Partners & Networks

Lincoln Dems address areas of interest by connecting with local and national activist groups who organize and advocate for positive change.

State & National Partners & Networks

Force Multiplier

A Massachusetts-based, all volunteer organization that raises funds for key Democratic candidates and grassroots groups doing voter empowerment work. All donations go directly to candidates or groups through Act Blue.

GOALS:
Reclaim the Democratic majority in the House, maintain control in the Senate, and support voters in states that may have a high impact on who carries the electoral college.

Click here for a great overview on Force Multiplier.

ACTIONS INCLUDE:
Training in “relational” fundraising
Hosting and promoting fundraiser parties and speakers events

Concord Indivisible

A Concord-based progressive activist group 
dedicated to promoting the long-held values of Concord: Fighting for People, Planet and Democracy.

GOALS
Outreach to potential progressive voters
Promote voter engagement
Protect election integrity
Lobby for progressive, pragmatic causes

ACTIONS INCLUDE
Postcarding
Text banking
Phone banking
Canvassing
Voter registration drives (MA, NH, ME, swing states)
Attending organized rallies (Concord, Boston, DC)
Providing information (via website, weekly email blasts, social media) to take action on your own
Bi-weekly gatherings with activism opportunities

Minuteman Indivisible

A Lexington-based team of concerned citizens who advocate for the rights and dignity of all people.

GOALS
Networked with Indivisible groups throughout Massachusetts and the nation they are building a strong and effective resistance movement against racism, authoritarianism, and corruption, and are promoting a vigorous democratic process.

ACTIONS INCLUDE
Lobbying related to the Massachusetts Carbon Pollution Pricing Campaign
Supporting efforts for Automatic Voter Registration in Massachusetts
Exploring ways to fight gerrymandering
Providing reliable resources on Constitutional issues, Immigration, Healthcare, and Climate Change
Functioning as a public watchdog
Advocating locally for immigrants rights
Postcarding to flip red seats to blue

Together We Elect

Together We Elect is a well-curated clearing house for action items. It’s a comprehensive website that allows users to sort through action opportunities by type and date. It makes it easy to take useful action in a timely, manageable way.

Together We Elect aims to engage, motivate, train, and support individuals and groups to take effective action to maintain or expand Democratic representation in the U.S. House and Senate in 2022. The current group grew from the work of Together for 2020, which mobilized more than 10,000 volunteers working in critical states to elect Biden/Harris, take the Senate, and hold onto the House.

GOALS:
They promote and amplify events and volunteer opportunities offered by organizations such as Swing Left, Force Multiplier, Activate America, Movement Labs, Movement Voter Project, as well as coordinated campaigns and candidates in swing districts and states. They are laser-focused on finding new volunteers and inspiring past volunteers to find specific, effective actions that fit their skills, timetable, and preferences.

ACTIONS INCLUDE:
Postcard and letter writing, Texting, Phone calling, Fundraising, Relational organizing, and Amplifying the work of on-the-ground organizations in key states.

Grandmothers for a Brighter Future

Lincoln residents and the LDTC have partnered with the Grandmothers for A Brighter Future since its founding in 2008. Lincoln residents, of all ages, women and men, have been active writing postcards to voters in selected states in support of Democratic Senatorial Candidates.

GOALS:
Elect Democratic Candidates for Senate;  Voting rights; climate change; sensible gun laws; health care; and job opportunities that provide a living wage. 

ACTIONS INCLUDE:
Volunteers write postcards with a group or as individuals at home to voters.  In 2020 over 50 volunteers wrote 9800 postcards to voters in four states. These postcards make a difference especially in today’s races which have such slim margins of victory. For example, in 2016, we supported Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, who won by a margin of 1,017 votes.  (Not only was Senator Hassan an outstanding candidate, but also she grew up in Lincoln.)

Would you like to do some post carding with the Lincoln Grandmothers for a Brighter Future?

Please join us and make a difference! Complete this form. Someone will get back to you with info.

Rural Democracy Initiative’s Rural Victory Fund

RDI is a funding collaborative that supports permanent progressive organizing and communications infrastructure in rural areas, small towns, and small cities across the country.

GOALS:
The Rural Victory Fund is their 501c4 advocacy and action fund that is specifically supporting the work of 12 groups working in the 2022 Senate battleground states of GA, NC, PA, AZ and WI. These groups promote progressive policies and candidates, fight for fair elections, and develop creative communication strategies to spread a local, progressive message to counter the socially divisive narrative coming from right-wing social media, talk radio, and cable news. Supported by Force Multiplier.

