POSTCARD AROUND THE CLOCK
AUGUST 24-25, 2020
FULL SCHEDULE
MONDAY EVENING (8/24/2020) 8:00 pm–MIDNIGHT EDT
8:00 pm: Debunking the Five Big Myths of Women's Fight for the Vote
Rachel Tiven is a professional civil rights lawyer and amateur historian who writes the social media column @DailySuffragist. She’ll debunk the five big myths of women’s fight for the vote.
9:00 pm: The Ongoing Fight Against Voter Suppression
Kristen Clarke is president and executive director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee). In that capacity she leads one of the country’s most important national civil rights organizations in the pursuit of equal justice for all. Ms. Clarke's work has focused on strengthening our democracy by combating discrimination faced by African Americans and other marginalized communities. Ms. Clarke will address the challenges to full and fair implementation of the 19th amendment and the work that the Lawyers' Committee took up in the 1960s to ensure that the right to vote was available to every citizen of the United States. She will also address ongoing governmental efforts to suppress the right to vote, educate us on the Committee’s efforts to combat voter suppression in the courts, and what we can do as activists.
9:40 pm: Music and the Movement
The Resistance Revival Chorus is a collective of more than 60 women and non-binary singers, who join together to sing protest songs in tribute to the historical importance of music in the protest movement. RRC breathes joy and song into the resistance, aiming to uplift and center women’s voices.Their album, THIS JOY, will be out this fall! Follow them on Twitter (@ResistanceRev) and Instagram (@resistancerevivalchorus).
10:05 pm: First Person: Angeline Butler
Angeline Butler is a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Performing Artist, Adjunct Professor of Africana Studies at John Jay College; Coordinator of The Nashville Sit-ins and 1961 Freedom Rides, and an original organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. Angeline's activism has never stopped, and she encourages event participants to consider making donations to the Gandhi-King Season for Nonviolence and/or DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving).
10:45 pm: Voting on Campus
Paul Loeb and Nausheen Husain of the non-partisan Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) which helps students register to vote, navigate the voting law maze, learn about candidates, volunteer in campaigns, and show up at the polls. See their 2020 Impact Summary or donate here.
11:15 pm: Panel Discussion: Young Voters, Young Donors, Young Candidates
Zak Malamed, co-founder of The Next 50, which is working to make politics more accessible to young people by teaching them strategic political giving and investing in young candidates.
Manny Yekutiel, founder of Manny's in the Mission District, San Francisco, a people powered and community focused meeting and learning place in the heart of San Francisco that combines a restaurant, political bookshop, and civic events space.
Miti Sathe and Will Levitt, co-founders of Square One Politics, a non-profit that recruits and discovers young, diverse, progressive Congressional candidates and provides high-impact, hands-on support in order to win.
MONDAY (8/24/2020) OVERNIGHT — TUESDAY (8/25/2020) EARLY MORNING
12:00 am: Trivia: Test Your VQ (Voting Quotient)
Join us for an informative and interactive trivia game with questions on suffragist history, women in politics, and voting. There will be three separate rounds with a winner and a prize for each round. Correct answers AND speed count! You will need to have your phone handy to play the game (we will be using Kahoot! to gather your answers; you will watch the game on Zoom and input your answers on your phone). If you don’t have two devices available, it will still be fun to watch.
Host Kira Tebbe (@k_tebbe) frequently emcees trivia events on Zoom for up to 400 people for the Aeronaut Brewery in Somerville, Massachusetts. Kira is a data scientist who is starting business school in Chicago in a few weeks.
1:00 am: Rock the Boat
Listen to tunes spun by college DJs and learn to write Postcards to Voters with college students and recent college grads who have been writing postcards for years.
2:00 am: Melanie Shark, Chief Operating Officer of #iVoted
#iVoted Concerts is organizing the largest single night concert in history, taking place this November 3rd. Over 275 artists have committed to performing for their fans in exchange for a selfie of those fans outside of their polling place or with their blank mail-in ballot. Their aim is to increase voter turnout in the 2020 election through the power of music and community.
2:30 am: Julie Hermelin, Founder of Wake Up & Vote
Julie Hermelin is a social impact producer working at the intersection of entertainment, activism, and politics. She is the founder of Wake Up & Vote, a creative consortium of over 300 people including directors, producers, writers, songwriters, music clearance people, and animators who are volunteering their time to create political commercials for candidates and progressive issues that are broadcast via social media. The ads are then connected to political organizations that fund the advertising for their distribution.
3:00 am: Chatting and Postcarding with Monica and Other Night Owls
4:00 am: Pre-Dawn Coffee and Postcarding With Sarah
5:00 am: Democrats Abroad
A look at how expat Democrats around the world are making sure their voices are heard. Linda Adeson of Democrats Abroad joins us from the UK to discuss their GOTV (Get Out The Vote) plans.
6:00 am: "AM Joy" Part 1
Our own Joy C. looks at the overnight headlines.
7:00 am: "AM Joy" Part 2
Our own Joy C., joined by Ellen B. and other tweeters, reports on overnight Twitter.
8:00 am: The Early Bird Gets the Troll
You CAN make a difference on social media between now and Election Day. Join Kim Snyder from Indivisible New Rochelle to learn about disinformation and amplifying the right stuff on social media.
