>> Hello everybody.
Welcome to the registered and 
ready virtual rally.
My name is Stephanie Young and I
am the chief officer for 
communications
culture and media partnerships 
when we all vote. We are so 
happy you are spending your 
evening with as per your work is
so critical because right now we
are seeing voter suppression 
attacking our democracy in so 
many different ways we have 
never seen before. There is 
still
a big registration gap due to 
COVID-19 and the fact that we 
cannot go door-to-door. Voters 
are facing a multitude of 
misinformation, lies, mischief, 
disinformation about all of the 
ways in which they can actually 
vote this November.
Safe and secure elections are 
being threatened by poll worker 
shortages, Postal Service delays
and lack of funding
are additional suppression 
tactics but we want you to be a 
part of everything that we are 
doing to engage with eligible 
voters in your community. We 
need you to help us help people 
make a voting plan. Make their 
plan right now to vote early, in
person or by mail.
We also must remain focused. I 
know there are so many things 
that are hitting us
in a multitude of different 
directions but we cannot stop in
our mission to register of 
voters and get them ready to go 
and make their voices heard in 
this election. Not to scare you 
but I think this is a really 
good wake up call. We are just 
10 weeks away from election day.
Can you believe that? That is 
why it is so important more than
ever that every voter is ready. 
Is what I need you to do to get 
started right now. Please look 
at the link below, take a 
minute. Do you see it? That we 
can make sure you put this link 
in your social media exit to 
three friends I get your loved 
ones to check their registration
and make their voting plan. Take
a moment to do that right now. 
Talk to even more people about 
joining our effort. I am so glad
that I am joined here by my 
colleague Teresa. 
>> Hello my name is Teresa. I am
the Deputy Director of 
organizing training
. I am so excited the you all 
are here tonight whether you are
joining us for the first time or
you are a seasoned modem lot 
captain this call is for you 
because we all have a role to 
play to ensure our communities 
are ready to vote for election 
day.
We are going to talk to you 
tonight about how you can make a
huge difference this fall. By 
participating in our four weeks 
of action
by helping the polls in your 
communities and by reaching out 
to the folks you know to get 
them registered and ready to 
vote. Remember, you are the most
powerful person to ensure that 
your friends and family and 
neighbors have the information 
they need to make their voices 
heard this election season. But 
before we dive into that 
Stephanie I think it is time for
our special guest.
>> Yes it is time for our 
special guests but we are so 
excited. This is the moment we 
have all been waiting for. The 
person who created this 
organization and inspires us 
each and every day. Former first
lady and when we all vote 
cochair Michelle Obama. 
>> How are you guys doing?
Thank you so much. Thank you to 
everybody who is joining us 
today. I just want to take a 
moment to say thank you from the
bottom of my heart for 
everything you are doing to get 
your communities registered and 
ready to vote this year whether 
you are a seasoned voting squad 
captain or you are getting 
involved for the first time I am
so grateful that you all are 
leading this effort. We've got 
some serious all-stars on this 
call. Photos voting squad 
captains and leaders across the 
country. You
are all doing the most important
thing you can possibly do right 
now. You are safeguarding this 
democracy and making it easier 
for Americans to uphold our most
sacred responsibility as 
citizens and that is voting. 
Lord knows there are a lot of 
folks out there who wish
, but there are so
wringing their hands that you 
have already registered folks to
vote for the very first time. 
There are folks who want nothing
more than for you and all your 
friends and neighbors to stay 
home this election because they 
want to be the ones making the 
decisions that affect your 
lives. I am here today to say 
keep your foot on that gas 
pedal. We have got to reach 
everyone, every mother who will 
want something for her children.
Every blue-collar worker who has
worked and sacrificed so that 
their kids might have a little 
more. We have got to reach every
student striving to make 
something more of their future. 
Every gram. Who has lived 
through some of the country's 
toughest moments
and desperately hopes to see us 
once again rise to meet this 
one.
You have got to reach out, 
you've got to connect with 
everyone no matter where they 
live, no matter what they look 
like. No matter how much money 
they make because I have said 
this time and time again the 
consequences of sitting out this
election could not be more 
serious. And as Stephanie has 
said
was so much confusion and miss 
information out there it's going
to be on us to set the record 
straight about registering, 
about requesting mail-in 
ballots, about returning those 
ballots in right away. So double
check, triple check
, recheck one more time that 
your friends, that your 
families, your coworkers anyone 
in your orbit
, your neighbors have a plan in 
place to vote early this year. 
