Texting
Texting does not use your cell phone or your personal number; texting programs run in a browser on your computer. There are several texting programs used by the organizations listed below, and each is a little different.
Movement Labs
Movement Labs works with progressive organization across the country to reach voters
Click here for training options
Click here to watch the recorded training.
Movement Labs texting roadmap: https://movementlabs.com/text/
NextGen America (a.k.a. NextGen Organizing)
NextGen is a diverse coalition of young people, organized to take power by winning elections for progressive candidates. In 2020, they are fighting to take back the White House, the U.S. Senate, and state legislatures by turning out young voters.
In addition to the national organization, there are NextGen chapters in several states, e.g. NextGen PA, NextGen WI, etc.
Read the Volunteer Texting Guide.
Click here to find NextGen Texting Opportunities
NextGen will provide you with links for training, logging on to Slack and ThruText, and all the resources you will need for texting. Unlike some organizations, you will not find texting campaigns in their Slack workspace. Use the link above to find and sign up for texting campaigns.
BlackPAC
BlackPAC – Expanding participation in our elections and increasing the diversity of voices to solve our most challenging problems
Sign up here to learn about upcoming opportunities
Indivisible
Indivisible is a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.
Click here to get started with Indivisitext
Indivisible will provide you with links for training, logging on to Slack and TextOut, and all the resources you will need.
Text Troop
The Open Progress Text Troop engages in issue-focused conversations with voters. We help people register to vote, persuade and identify their support for our causes and candidates, and help voters find their polling locations.
Click here to get started
MoveOn
MoveOn.org helps members elect candidates who reflect our member’s values through a variety of activities aimed at influencing the outcome of elections. They are focused on running powerful progressive advocacy campaigns and demonstrating MoveOn members’ power at the ballot box.
Click here to start texting with MoveOn
MoveOn will provide you with links for training, logging on to Slack and Spoke, and all the resources you will need for texting, some of which are listed here for future reference.
- MoveOn uses Spoke for texting; log on here: https://spoke.moveon.org
- Text Team 101 refresher video: http://mvn.to/TextTeamTrainingVideo
Please email us if you need more information. Comments, questions, and suggestions are all welcome!