Blue Wave Blogs

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  Democracy Reform: Redistricting

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang September 16, 2021

  Senators - Pass the For the People Act We have been advocating for the For the People Act (FTPA) since President Biden took office with a Democrat...

  • civil rights
  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • filibuster
  • For The People Act
  • gun safety legislation
  • HR1/S1
  • pandemic
  • voting rights

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  2021 Q3 Retrospective

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang September 9, 2021

    I'm SO proud of our core Blue Wave team and volunteers. It took us only ten days to complete our most recent Vote No on the California Re...

  • blue wave process
  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • pandemic
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • volunteers
  • voting rights

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  Saturday Postcard Parties - Connecting While Quarantined

  by Faith Gowan September 2, 2021

  I first met Ning at an in-person Saturday afternoon postcard party in 2019. A small group of people would get together in Boulder to write postcar...

  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • pandemic
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • volunteers

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  Why I Care About the California Recall Election (and Why I Hope You Will, Too)

  by Lisa Gillespie August 19, 2021

   A reality check, and a call to action!  So - maybe you have vaguely heard something about a recall election happening in California.  If not, her...

  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • pandemic

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  Guest Commentary by Joe Neguse: Voting Rights Can’t Wait

  by Sani Field August 12, 2021

  The following is an Op-ed, published in Daily Camera, by Congressman Joe Neguse.  Congressman Joe Neguse A few weeks after I was first elected to...

  • Black Lives Matter
  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights

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  Nonviolent Civil Disobedience: The Arrest of An Activist

  by Sani Field July 29, 2021

  Leah Greenberg, the Indivisible Co-Founder who spoke at our event recently, was arrested on Monday, July 19, 2021 in a non-violent direct action s...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • retrospective
  • voting rights

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  Blue Wave Postcard Movement's Interview With Leah Greenberg, Co-Founder of Indivisible

  by Lisa Gillespie July 22, 2021

  The following interview was recorded during our 7/10/21 video call with Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible, who spoke to us about Deadline ...

  • abortion
  • civil rights
  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • gun safety legislation
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights
  • women's rights

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  The Blue Wave Process Part Four: Postcard Kits and Local Distribution 

  by Lisa Gillespie July 1, 2021

  Once Chiu-Ki and Sha-Mayn have worked their magic (see part three of this series), we are ready to roll with kitting and postcard distribution. Our...

  • blue wave process
  • democracy reform
  • pandemic
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • volunteers

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  Common Cause: Chairwoman’s Award for Transformational Leadership

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang June 24, 2021

  Video link to the Acceptance Speech by Ning Mosberger-Tang On the 50th Anniversary of Common Cause, I’m very honored to receive the Chairwoman’s A...

  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • gun safety legislation
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights

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  The Blue Wave Process Part One: How We Design Postcards

  by Faith Gowan May 27, 2021

  From the start, I wanted Blue Wave postcards to look very different from a typical political postcard. I felt that the graphics should have a “home...

  • blue wave process
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1

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  Kill the Filibuster {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field May 13, 2021

  My name is Sam Post. In September of last year, my sister and I were looking for ways to get involved in the election, and she forwarded me a link...

  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • voting rights

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  Tips For Calling Government Officials

  by Adrianne Middleton May 6, 2021

  We’re hearing from groups like Common Cause, that GOP supporters are calling their senators 6 times more often than Dems are. Senator Bennet talke...

  • abortion
  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights
  • women's rights

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