Make sure they requested those 
absentee ballots, make sure they
know where and when they're 
going to vote early. Above all, 
right now make sure that 
everyone you know is registered 
in some states we have only got 
a little more time, just a 
little more time to get folks 
registered. That's why we are 
making a huge push around 
national voter registration day 
which is set
for a 22nd. That entire week we 
are going to be reaching out and
registering as many voters as we
can during our week of action. 
We cannot do this without your 
help. We need your heart, we 
need your time, we need your 
commitment to help us make sure 
that every American, get no 
matter where they live or what 
they look like can make their 
voice heard.
What you are texting voters 
across the country or signing up
to be a poll worker or directing
your neighbors to the one we all
vote resources hub you are doing
the truest
form of patriotism. I cannot 
thank you enough for every that 
you are doing. Before I sign off
I just want to remind you what I
said in the convention speech. 
Because
the victory and losses in 
elections are so small. In the 
last election and what of the 
swing states it was two votes
per precinct. I want y'all to 
sit with that truth because that
was not just in this election. 
Turnout can be so spotty, that's
the way all elections throughout
the country at all levels are 
decided. By hand most the 
people. Handfuls of people. Many
of whom are folks who have said 
what we are hearing now what 
does that matter if I vote.
It is too hard. It does not 
count. I don't believe in this 
stuff anyway. Those are the 
folks that make the difference 
in where we are today.
So as you guys gear up to do 
that work remember small chunks 
matter. Do not get overwhelmed 
by feeling that if I can't 
register 1000 voters that I am 
doing nothing. Truly, if you 
find five people, six people
and not just help them make a 
plan but make it your 
responsibility to actually get 
them to execute that vote you 
are doing more work than you can
ever imagine.
I am just urging all of you to 
keep it up, do not get 
overwhelmed, every person you 
register, every single person 
you register particularly if you
are in a swing state you will 
make or break this election. So,
take that to heart. Do not feel 
overwhelmed by it. I want you to
feel empowered by the fact
that a little work can go a long
way. With that in mind, I want 
to thank you all again. I want 
to tell you how proud I am of 
you for being on this call and 
being with us every step of the 
way. All I can say now is let's 
get to work. I cannot wait to 
talk to you on the other side of
all of this. Love you all. Take 
care. 
>> Thank you Mrs. Obama.
Thank you so much for joining 
us. We really do appreciate 
that. We hope you are inspired 
in this moment to do even more 
than you are doing. Now we are 
having another special guest. 
Her name is Gabrielle Forbes. 
She is part of the
my school votes program. Gabby 
is a senior at Michael Kroft 
senior high school and she has 
been an essential part of our 
Florida my school votes program.
In addition to her work with us 
Gabby cofounded a project called
letters to the system to amplify
the voices of you
who experienced systematic 
racism. That is pretty huge. I 
don't think I did that in high 
school so go Gabby. Gabby will 
also graduate in 2021 and take a
gap year in Tanzania
where she plans to start a youth
theater program and stem 
afterschool program for 
students. Gabby you are awesome.
We are so psyched to have you 
been taken away Gabby. 
>> Hi everybody. My name is 
Gabby. Thank you Stephanie. 
Guys, I started in April
and jutting my school votes has 
been the most life-changing 
experience for me. I met the 
most wonderful people and this 
is my first campaign ever. I 
will be on his bed I am so happy
to be with when we all vote but 
before we get into anything I 
just want to give that you just 
shout out to every my school 
votes who work a day in and day 
out to get people registered.
If we did not all work together 
we would not be as far as we are
today. Thank you guys. But that 
being said and everybody when we
all vote I always like to say 
everyone
comes for different reasons but 
with the same goal but I want to
take this time to share with you
guys why I do this with my full 
passion and why it means so much
to me to do what I'm doing right
now. I started in April like I 
said.
My friend called me and she is 
like a my school has a team. 
Like this is a thing. I joined 
the welcome call and I was 
completely blown away. I was 
like, okay this is cool. ,you 
know, corn teacher started and I
was like this is something I can
do. I was doing it, I was having
fun, I was learning. I took a 
major turn so
I want to take it to May fifth, 
Monday night. It was 3:00 in the
morning. I was on Instagram
looking at meme said all that 
other good stuff and when I 
refreshed my page and it made 
the became
bloodshed, lust and despair. For
those who don't know
May fifth was the day George 
Ford was murdered and his death 
took over all social media 
platforms. I remember scrolling 
through Instagram and see 
protesters get teargas thrown in
their eyes and having to pour 
milk in it to calm their pain 
down. The actual video itself of
George Floyd
losing his life but I remember 
hearing him repeatedly saying I 
can't breathe, I can't breathe. 
