{"id":51867,"date":"2026-09-01T11:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/?p=51867"},"modified":"2026-09-01T11:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:35:51","slug":"block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/su\/blog\/block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Captains, Wave Makers, Democracy Protectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"u-row-container\">\n<div class=\"u-row\">\n<div class=\"u-col u-col-100\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/unlayer_files\/1788215336458-TwitterSummer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"365.4\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hello Block Captains and Wave Makers!<\/p>\n<p>Block Captains, the Wave Makers are joining us for this contact to talk to voters who skip midterms. Wave Makers, Block Captains are neighborhood organizers who work year-around to boost civic engagement and build community.<\/p>\n<p>Read to the bottom to learn about the NEW Democracy Protectors Training!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>First, here is the information you need to make your contacts:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Training:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To watch the most recent training, <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/become-a-block-captain\/\">please check your email or sign up<\/a> and we will send that information to you.<\/p>\n<p>Check this link for upcoming training\/troubleshooting sessions: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/nebdems\/event\/995968\/?link_id=1&amp;can_id=b2e2451783813d841d6be9e4828e0c47&amp;source=email-block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;&amp;\">https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/nebdems\/event\/995968\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"u-row\">\n<div class=\"u-col u-col-100\">\n<p><strong>Assignment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact 25 Democratic voters who don\u2019t vote in Midterms. Block Captains, It\u2019s only 25 because this is a smaller universe than we usually work from and the voters are more spread out.\n<ul>\n<li>List Number: [Redacted] <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/become-a-block-captain\/\">(Check your email or sign up to get this info!)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Democratic Voters: Democrats, Left-leaning independents, and Reasonable Republicans<\/li>\n<li>Please Complete this contact by September 21, because training for the next contact is September 24th and Newspapers will be heading your direction for delivery starting at the same time as Early voting &#8211; October 5!<br \/>\n\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Make sure voters know about the midterm election and ask them if they need a Vote-by-mail application. If they need one, there is a survey question you can mark and the state party will send them one.\n<ul>\n<li>If you would like to stop by the Lincoln or Omaha offices, you can pick up a few paper forms but this is not necessary (We now have them in Spanish!)<\/li>\n<li>If you would like to leave a note for neighbors that you missed, you can include our VBM website where people can request a VBM form:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/vbm\/?link_id=2&amp;can_id=b2e2451783813d841d6be9e4828e0c47&amp;source=email-block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nebraskademocrats.org\/vbm\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>There are two printable pdf files in <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/become-a-block-captain\/\">this folder<\/a>\u00a0 (only available to registered members) if you want to leave a small flyer with your neighbors\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MkaURLYccKX1tqSNKwV62UAvzcRhhd2b\/view?usp=drive_link&amp;link_id=4&amp;can_id=b2e2451783813d841d6be9e4828e0c47&amp;source=email-block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;&amp;\">Your Block Captain was here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1idRzANyNno2uAJmPt1WihJbJqoPs6_WL\/view?usp=drive_link&amp;link_id=5&amp;can_id=b2e2451783813d841d6be9e4828e0c47&amp;source=email-block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;&amp;\">Wavemakers &#8211; Don&#8217;t Skip Midterms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Democracy Protectors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please sign up for a Democracy Protectors training! The next training is Wednesday, September 2nd at 7 pm Central. We are training over 10,000 Dems across the country to be constitutional observers outside polling locations and to be a helper for voters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/unlayer_files\/1788212869417-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"255.2\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 60.0967%;\">Here is the message from the ASDC:<\/p>\n<p>We need you. Donald Trump is threatening to send agents all over the country with the goal of intimidating voters. As Democratic State Parties, we will not let this go unchallenged.<\/p>\n<p>State Parties across the country and the DNC are training volunteers to serve as Democracy Protectors\u2014volunteers outside polling locations to help voters and to serve as a friendly face during what might be a stressful time in our elections.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for our second training on September 2nd. We are holding this exact training once a week with a goal of training at least 5,000 people across the country!<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026<\/p>\n<p>8:00pm Eastern\/7:00pm Central (training lasts one hour)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/NsNUuZ7WQSOesXJ_gATl2A?link_id=6&amp;can_id=b2e2451783813d841d6be9e4828e0c47&amp;source=email-block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;&amp;\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additional upcoming trainings are listed here:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 39.7823%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Training 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday, September 9, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">8:00pm Eastern\/5:00pm Pacific<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.zoom.us\/j\/94637509901?pwd=aQhevWwnjHHexpAXRJLeWXdb5CUXhf.1&amp;link_id=7&amp;can_id=b2e2451783813d841d6be9e4828e0c47&amp;source=email-block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/democrats.zoom.us\/j\/94637509901?pwd=aQhevWwnjHHexpAXRJLeWXdb5CUXhf.1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1788286986917000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2DgzsA7kCFMbQggF9uGOOd\">ZOOM LINK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Training 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday, September 16, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">10:00pm Eastern\/7:00pm Pacific<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.zoom.us\/j\/99429213380?pwd=7nbGbyCNtqCVYaLhCJGYpQqzMquaMr.1&amp;link_id=8&amp;can_id=b2e2451783813d841d6be9e4828e0c47&amp;source=email-block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/democrats.zoom.us\/j\/99429213380?pwd=7nbGbyCNtqCVYaLhCJGYpQqzMquaMr.1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1788286986917000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2-KwNcLLgOjuGsFlL-6pNU\">ZOOM LINK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Training 5:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday, September 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">8:00pm Eastern\/5:00pm Pacific<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.zoom.us\/j\/97496217185?pwd=lZajlWc244meJQh2U7zUDxzRbghzW4.1&amp;link_id=9&amp;can_id=b2e2451783813d841d6be9e4828e0c47&amp;source=email-block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/democrats.zoom.us\/j\/97496217185?pwd=lZajlWc244meJQh2U7zUDxzRbghzW4.1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1788286986917000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OfEKqBy5QAE73wyndwmhS\">ZOOM LINK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Training 6:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday, September 30, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">8:00pm Eastern\/5:00pm Pacific<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/9bfZQY7GSXqmD06kkcWkIw?link_id=10&amp;can_id=b2e2451783813d841d6be9e4828e0c47&amp;source=email-block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;email_referrer=&amp;email_subject=block-captains-wave-makers-democracy-protectors&amp;&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/democrats.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/9bfZQY7GSXqmD06kkcWkIw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1788286986917000&amp;usg=AOvVaw026KPOtkFPqWxgEsxyyOV5\">ZOOM LINK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I attended the first training this past week and it was VERY interesting!\u00a0They are happening every week!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Upcoming Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find Candidate and Party events at <a href=\"http:\/\/Mobilize.us\/nebdems\">Mobilize.us\/nebdems<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for the work you are doing!<br \/>\nGina Frank,<br \/>\nNDP Outreach Director<\/p>\n<div class=\"u-row-container\">\n<div class=\"u-row\">\n<div class=\"u-col u-col-100\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Block Captains and Wave Makers! Block Captains, the Wave Makers are joining us for this contact to talk to voters who skip midterms. Wave Makers, Block Captains are neighborhood organizers who work year-around to boost civic engagement and build community. Read to the bottom to learn about the NEW Democracy Protectors Training! 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