From Sleeping Citizens to Awakened Activism: How Grassroots Organizing Inspired Political Participation in Houston
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This document discusses the Women's March movement in response to Trump's election and policies seen as threatening. It outlines the rapid growth of the Houston Women's March from contacting organizers 11 days before to a turnout of 23,000+ marchers. It proposes a new initiative to boost voter turnout in Texas through human-to-human conversations in neighborhoods over 18 months, with a goal of registering 150,000 new voters, especially targeting the over 6 million women in the Houston area who are underrepresented at the polls. The hope is this will shift Texas and ultimately national politics in a more progressive direction.
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From Sleeping Citizens to Awakened Activism: How Grassroots Organizing Inspired Political Participation in Houston
- 1. FROM AUTO PILOT TO ATTACK FORMATION WHEN SLEEPING CITIZENS AWAKE
- 4. BRITISH-AMERICAN COOPERATION THAT SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
- 6. TRAUMA, TRIGGERING, TRUMP… IS THIS OUR AMERICA? • Mexicans: “murders, rapists” • Islam demonized • Jews attacked • White nationalism • All PoC under fire • Women degraded, hated • Crooked Hillary • Lyin’ Ted • Little Mario
- 8. CELEBS FLEE! NOT OUR COUNTRY
- 11. SUBVERTED ELECTION DISMANTLED GOVERNMENT STRIPPED AGENCIES COMPLICIT GOP FRACTURED MEDIA FRACTURED CITIZENRY
- 13. WILL WE FLEE OR FIGHT?
- 14. WOMEN’S MARCH WHEN SLEEPING CITIZENS AWAKE
- 15. 12 DAYS • 7 DAYS, REALLY HOUSTON WOMEN’S MARCH • 12 days - contacted WM • 11 days - contacted City Hall, 400 marchers • 10 days - 900 marchers • 9 days - contacted allies, 1200 marchers • 8 days - 2 team members, 2500 marchers • 7 days - team meeting, 3600 marchers • 6 days - GoFundMe launched, 5000 marchers • 0 days - 23,000+ marchers, $38,000
- 16. HUNDREDS OF CITIES, MILLIONS OF MARCHERS US & WORLD • millions of people marching for freedom, equality, kindness, health, education… • millions of newly activated citizens asking “what’s next”
- 17. US VOTING RATES ARE ATROCIOUS REBOOTING DEMOCRACY • Texas among the most populous states • Texas bottom of the barrel in voting participation • Urban areas blue-red, rural areas red-blue • Gerrymandering, apathy, gridlock, money, habits • Voting Rights Act overturned • Texas voter laws unconstitutional • Majority minority population growing more progressive
- 18. BRAND SHIFT FOR MOMENTUM, MOVEMENT HOUSTON WOMEN MARCH • Houston —> Texas —> America • 4th largest city, most diverse, welcoming immigrants, refugees • Low voter turn-out • cultural and generational • sleepy, apathy, same-same, MVDM • barriers to voting (education, trusted sources, timing, locations, on- demand thinking) • Opportunity
- 19. CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR HOME A MILLION WOMEN • 6 million in Houston MSA (and growing) • Women are 51-54% of population • Reaching 1 in 3 women • 40th Anniversary • Super neighborhood plan for 150,000 new* voters • 18 months • Volunteers and a non-profit organization
- 20. SUPPORTED BY DIGITAL HUMAN TO HUMAN • in-person conversations • in-person actions • who lives near me? who doesn’t? (gated communities) • meet our neighbors • pioneers, prospectors, settlers • diversity, including the socio-economic divide
- 21. 18 MONTHS
- 22. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? ” “