Postcards to Voters

Postcards to Voters is a mail campaign that sends friendly, handwritten reminders from volunteers to targeted voters to aid Democrats in close, key races all over the country. They consist of over 20,000 volunteers in every state (including Alaska and Hawaii) who have written over half a million postcards to voters in dozens of key, close elections. If you'd like to participate, you can register online. Once you're signed up, they have a bot that will respond to your text messages or you can ask for addresses and campaign information through a form on their website. They have a super in-depth FAQ too. How have you made a difference in your letter writing lately?

P.S. My pen pal Lois Z. sent me the information on this organization. I really appreciate the tips you all send in. Keep 'em coming!

P.P.S. Protest Postcards found over at Paper Pastries!

EDIT P.P.P.S. 

M.G. and M.K. Thanks for sharing. We can hear you. No need to shout. The personal is political for us here, and, we believe, for everyone. We make a point to not tell you that you need to write certain things or certain ways, but we like to bring letter activism to the forefront. Letters are important in many, many ways. This is but one of them.

Also, the last time there was a post that could be considered "political" was "Dear Flint Kids" back in February. I'm gonna feel confident in stating that once every three months is not a lot of political posting.

Comments

[M.K.]

I appreciate that you guys feel very strongly about these things, but I do wish you wouldn't post as much political stuff.

[carolee]

Encouraging people to use their voices, in letter-writing and otherwise, is a function of democracy. Well done, Donovan and Kathy. I send you much support, especially in times that grow to seem ever more authoritarian. <3

[carolee]

"This is a question of power. I realized early in my life that my own ability to direct my life and destiny was power, and the more my own life and destiny were in the hands of others, the less power I had. But many people, like journalists, teachers and artists, have another kind of power, the power to influence others. The power of the press is very real and on it is built one of the great foundations of American society.

I also realized when I was young that one of the great dilemmas of modern life was the utter powerlessness of the individual. The catastrophe that faces the planet is a perfect example of that. None of us as individuals is responsible for this. None of us as individuals can stop it or even affect it through our actions. Nor can we stop war or start one, free the prisoners, or disarm our murderous citizenry. We cannot even control the ugliness around us. All we can do, if we have the means, is go somewhere else. The lack of individual power is central to modern life.

But when we act, when we publish, when we break the law we do not
agree with, when we act politically, we empower ourselves. This has a profound effect on how we feel about ourselves. However much we are tossed about by circumstances and history, we have saved ourselves because we have done something to change ourselves, and ultimately, to change history. History moves slowly, like a turtle, but it moves nevertheless, steadily and relentlessly. I have lived my life. I have fished in the San Juan and sat by an open fire with my grandchildren. It is your life you are fighting for. Someone who is 20 today will live a long time into the future. You are in a fight for your life."

Danny Lyons, BURN ZONE

[Terri Beth]

Thank you for bringing letter activism to the forefront. From what I've seen it's helping a lot of us get through what we feel is a painful and distressing time.