Organizing for love, dignity, and liberation

Tomorrow is Election Day, and last week we lost one of the greatest organizers this country has ever produced.

Dolores Huerta died at 96. She co-founded the United Farm Workers and spent decades fighting for the people who pick the food on our tables. She coined “Sí, se puede,” which means “Yes, we can.”

Hear from our own Alex Gonzalez who worked alongside her.

Honor her by showing up. Make your plan, bring someone with you, and vote.

Sí, se puede. Count Me In.

Tomorrow is Election Day, and our own Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould and Rev. Nicole Barnes have a message for you from Shorter AME Church in Denver.

Over the last six weeks, Faith in Action has prepared more than 1,000 people across the country, from Virginia to Alabama to Florida to California to Colorado, to be ready for what happens after the vote too. Because the work does not stop on November 3rd.

Already voted? Comment “Count Me In.”

Not yet? Get your info at vote.org, then bring somebody with you. We do this work together.

Count Me In. Tuesday, November 3rd.

Four days until Election Day, and people of many faiths stopped to pray together.

This week Faith in Action brought people together online from California to Massachusetts, New Jersey to D.C. for a multi-faith prayer and reflection gathering. Prayers, songs, and reflections on voting, freedom, and belonging, with Spanish interpretation so everyone could join in.

Our themes were dignity, belonging, participation, and community. Because voting is more than a task. It is how we say we are here, and we count.

We closed with one voice: Count Me In.

Make your plan. Tuesday, November 3rd.

Six days until Election Day, and somebody you love is about to say “my vote doesn’t count.”

Show them this.

Florida, 2000: the presidency came down to 537 votes.
Virginia, 2017: a state House race ended in an exact tie, and a name was pulled out of a bowl.
Minnesota, 2008: a US Senate seat was decided by 312 votes.

In every one of those races, people stayed home because their vote “didn’t count.”

At Faith in Action, we do not leave the margin to chance. Your vote, your neighbor’s vote, the person you give a ride to the polls. That is the margin.

Make your plan today. Tuesday, November 3rd. Count Me In.

One week until Election Day, and in many states you can vote right now.

Early voting rules vary by state and county, so check your local schedule and make your plan:

Where are you voting?
When are you going? (Early if you can.)
How are you getting there?
Who is going with you? Voting is a community act.
What is on your ballot?

Faith in Action is on the ground in Alabama, Virginia, Florida, Colorado, and more, training poll chaplains and running Souls to the Polls events. Faith in Florida alone has more than 30 events.

Need help at the polls? Call the voter hotline:
English: 866-OUR-VOTE
Spanish: 888-VE-Y-VOTA
Arabic: 844-YALLA-US
Asian languages: 888-API-VOTE

Count Me In. Go vote early.

Chay Lee

11 days until Election Day, and our network has been busy.

In Miami, more than 50 Faith in Action organizers and faith leaders gathered for Shared Future’s Building Our Future gathering. They practiced telling their stories and built the power to win a path to citizenship for the people they love.

And on this week’s Souls to the Polls call, faith leaders traced the tradition back to the Black church and shared what is working right now. Ballot parties. Voter Sundays. Barbershops and motorcycle clubs.

Different cities. Same belief. The people we love belong here, and every voice deserves to be counted.

Count Me In. November 3rd.

Bishop Dwayne Royster, Executive Director of Faith in Action, has made his voting plan. Have you?

His plan is simple: the day, the time, the location, and who is going with him. He also worked through his ballot, learning who the candidates are and what is on it.

Now he is inviting you and your family to do the same.

Make your plan today. Then share it with someone you love.

Count Me In. November 3rd.