DONATE: Hurricane Relief via SBP
Hurricane season— including the deadly Hurricane Helene— has already devastated thousands of Americans, and likely will continue to do so in the coming weeks. This month, use your power by donating to SBP, a national social impact organization dedicated to helping communities shrink the time between disasters and recovery by rebuilding homes, increasing preparedness and resilience, and improving systems to better serve the needs of all Americans, everywhere. SBP has a 4 Star, 100% rating on Charity Navigator.
ABOUT SBP
SBP started in the months after Hurricane Katrina. Liz McCartney, a teacher, and Zack Rosenburg, a lawyer, left their homes in Washington, D.C. to volunteer in support of the recovery effort in New Orleans. In March 2006, they co-founded SBP in the St. Bernard Parish southeast of New Orleans, where Katrina left 68,000 people homeless and at their breaking point. Some neighborhoods in New Orleans did not suffer major flooding, but St. Bernard Parish was almost completely submerged.
Since those early years, hundreds of thousands of generous volunteers, AmeriCorps members, investors, donors, and tireless employees have helped SBP become a national leader in disaster resilience and recovery. Utilizing the Toyota Production System and trained AmeriCorps members, SBP has rebuilt homes for more than 6,300 families with the help of 150,000 volunteers in 14 communities across the U.S. and the Bahamas since 2006.
Source: SBP
VOLUNTEER: Vote!!! 🗳🇺🇸
USE YOUR POWER!
This month, make your plan to VOTE on Tuesday, November 5, 2024!
MAKE YOUR VOTING PLAN
CLICK HERE to find your state’s election website; there you can find more information on voting either by mail or in person.
ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO VOTE WITH YOU
Reach out to your friends and family and encourage them to vote!
- Do your friends and family have questions about how to vote? Offer to help ensure they know where to go and what to do. CLICK HERE for a Voting 101 Guide from When We All Vote.
- Do your friends and family need transportation to get to the polling station? Offer to travel with them, either by carpool or public transit. The NAACP and Lyft have partnered to offer discounted Lyft rides to the polls on Election Day across the country. Check Lyft for more information.
- Do your friends and family need help deciding who to vote for? You can give them the below resources to be an informed voter:
BE AN INFORMED VOTER
Here are resources for you to learn about the candidates before choosing whom to vote for:
- Vote 411: Based on your location, get information on your candidates and the positions for which they are running: https://www.vote411.org/ballot
- I Side With: Take this quiz about your stances on political issues and see which candidates best match your opinions: https://www.isidewith.com/
- Ballotpedia: Look up politicians to learn more about them and their history/stances: https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page
- On The Issues: Look up politicians to learn more about them and their history/stances: https://ontheissues.org/default.htm
WE HAVE POWER’S PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT
Your vote is your own. You should vote for whoever you think best represents your political beliefs.
That said, We Have Power endorses Kamala Harris for President. We believe that Kamala Harris’s platform best aligns with our focus on fighting for civil rights and combating climate change.
We Have Power 
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