I remember
it so vividly that I felt like 
my life was in danger. My body 
was shaking all over and my 
heart was palpitating and I 
could not breathe. I literally 
felt my chest closing and 
watching that. I told myself 
Gabby it is like okay. You 
couldn't tell my body that.
That was the most terrifying 
experience I have ever gone 
through. When I was finally able
to calm down the next morning I 
looked it up. What was that? I 
had my first panic attack and I 
was I would not wish that on my 
worst enemy. That was 
terrifying. I remember feeling 
angry, upset, hopeless, sad
and when I see videos like that 
and people
dying innocently I think about 
my brother. I have a twin 
brother, he was is four minutes 
older than me and he -- I don't 
know what I would do if he was 
to come home
, if I was to come home by 
myself and he not there. That is
the reality for a lot of people 
who have lost their family 
members to police brutality. I 
remember being so lost and I was
thinking, Gabby you don't have 
to stay that way because what 
you do right now can make a 
difference. It can change. I 
realized you are
part of when we all felt so 
every day when I come into the 
cause and the other young 
wonderful people my age I think 
about why I do it. I want to do 
it because I want to encourage 
people to vote, I want to 
encourage people to vote for the
change they want to see. I can 
participate
. That does not stop me from 
encouraging and empowering my 
peers to know that your voice 
matters. I'm going through
every day so driven and so 
positive because I know there is
change that needs to happen then
there is things that needs to 
get done. Guys, we can do it. We
can do it. My school started 
from scratch with a small cause
. As high school students in the
middle of a pandemic trying to 
build a virtual program from the
ground up on zoom but like that 
is a lot. Despite all of that 
organizing is a labor of love. 
You have to want to do it 
because it is the right thing to
do.
We have built an empire of over 
1000 students and 1000 teachers 
across 400 schools
to lay the foundation of what is
to come next. This month this is
the time to get our students in 
our classmates registered and 
voting. If you have been 
involved with us it is gametime.
Walk you to the registration 
link to get us registered. If 
you are new welcome. Guys, 
you're going to be in for a good
ride. Time is of the essence. I 
think you guys are probably 
thinking what can I do. Do not 
worry. We got you. Pastors have 
a welcome call at 7:00 p.m. 
every Wednesday. You will get 
everything that you need.
To join TextEdit 256005
and there you look at the 
rundown of everything. I hope I 
can see you there
. We cannot wait until we are 
older to have changed. This 
situation has been the most 
proactive
in recorded history. We can get 
this done. You don't have to 
wait until you are an adult to 
get this. Not only that to all 
adults watching your support is 
the most important thing. You 
have young people that look up 
to you. You got this.
Guys know that you are not 
alone. If you feel that you are 
you are not. This is a team 
across the entire country and I 
have been fortunate to meet so 
many wonderful people that I 
would have never met and 
honestly, this is place to be. 
If you are looking for program 
that values your opinion and 
know that your potential is
-- thank you for joining us call
because you found it. No matter 
with you are a student, an 
adult, no matter who you are, 
what you have gone through, what
you have experienced or how you 
even got to this call you are 
here because you know those who 
did not fight to protect their 
rights risk losing it. With that
being said, guys, I have -- 
>>
Gabby, thank you so much for 
your wisdom, your inspiration 
and your wise words. Your voice,
you are right your voice 
matters. Your voice should 
matter to every single elected 
official in this country.
So, that is why everyone we have
got to turn out. We have got to 
vote. When we all vote we take 
our power back. You heard Mrs. 
Obama, we cannot do this without
you. That is why we all have a 
role to play in the next 10 
weeks.
So, we're going to talk to you 
tonight about our strategy this 
fall. How you can be involved 
and be part of this fight with 
us. Tommy talk about that I am 
joined by my friends and my 
partner
in facilitation Miss Emma Welch 
Huggins. Emma say hello to 
everyone and tell us what we are
doing tonight. 
>> Thanks so much. My name is ML
Walsh Huggins. I use sheep for a
pronoun and I am the deputy 
organizer
for when we all ballpit I'm so 
excited to talk about everything
you can do to make a difference 
as we approach election day. 
There are three ways you can 
take action with us to make a 
big difference this election 
season and we will talk about 
all of them in the next few 
minutes. First by participating 
in one of our four weeks of 
action, second by helping to 
staff the polls in your 
communities and third by 
reaching out to the folks that 
you know to help get them 
registered and ready to go. 
