💥 REMINDER - NO SHOW THIS FRIDAY MAY 30 - SEE YOU JUNE 6 AT 12 PM
The Friday Power Lunch team has been on a break — here comes the funny part - on a break working on the POWER UP Women’s Summit for ALL badass activists who want to smash MAGA and the cult of Trump - right here in Virginia!
Finale and I go ham wild about talking about why the Dems still have not learned from the last election - the paid class is still doing the same ol’ shit - seriously. The grassroots is innovating and challenging the status quo - and we will support as many candidates as possible. That is why the Summit matters! Candidates will be coming and we have a special track just for them. School Board candidates too!
Storytelling is powerful. At the Summit we will focusing on Media and Communication — and the threat of propaganda. Telling your story is how you make change — leading with policy does not do the trick. Your story creates empathy - and empathy provides a lane for connection … and maybe even agreement. Media and Communications for as long as it takes to break through the noise.
Our BLUE POWER Sponsor Red Wine and Blue will have a media team set-up to record your story. Lynlee Thorne of RuralGroundgame is hosting a workshop on telling your story to make an impact on social media to change minds and hearts.
VA Dogwood is a BLUE POWER Sponsor - this media team is coming with 15 influencers to stampede through the corridors to amplify our community. We are excited to share what media leaders are doing to combat right wing extremism and the help the facts break through - especially in this election cycle.
VA Delegate Dan Helmer (House Caucus) is a BLUE POWER Sponsor and WinVA - both are supporting NETWORK NOVA because they know we invest in YOU - the grassroots. And you bring the wind at the back of every election. Dan will be on stage and in the Candidate Room cheering on the candidates - he will give us the 411 on the strategy to win BIG.
We will be unveiling some new technology at the Summit - where will you be? Andrea Miller (Blue Wave Sponsor) has a new interactive canvassing tool: Connected Intelligent Election Technology. What we do know is we can’t keep doing the same ol’ thang - that is madness!
If you are helping in Virginia - come meet the candidates in person - it will bring you so much hope and joy — really, we have an amazing bench. Check out who will be on the Primary Ballot on June 17 here.
Candidates and campaigns will get a chance to meet Win Number Founder & CEO Nicole Hobbs Morrison (BLUE ROOTS SPONSOR) for a session on how to understand likely turnout, calculate your win number, and build a successful voter targeting program. You may remember Nicole when she was Co-Founder & Executive Director EveryDistrict.
Did you like Hunger Games? Billy Ray, the American screenwriter and film director will be at the Summit to talk about democratic messaging. He has written numerous films including Captain Phillips, Richard Jewell, Breach, The Comey Rule and The Hunger Games.
Reid McCollum, Program Outreach Director for Progressive Turnout Project (BLUE WAVE SPONSOR) will join us again this year. When you meet Reid, you never forget him. He is smart, fun and engaging - and LOVES turning out voters! Come hang with Reid!
Thanks enough inside talk for tonight. Remember, no live show on Friday, May 30.
We will be back LIVE next Friday, June 6 at 12 PM with a few doctors - to fix what ails us! We will talking about cults and mind control!
Cheers,
Katherine White
BIG MIC
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