URGENT: Muslim-Americans need your support to get to the polls safely from Imran Siddiqui via Groundswell of The Auburn Theological Seminary in New York, New York, United States for Friday, 4 November 2016I am a Muslim American who has called Florida home for the last 30 years.
On Wednesday morning, a mosque was vandalized with the words "F**K ISLAM" in Boynton Beach -- 20 minutes from my home. With every new hate crime and act of voter intimidation, Muslim American families in my community worry that it's not safe to exercise their right to vote.
But -- you are changing that.
Many of you have signed up to volunteer to Get Out the Vote with us. You are making calls to Muslim American families in Florida to provide key polling information -- and ensure they feel safe and supported at the polls. We now have 100 committed volunteers and 11,000 pledged calls to get out the Muslim American vote.
You're making a difference. Every day, I hear from Muslim American families who now have a voting plan, because their fellow Americans are standing with them. If you haven't signed up already --
Can you donate a few hours this weekend and make calls to Get Out the Vote?
Once you sign up, we provide you with training materials and round-the-clock support.
See below for the full invitation from my teammate Valarie Kaur, founder of the Revolutionary Love Project. In Self Magazine, Valarie wrote, "Together, we can reclaim the vote as an act of love."
In the final hours to Election Day, let's protect the vote together -- one call at a time.
Sincerely,
Imran Siddiqui
Senior Strategist, The Revolutionary Love Project
How to turn love into action this election? Stand in solidarity with Muslim American families and GET OUT THE VOTE in Florida...
This election season, we spread the message of #RevolutionaryLove through 100+ community dialogues and film screenings, media attention, and a national tour. Now we turn love into action. Our goal: 10,000 calls to support Muslim American families to Get Out the Vote in Florida. Can you donate 3 hours before Election Day? Sign up here.
We have a few days left to Election Day -- an election that will determine the course of our future and character of our nation.
Are you planning to vote but want to do something more? Traveling the country this fall, I witnessed up close how this election season has vilified, shamed, and intimidated communities of color -- especially Muslim Americans. With every new threat of voter intimidation at the polls, Muslim families worry that they may not be able to exercise the sacred and fundamental right to vote.
But we can change that -- together.
Can you donate 3 hours to make calls to Muslim American families and Get Out the Vote in Florida?
I met a team of passionate young Muslim leaders working hard to get their community to the polls in Florida, a critical state in every presidential election. They need our help.
If we make calls to Muslim American families to give them their polling information, it dramatically increases the likelihood that they will vote -- and feel supported by their fellow Americans.
It's simple: We set you up on a virtual phone bank. You get a list of phone numbers and a script, and can make calls each day from home, work, or at a phoning party with friends. You don't persuade anyone; you simply provide them with key information to make it easier for them to vote. This is a non-partisan effort -- and a powerful and loving way to make democracy work.
We are proud to partner with Emerge USA, an organization that activates the American Muslim community to be a strong voice in the political process. Together we are standing by for you with training and support. Our next training will be next Tuesday, Nov. 1st at 7PM ET / 4PM PT -- we'll send you details after you sign up.
Will you join us to Get Out the Vote? Sign up here.
I believe that this is a beautiful and urgent way to show up with love this election season. Last month, my team and I launched the Revolutionary Love™ Project by seeding 100+ dialogues and film screenings on the theme of combating racism and hate with social action rooted in love. Next, I took this message on the road in a first-ever women's speaking tour called Together, reaching 20,000+ people in packed theaters across America.
Now we turn our love into action.
What better way than to stand in solidarity with a community in need, on the eve of an election that will shape America's future?
Our goal is to make 10,000 calls. We're focusing our efforts on the State of Florida, which will be closely watched this election.
Together we can demonstrate the best of America -- a nation where we celebrate our diversity and empower every American to exercise their right to vote and be heard as equal citizens. Because the way we make change is just as important as the change we make.
Sign up today. Forward this to friends.
In Revolutionary Love,
Valarie Kaur
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Auburn Theological Seminary
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1800
New York, New York 10115, United States
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