Let's dive in. Let's talk about 
how you can take action with us 
this fall including on election 
day. This fall we are holding 
three major weeks of action 
where we will all work together 
to help reach our goals. First 
up is our set
timber voter registration week 
of action from September 20th to
27th. Coinciding with voter 
registration day on September 
22nd. The goal of this week is 
to host or participate in and 
safe events in your community to
reach out and register as many 
voters as possible before voter 
registration deadline. Next up 
is our October make a plan week 
of action. October 4th to 11th. 
During this week
when we all vote will be working
to reach voters and encourage 
them to make their plan to vote 
early in person or by mail.
October 18th through 25th is our
early vote week of action. 
Coinciding with early day the 
goal this week is to encourage 
as many of our friends and 
family to vote early by 
organizing vote together 
celebrations.
A community driven celebratory 
activity. We hope you will 
participate in all of the 
support weeks of action. The 
first step is to sign up to host
your own voter registration 
event or to sign up to 
participate in a voter 
registration event
near you during our September 
week of action. By committing to
host or participate in voter 
registration events or early 
vote events you can help ensure 
your friends, your family and 
your community are registered to
vote. You can get started today 
by heading to we all.vote/ball 
resources to learn how you can 
mobilize your community
through these weeks of action. 
It does not stop with these 
weeks of action. Will be 
organizing all the way through 
fall and even into election day.
Back to Areesa to hear more 
about our exciting 
opportunities. 
>> Thank you, Emma Pitt as part 
of our  efforts to ensure safe 
and fair election for all voters
we have launched an effort to 
recruit thousands of committed 
citizens like you to serve as 
poll workers in your 
communities. This year due to 
the coveted 19 pandemic we are 
facing an unprecedented shortage
of poll workers. That can lead 
to polling place closures and 
long lines at polling locations.
All of that could create unfair 
and unsafe barriers to voters 
across the country. Particularly
in communities of color.
So it will take all of us, 
ordinary citizens to make sure 
that everybody's vote is 
counted. We need you to commit 
to being a poll worker in your 
community on election day. So 
sign up to be a poll worker 
tonight at we all.vote/fold 
resources. We
have to make sure our loved ones
and the people we know are ready
to foe and we have to check once
twice and three times. Research 
shows that reaching out to 
people in our networks is the 
most effective way to take egg 
action. You are a trusted 
messenger. So in the spirit of 
making sure everyone in our 
networks is registered to vote 
we are excited to announce that 
registered
10 challenge where you could win
a chance to virtually hang out 
with Mrs. Michelle Obama. We can
make that happen yes for real. 
This is how it works. One 
pledged to register 10 of your 
friends families or neighbors to
vote this fall.
When you signed that pledge you 
will receive an email with a 
unique voter registration link.
Then you will send messages with
that unique link to as many 
people as you can. And encourage
them to make sure that there 
voter registration is up to 
date. We created a sample text 
message that you can use but 
texting is only one way to reach
out to your networks. So 
Facebook message them,
call them, meet them where they 
are. Just remember that as you 
are completing this challenge
so that you can track how many 
people you are able to register.
By pledging to register 10 
people just by pledging you will
be entered into a raffle where 
20 lucky winners will be 
selected to virtually hang out 
with Michelle Obama on Tuesday, 
September 22nd. So, make that 
pledge tonight. Do it tonight at
we all.vote/
ball resources. 
>> Thanks Areesa. 
As you are thinking about who to
reach out to remember everyone. 
Leave no stone unturned. Think 
about folks that you know who 
might be newly eligible voters 
like college students and 
friends and family that have had
big life changes like a move or 
a name change. These folks might
need to update their voter 
registration. Then, think about 
anyone you know who needs to 
learn about whether they can 
vote by mail this fall and how. 
Make a list of all of these 
people. Once you have the list 
and you have checked it twice 
what to these conversations look
like
and you won't want to reach out 
via tech, social media, email 
and phone, however you would 
usually talk to this person. It 
is important to know the most 
effective way to have these 
conversations with your friends 
and family is to use multiple 
ways of reaching out. We have 
heard from a lot of folks who 
shared when it comes to reaching
out to their networks they are 
not sure where to start.
Here is one really important 
mindset to consider. Never 
assume that everyone you know is
registered to vote or if they 
have made a plan to vote. For 
example in 2018 if you asked 
your neighbor or nephew if they 
were registered to vote and they
told you that they were. But 
when they showed up
to vote on election day they 
found out they had been removed 
from the folder posted this 
actually happen in Georgia
. When many voters went to vote 
and found out they had been 
purged unknowingly from the 
voter rolls. It is always better
to encourage everyone that you 
know to confirm and track their 
registration especially for 
those that may have moved or 
changed their name. That is why 
we are encouraging you to reach 
out to your personal 
connections, your book club, 
family, sorority, place of 
worship and your social media 
networks. Everyone in your 
community needs to hear from you
about why it is important to 
check your voter registration 
status, get registered and make 
a plant developing this friend 
to friend family to family 
community member to community 
member outreach is critical. 
