As the January 5th Georgia runoff election approaches, many people are looking for ways to get involved in making sure the senate seats are filled ethically and represent the greater public interest. Below is a list of resources through multiple platforms for you to work with– whether you’re comfortable talking to strangers on the phone or just want to educate yourself.

Educational resources (What’s happening in Georgia, where can I learn about it?):

• Why does the runoff happen? https://georgia.gov/vote-2020-runoff-elections
• Learn about students getting involved in the runoff and why they care about it: https://dbknews.com/2020/12/01/election-umd-students-phonebanking-georgia-runoff/
• NYTimes on why the runoff matters: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/georgia-senate-runoff-explainer.html
• Results predictions, infographics, and diagrams: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/senate/georgia-special/

Organizations to donate to:

• Fair Fight (in support of democratic challengers) https://secure.actblue.com/donate/georgiasenate
• Black Voters Matter (Black voter engagement and participation) https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/donate/
• Galeo (Latino voter engagement and participation) https://glcdf.ejoinme.org/Donations
• The New Georgia Project https://secure.actblue.com/donate/new-georgia-project-1
  • Amazon wishlist for all of its volunteers https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/29ZLEPJZ1G0DQ?ref_=wl_share&tag=elle_auto-append-20&ascsubtag=[artid|10051.a.34692385[src|[ch|[lt|

Phone/text bank:

• Phone bank in support of the two Democratic challengers on Saturdays and Sundays with Flip the West: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/362350/
• Phone bank with the California Democratic Party on Sundays and Mondays: https://events.democrats.org/event/362869/
• Phone bank directly with the Democratic Party of Georgia: https://www.georgiademocrat.org/events/
  • Relational Voter Outreach daily at 3pm PST
  • General phone banking in Georgia daily, multiple times available
• Phone bank any day with Together for 2020: https://togetherfor2020.org/calendar/phone-bank-for-georgia-runoff-race-for-u-s-senate/all/
• Phone bank with Swing Left: https://swingleft.org/event/register/mobilize:364626?source=%2Fevents%2Ft%2Fga-runoff&s=u
• Text bank with various organizations listed by the Democratic Volunteer Center: https://demvolctr.org/resources/textbanking/
• Text bank with the Chinese American Voter Alliance on weekends from 10am-1pm PST: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/365777/

Other ways of getting involved:

• Join LGBT+ Community for Warnock campaign for giving virtual signatures: https://www.georgiademocrat.org/events/
• Volunteer with either democratic challenger: Ossoff- https://www.mobilize.us/electjon/ and Warnock-https://warnockforgeorgia.com/take-action/
• Volunteer for the ACLU of Georgia https://secure.everyaction.com/mLFi1MSSC0i3ngkIgOvi_A2 (remote phone banking and poll-working opportunities available if you are in Georgia)
• If you are interested in learning about the republican challengers, see an article here:
  https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-12-09/republicans-amass-big-money-advantage-in-georgia-senate-races