{"id":43440,"date":"2019-08-11T23:07:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T03:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=43440"},"modified":"2019-08-11T23:07:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T03:07:23","slug":"take-action-on-gun-terrorism-get-out-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/take-action-on-gun-terrorism-get-out-the-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action on Gun Terrorism: Get Out the Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the fifth anti-gun-violence action of the week, let&#8217;s do something a little different! Sign yourself up with Vote Forward to write letters to potential voters and urge them to register to vote.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/votefwd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vote Forward is focusing on 2019 state-level and special elections where there&#8217;s a chance to flip a seat to a progressive candidate. This isn&#8217;t a direct action like protesting gun terrorism on Main Street, but gun-control measures won&#8217;t ever get voted on if the people in office are in the pocket of the NRA. There are so many potential voters out there who just need a little encouragement. Vote Forward makes it easy with templates that can be printed and signed, and the website even enables you to print voter registration forms for some states.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, you should be registered to vote yourself. If you&#8217;re not registered, you can do it online in two minutes. Seriously!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vote.org\/register-to-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register to vote here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you missed my earlier gun-activism posts, check them out now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/take-action-on-gun-terrorism-your-first-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The first step is the easiest, quickest, and most important: Call your elected officials<\/a>. Often! Senators and representatives are very clear that they act decisively when faced with constituent pressure. You don&#8217;t call? They don&#8217;t do!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/washington-park-4201-paisano-dr\/el-paso-strong-el-paso-firme-community-action\/433877243887361\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action #2 was about a vigil for those killed in the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas<\/a>. That particular event has passed but check Action #4 for ongoing vigils and rallies.<\/li>\n<li>Actions #3 is a donation &#8212; no amount too small! &#8212; to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/take-action-on-gun-terrorism-donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funds for the victims and survivors of the recent shootings in El Paso; Gilroy, Calif.; and Dayton, Ohio<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For Action #4, get your feet on the street! &#8220;Gun-sense&#8221; group Moms Demand has <a href=\"https:\/\/momsdemandaction.org\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">events all over the country<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember, if you need help crafting a message for your senators and\/or congressperson, let me know in the comments and I&#8217;ll help you out!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the fifth anti-gun-violence action of the week, let&#8217;s do something a little different! Sign yourself up with Vote Forward to write letters to potential voters and urge them to register to vote. Sign up! Vote Forward is focusing on 2019 state-level and special elections where there&#8217;s a chance to flip a seat to a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/take-action-on-gun-terrorism-get-out-the-vote\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[669,2092,49,558,143],"tags":[1434,2110],"class_list":{"0":"post-43440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-about-wendy","7":"category-activism","8":"category-in-the-news","9":"category-news","10":"category-politics","11":"tag-gun-control-now","12":"tag-white-supremacist-terrorism","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43440"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43443,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43440\/revisions\/43443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}