Because it works. It works 
because trust goes
a long way when it comes to 
having these conversations and 
motivating us to act.
Being a trusted messenger of 
information on how to get ready 
to vote is key. To reaching 
people who are feeling 
overwhelmed, frustrated or 
disengage from the process. Your
relationship helps you cut 
through the noise around this 
election and have a real 
conversation.
This is especially important 
with all of the misinformation 
that Stephanie talked about that
is out there and that is 
designed to confuse people and 
we need that trust now more than
ever. It is our personal 
relationships with the people 
that we know that often motivate
us to act. Your personal 
relationships will also help you
reach people
based on your shared values and 
your shared passions. For 
example, if your sister has an 
active in the
-- to protect black lives you my
motivate her by sharing with her
racial disparities around brace.
Read a book about education you 
my
approach to a conversation with 
them by talking about what 
elected positions are on the 
ballot this year including your 
local school board. Lastly, 
asking effective questions is a 
good way to engage people and 
get them to think critically 
about helping them make a plan 
to vote. Consider asking the 
following questions in your 
conversations.
When was the last time you 
updated your voter registration?
Have you moved recently? Is your
registration reflective of your 
most current address? Have you 
considered the different options
devote early? Will you vote 
early by mail or by person? 
These questions will help break 
through any concerns you might 
get when talking to your 
community about voting. Next up 
we're going to talk about some 
of the resources that we have 
available to help you have these
important conversations. All 
right, folks. Whether you have 
been volunteering with us for a 
long time or this is your first 
time joining us we have all the 
resources you need to make a big
impact this election season. The
resources to get involved with 
our weeks of action, to have 
those conversations with your 
network and you can check out 
our volunteer researchers page 
at we all doubtful/vole 
resources. Second don't
hesitate to erect voters to call
866 hour vote with specific 
state based and voter protection
questions. Lastly utilize our
voter resources hub at we all 
doubtful/hub. Our hub is a 
fantastic one stop shop
where you can check your 
registration, make a plan to 
vote early in person request a 
ballot to vote by mail and 
researcher ballot. Lease use 
this tool in your important work
to register
people in your communities. If 
you have questions about 
anything we have covered tonight
you know us at volunteers at 
when we all vote.work for 
one-on-one
help where team is on deck to 
provide support as you hold 
events and register voters in 
your communities. Another tool 
that we have for you as our 
phone number. You can text the 
word squad that is asked Q you a
D to 31062 28683 to receive 
messages and imported at dates 
from that when we all vote team.
Again that is
squad to 3106228683
we are asking you to do these 
things tonight. One sign up to 
join our weeks of action and 
make a big impact this election 
season. Remember it will take 
all of us ordinary citizens to 
make sure that everyone's vote 
is counted. Join us in our weeks
of action of Moto lies voters 
before election day. Two, join 
our
register 10 challenge to win a 
chance to virtually hang out 
with Michelle Obama. Remember 
you are the most powerful person
to make sure that your friends 
and family are registered and 
ready to vote.
To mobilize your communities. 
Third, sign up to be a poll 
worker. Let's do everything in 
our power to ensure that every 
voter can make their voice heard
on election day
and that starts by serving our 
communities. Remember, you can 
do all of these things at we all
doubtful/vole resources. If you 
want help we can make sure that 
everyone is able to make their 
voice heard this election 
season.
The fourth thing you can do 
tonight to make a huge 
difference from home is sign up 
to vote on when we all vote
texting team. In the midst of a 
pandemic a days before votes are
cast texting is one of the most 
effective ways to reach voters 
where they are. If you are 
wondering what you can do to 
make a difference this election 
season sign up to join our 
texting team at 
weall.vote/volresources. With 
that it is time to get to work 
>> Thank you for being here 
tonight. You heard Mrs. Obama, 
it is on all of us to do the 
work to get our communities 
registered and ready to vote. 
With your help we will move 
toward registering hundreds of 
thousands of voters this 
election season. We will change 
our communities and we will be 
the change that we want to see 
in our country. Thank you for 
joining us tonight. Thank you 
for fighting and organizing and 
being the best organizers I 
know. It is our turn to make 
history and together I know we 
will. Let's get to work. 
>> Thank you everyone.
