Text text revolution
Next week we’re hosting a webinar to share how groups large and small are using broadcast and person-to-person text messaging.
Join us to learn how to:
- recruit new supporters at actions and rallies with SMS opt-ins
- mobilize supporters to attend events, contact decision makers or donate
You’ll also learn the differences between broadcast and person-to-person programs and how they can intersect.
Thursday, March 16th
3:00 p.m Eastern / 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 8:00 p.m. GMT
Can’t make the live webinar? No worries — sign up and we’ll send you the recording afterwards.
Presenters
Thaís Marques is a volunteer organizer for Movimiento Cosecha, a new nonviolent movement that calls for the permanent protection, dignity, and respect for all immigrants in the United States. Thaís is the national coordinator of the Sanctuary Campus movement which mobilized over 100+ campuses to participate in mass walkouts and over 500 universities to declare themselves sanctuary.
Daniel Souweine is the co-founder of Relay. Prior to Relay, Daniel was the Director of the Bernie Sanders campaign’s national texting program, where he led a volunteer team that sent more than 8 million peer-to-peer text messages during this year’s Democratic Primary.
Lloyd Cotler is a mobile strategist at Mobile Commons and was SMS Campaign Manager at Hillary for America, where he ran the nationwide SMS program for organizing, fundraising, GOTV, rapid response and more.
Hope to see you next week,
Randall
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