sticky note in the JamBoard (include your name).

3) Volunteer for your campaign/organization(s). (~3-5 hrs)

• Log your hours in your journal.

• Reflect in your journal:

  • What has been the hardest part of volunteering thus far?

  • What have you learned about yourself?

  • What have you learned about the election/area you’re engaging with?

• Come prepared to discuss your experiences.

PPT for this session are here.

JamBoards for this session. Discussions + Guest Speakers

Reflection (write in journal after or during session)

• Option A: Have you heard back from the campaign/organization(s) you’re planning to volunteer with? Have you had a chance to dive in and volunteer? If so, what did you do? How did it feel? What skills would you like to develop to improve your experience and/or efficacy?

• Option B: How has this program thus far changed the way you digest elections-related news and/or how you think about elections?

• Guest Speaker Name: Date:

  1. What are 1-3 things that you learned, or that struck you, from our time with the guest speaker today?

  2. What follow up questions do you have for the guest speaker? Or, what questions arose from your time with the guest speaker?

1) Watch any guest speakers that you haven’t yet watched. Enjoy! And remember to write a reflection. :)

2) Develop questions for our guest speakers. Please read their bios and/or Google them, and develop 3 questions you’d like to ask. Write these in your journal and add ONE to a sticky note in the JamBoard (include your name).

3) Watch a short video: “Electoral College Explained” or “Why the Electoral College Exists” + "The Bad Map We See Every Presidential Election"

4) Start or continue volunteering for your campaign/organization(s)

• Aim for 3-5 hrs/week; log your hours in your journal.

• Reflect in your journal:

  • What have you observed about political organizing thus far?

  • What frustrates you?

  • What inspires you and/or gives you hope?

• Come to the next session prepared to discuss your thoughts and/or experiences.