Indivisibles --

Today we have an exciting announcement that’s months in the making, so we’re just going to get right to it.

*drumroll please*

We’re excited to announce the next evolution of the Indivisible movement: the official, on-the-ground launch of Indivisible435, our 50-state political program.

Yes. All. Fifty. States. We’ll get into all the details below, but here are the cliff’s notes:

• We’ll build tools for thousands of Indivisible groups. Beginning today, every Indivisible group will be able to sign up to use canvassing and phone banking tools. We’ll build long-lasting power by equipping neighbors to talk to their neighbors.
• We’ll engage millions of voters. We’ll build a national volunteer program to help support key races to take back the House and Senate, elect progressive governors in red states, and flip state legislatures.
• We’ll target 73 key elections in 13 states. Over the last 6 weeks, we’ve doubled our in-turf organizing team to better support the thousands of Indivisible groups on the ground.

(This is a long email, so if you’re excited and ready to support this game-changing work, help us hit our initial $75,000 fundraising goal for our nationwide political program by donating now.)

So, what’s the plan?

There’s a massive, movement-wide effort underway to take back the House and Senate, governor’s mansions, and statehouses, and Indivisible groups will work collaboratively in their communities to win in November. Every district’s different, and Indivisible groups make strategic choices about how to best get involved in races, and we’ll be there to support them at every step of the way. That’s the promise of our political program: Indivisible435.

And over the last few months, we’ve had hundreds of conversations with group leaders and movement allies to identify gaps and needs for our movement, and the larger progressive movement. Based on those conversations, we’re investing our resources into programs that will support the long-term powerbuilding of our movement: building scalable electoral tools for all Indivisible groups and providing deep support on targeted races.

Most importantly, we won’t close up shop, turn off the tools, and pull organizers out after election day. We’re committed to this sustained, long-lasting support that will:

• Equip all Indivisible groups, including in places where we may not win this cycle, as they build long-term power to contest e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e.
• Democratize the tools to win elections that so often live with political parties and candidates (and get turned off the day after election day).
• Change what’s politically possible so that no seat will ever be “unwinnable” again.

(Does this sound like the electoral plan you’ve been waiting for? Then chip in whatever you can to help us raise $75,000 today to help us get started.)

One quick note...

Indivisible Project (that’s our 501(c)(4) organization) worked on elections in Virginia and Alabama in 2017, and Pennsylvania this March, in targeted political programs in accordance to the political spending limits of 501(c)(4) organizations. But, political spending rules are complicated and severely limit how organizations like ours engage and spend money on elections, particularly for state and local races.

That’s why we’re also announcing the formation of a Hybrid Political Action Committee (called Indivisible Action… we know, all the names are confusing) that will be independent of any candidates or party structures. The paperwork was filed on earlier this month.

Indivisible Action -- unlike our 501(c)(4) entity -- will allow us to follow the lead of Indivisibles everywhere (seriously, everywhere!) and support their work with organizing staff, skills-building, and a scalable national volunteer program. Long story short: Indivisible Action will help us realize the promise and power of Indivisible435. We will not leave out anyone who wants to get involved this election.

Last, but not least, don’t worry. It won’t be one of those shady, dark-money, corporate-funded PACs that invests every last penny into mudslinging political ads. And we remain committed to fighting corporate money and influence in politics. The PAC will be overwhelmingly fueled by small-dollar donations (like what we’re about to ask you for below!) from individuals supporting our movement.

How you can help us launch this program with a bang

Okay. Now that we have the IRS, legal mumbo jumbo out of the way, here's our ask.

The first piece of our program is the launch of nationwide access to phonebanking and canvassing through the Voter Activation Network. Right now, Indivisible groups are getting an email laying out how they can sign up, get trained, and start using VAN to continue building toward November. VAN will empower groups to:

• Canvass door-to-door using only a cell phone or tablet
• Make phone calls to voters in your area
• Keep track of voters’ responses to questions
• Bring in new members
• Show a group’s power and impact with numbers
• Mobilize voters in the final days before the election
  

We’re hoping to raise $75,000 today to cover the costs of VAN access for Indivisibles in each and every state, as well as the organizing and data team’s support to get groups set up on their first races. Can you help us meet our goal?

We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: this movement is fueled by you. And your contribution will help us do something no organization has ever done. Instead of someone in DC making a plan, or someone in a campaign office printing out packets, we’re helping Indivisibles across the country take the election into their own hands.

We’re so excited to do this with you, the thousands of group leaders, and hundreds of thousands of Indivisible activists across the country.

In solidarity,
The Indivisible Team