Time: 2:30 - 5:30
Location: Event Spaces at Friends Meeting of Washington (2111 Decatur Pl NW, Washington, DC 20008)
Who should attend:
Anyone, no prior experience required (Invite your friends!)
Goal: Participants will have an introduction to the relationships between DSA and electoral organizing, and we will have a guest from Zohran’s campaign. We will go over the basics of door-to-door canvassing and then split up into groups to apply this training to organize a real canvass.
Training topics include:
Why DSA invests in electoral organizing
Hearing directly from a guest from Zohran’s campaign
Why canvassing is a core tactic for winning
Hands-on canvassing best practices, which includes building understanding of campaign structures and engagement pipeline to support long-term participation
Introduction to VAN/MiniVAN (time permitting, with space to practice)
Overview of Metro DC DSA endorsements, candidate context, and door goals, including how to use the campaign dashboard