I’m so grateful for the High Holidays right now. Gathering with neighbors, friends, and strangers alike is an antidote to authoritarianism.
Trump and the MAGA movement have fomented so much division and fear this past decade. I know I feel it, even in my own family.
The goal of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice's 🪬All Hands: Jews for Election Protection🪬 is to bring progressive Jews together around a shared purpose and Jewish value: stopping a scared and desperate Trump from interfering with elections.
In addition to phonebanking and being a poll worker, there's another option for you: help to reach the Partnership's goal of 50 POSTCARD PARTIES!
✋ You: Raise your hand by filling out this interest form to host a postcard party.
📦 They: Ship you everything you need — the postcards, stamps, pens, labels, a toolkit, and (everyone’s favorite) stickers!
Here are just a couple of postcard party ideas:
- Already gathering for Sukkot? Add postcarding to the agenda.
- You’re probably in some group chats. Message and ask if anyone wants to write postcards with you.
- Postcarding and brunch go really well together. Invite your favorite people, or open it up to neighbors.
You won’t be doing it alone. These postcard parties are part of a nationwide effort to counter Trump’s efforts to keep voters from getting to the polls, especially Black voters and voters of color.
When you sign up, you’ll get individual support from a Bend the Arc organizer who will personally reach out to walk you through the postcard party toolkit, send you all of the supplies you’ll need, and answer any questions you may have.
Open up your sukkah, kitchen table, or calendar: sign up before October 1 to host a postcard party.
If you made a Rosh Hashanah resolution to spend more time with loved ones or fight fascism, postcard parties are a great way to feed two birds with one challah.
With gratitude and in solidarity,
Rachel Laforest
Chief Campaign Officer, Bend the Arc
P.S. Our election protection work — postcard parties, phonebanks, community trainings, and more — requires resources. Can you chip in with a High Holidays gift to power this work in the critical weeks ahead?