9:00 am: Tony The Democrat
Talk postcarding with Tony The Democrat, founder of Postcards to Voters, and member(s) of the Postcards to Voters rapid response team.
9:15 am: Margaret Good
Margaret Good is running for US Congress in FL-16. She is currently a member of the Florida State House—a seat she won in a special election in February 2018, in part thanks to postcards we wrote!.
9:30 am: Alyse Galvin
Alyse Galvin is running to represent Alaska in the US Congress, and PTV just launched a postcarding campaign for her!
10:00 am: 2020: Make Sure Your Vote is Counted!
Understand where, when, and how to vote! There is so much confusion around voting in the November election. This panel discussion will answer those important questions and any others you may bring to the conversation.
Moderator: Allison Fine, author, founder of the nonprofit Innovation Network, Inc., and candidate in the 2020 Democratic primary (won by Mondaire Jones) for Nita Lowey's congressional seat (NY-17)
Panelists:
Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause
Ny Whitaker, Political Strategist, Consultant, and Educator; New York State Lead, New York for Biden Harris
TUESDAY (8/25/2020) MIDDAY
11:00 am: Creative Activism Panel
Moderator: Nancy Bynum, founder of New Faces of Democracy
Panelists:
Sara Trail, founder and Executive Director of Social Justice Sewing Academy
Diana Weymar, creator and curator of the Tiny Pricks Project
Alexandra Posen, co-founder of Resistance by Design (creator of the Stacey Abrams “VOTE” mask)
12:00 pm: New York Congressional Candidate Tedra Cobb (NY-21)
12:30 pm: Pennsylvania Congresswoman Susan Wild (PA-7)
1:00 pm: Ohio Congressional Candidate Desiree Tims (OH-10)
1:15 pm: Postcard Collage Workshop
Collage with artist Alexandra Sheldon. All you need is a glue stick, a pair of scissors, an index card, "Min postcard" or any other postcard, and some old magazines!
2:00 pm: Women March
Dr. Sarah Gordon, co-curator of the current New-York Historical Society exhibit “Women March” will discuss the exhibit and its examination of women's activism, including the struggle for voting rights before and after the passage of the 19th Amendment.
3:00 pm: Illinois Congressional Candidate Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (IL-13)
3:30 pm: Rabbi Carole Balin
Rabbi Carole B. Balin, PhD is chair of the Jewish Women's Archive board and publishes widely on gender and the Jewish experience. Join us to discuss Gloria Steinem's grandmother, Pauline Perlmutter Steinem, who engaged in a postcard- and letter-writing campaign to pass the 19th Amendment. Sound familiar?
4:00 pm: States Matter
Melissa Walker, Director of Giving Circles at Future Now Fund on the importance of state races
4:15 pm: PA House Representative Candidate Claudette Williams (PA House-176)
TUESDAY (8/25/2020) EVENING EDT
5:00 pm: New York Congressional Candidate Dana Balter (NY-24)
5:15 pm: Vote Mama
Liuba Grechen Shirley is the founder and CEO of Vote Mama, the nation's first organization dedicated to achieving gender equity by breaking down barriers for working mothers to run for elected office, winning universal childcare for all Americans, and expanding the use of campaign funds for childcare for all candidates running for office. While running for Congress in 2018, Liuba became the first woman to receive federal approval to use campaign funds for childcare, creating a precedent for all other federal candidates and removing a major financial barrier to running for office for working parents.
5:45 pm : Postcard Creator Panel
Featuring the designers of some of your favorite postcards:
Rebecca Falik, @REF_creatives on Twitter
Mary Hawkins, @MaryPostcards on Twitter
Catherine Jones, @CatLucyJones on Twitter
Christina Lowenstein, @christinalearns on Twitter
Laura Roose, @CreativeDem on Twitter
6:30 pm: U.S. Senate Candidate (Texas) MJ Hegar
6:45 pm: Nell Scovell and Jill Twiss
Comedy writers Nell Scovell (author of Just the Funny Parts; writer, Late Night With David Letterman; creator, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and Jill Twiss (Senior Writer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; author, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo) discuss Jill’s new children’s book on voting, Everyone Gets A Say, and her play on the Seneca Falls Convention.
7:15 pm: Carol Jenkins
If you grew up in the New York metropolitan area, Carol Jenkins is likely best known to you as a longtime television journalist and anchor, first on WWOR-TV (1970–1973), then WNBC-TV (1973–1998), and then WNYC-TV (1998–2000). Now the co-President and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund For Women’s Equality, Carol will join us to discuss the status of the Equal Rights Amendment.
7:40 pm: Musical Performance by BETTY
BETTY will rock you. The indy rock band has been together for more than 30 years, producing work that reflects their deep dedication to activism. On August 26 at 9:00 pm EDT, BETTY will join top musicians, changemakers, and activist icons for Women Take the Stage, an amazing virtual concert and rally to increase votes by and for women. Women Take the Stage is a free, multi-ethnic event marking the centennial of the 19th Amendment and acknowledging that we have yet to achieve free, fair, and safe elections for all. Visit BETTY's website to buy their music, and follow BETTY on Twitter (@bettymusic) and Instagram (@bettyrules).