ACTIONS INCLUDE:
Check or donate through Act Blue. Make check payable to the “Sixteen Thirty Fund” (the Rural Victory Fund fiscal sponsor)

Please note the “Rural Victory Fund” in the memo line or an accompanying note.
Sixteen Thirty Fund, PO Box 38066 , Baltimore, MD 21297-8066

The Center for Common Ground

The Center for Common Ground is a non-partisan voting rights organization led by people of color. Its mission is to empower under-represented voters to fully participate in democracy. Reclaim Our Vote is a campaign of the Center for Common Ground.

GOALS:
It partners with local on-the-ground organizations in the target states of Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. ROV provides voter education for monitoring voter registration status, finding voting locations, and contacts for local boards of elections or registrars. It builds technology tools to help empower local communities and organizing networks long after elections are over.

ACTIONS INCLUDE:
Donate here: Center for Common Ground 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline, MA 02446 or on line with the Center for Common Ground and Action Network

Swing Left

A nationwide organization that connects you with the most effective actions you can take to help Democrats defeat Trump and the GOP in 2020.

GOALS
Win all the Houses in 2020, including the White House, the Senate, and the State Houses key to rolling back Republican gerrymandering by engaging voters and fundraising for campaigns in the Super States, where the key fights of 2020 will be won or lost.

ACTIONS INCLUDE
Hosting activist house parties (training included)
Postcarding
Text banking
Phone banking
Canvassing
Voter registration
Fundraising for candidates
Connecting volunteers with action opportunities

Fair Fight Action

Fair Fight Action promotes fair elections around the country, encourages voter participation in elections, and educate voters about elections and their voting rights. The organization brings awareness to the public on election reform, advocates for election reform at all levels, and engages in other voter education programs and communications.

GOALS:
Voter suppression, particularly of voters of color and young voters, is a scourge our country faces in states across the nation. Georgia’s 2018 elections shone a bright light on the issue with elections that were rife with mismanagement, irregularities, unbelievably long lines and more, exposing both recent and also decades-long actions and inactions by the state to thwart the right to vote. Georgians and Americans are fighting back, and Fair Fight Action was founded to organize collective efforts to expose, mitigate, and reverse voter suppression.

ACTIONS INCLUDE:
Donate online through Act Blue or by check here: Fair Fight; 270 Caroline Street Suite D120-311; Atlanta, GA 30307

350 MA

A Massachusetts-based, member-led network that coordinates grassroots campaigns to achieve climate victories at the state, national, and international levels. It draws its inspiration from 350.org and receives coordination, skill-building, communication, financial, fundraising and operational support by the staff and board of Better Future Project.

Lincoln METCO Coordinating Committee

A Lincoln-based all-volunteer organization that supports the METCO Program at the Lincoln Public Schools. We plan and fund a variety of extra-curricular interactions between Boston and Lincoln students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

First Parish Lincoln Green

FPL Green is a coming together of First Parish members deeply concerned about the climate crisis and dedicated to doing something about it. FPL Green has about 20 members and meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm in the Stearns Room.

GOALS:
Address three general areas where we believe the FPL congregation can have an impact–Green Church, Green Lives and Green World.

ACTIONS INCLUDE:
Hosting speakers events
Hosting workshops focused on a variety of issues, such as environmental justice, transportation, and zero waste
Public education
Advocacy

First Parish Lincoln Racial Justice Advocates

For centuries, the legacy and enduring reality of racism has wrought devastation on communities of color. It is the responsibility of faith communities to speak to these issues with specificity and promote action that will bring about a more equitable society.

GOALS:
With this in mind, FPL’s Racial Justice Advocates have three key objectives:  LEARN: RJA facilitates educational and challenging conversations about racism and its impacts and provides resources for individual and communal learning. GIVE: RJA partners with organizations that are doing antiracist work to provide concrete support for these efforts. ACT

ACTIONS INCLUDE:
RJA organizes direct actions (both individual and collective) that promote justice and the dismantling of racist policies in our society.

Mothers Out Front Lincoln

We are an ambitious group of mothers, grandmothers and caregivers ready to take on the important environmental challenges we face locally and globally.

GOALS:
Raise awareness of natural gas leaks and their impacts on health, safety and climate.
Encourage all Lincoln residents to purchase their electricity from renewable sources.
Persuade local businesses, sports teams and schools to choose environmentally sound choices for food and drink.
Promote a town-wide initiative for composting in Lincoln.