MODULE 9

Doing democracy is hard work. Texting strangers is its own brand of difficult: we're putting ourselves out there in a way not dissimilar to door knocking or phone banking- all-in emotionally for a candidate and the blue wave, while opening ourselves up to listen to a voter's feelings and potentially responding in a vulnerable way as a strategic approach for connecting with the voter. Texting also has unique challenges: voters feel particularly emboldened to spew vitriol from the other side of a screen that they might tamp down in face-to-face interactions.

Caring for ourselves is both an individual and a community project. At OP, we're not experts, but our volunteers are a community of activists and have come up with some approaches we find helpful to care for both yourself and your community. We encourage you to check out some of the resources and incorporate practices into your activism that work for you.