Weekly Newsletter - August 10

This is important. We're all in this together.

Our signature gathering launch date is fast approaching! Save the date for the evening of Wednesday, September 10 - details about a launch event near you are coming soon. From game nights to coffeehouse meetups and rallies to town halls, YOU have been building momentum and spreading the word about our mission. Together, we're making it happen! Do you plan on gathering signatures and/or serving our campaign as a notary? Be sure to attend our Protect MO Monday calls each week at 6:00pm for campaign updates and important info about upcoming launch events, trainings, and organizing efforts. Sign up for reminders here. Call to Action Whether you're new to the campaign or you've been around but are looking for something to do to stay involved, attend an Orientation Call (even if you’ve already been to one) to ask questions and find a role or project that's right for you. Register for a call here. MONDAY: Field Dept. Call August 11 at 6:00pm Virtual Meeting on Zoom All volunteers welcome for campaign updates and gathering planning Zoom Link SATURDAY: KC Coffee Meetup August 16 at 10:00am Thou Mayest Coffee Shop 4525 Oak Street Kansas City, MO 64111 Use this link to register and share Kirksville Town Hall Monday, August 25 at 5:30pm Truman State University Student Union Building 2nd Floor: Georgian Room A 901 S. Franklin Street Kirksville, MO 63501 Use this link to register and share PLAN AN EVENT NEAR YOU Volunteer Opportunities Notary: We'll need lots of notaries across the state so we can file our petitions. Let us know if you're a notary here. If you'd like to become a notary to help the signature gathering campaign, check out this helpful guide to walk you through the process. Regional Field Captains: Organize a team of petition circulators. Make sure they have necessary supplies and help coordinate turning in their signed petitions. Good Vibes Co-Chair:  Champion our awesome volunteer power by helping the Good Vibes Chair represent the dept. on leadership calls, assist with running meetings, use Mighty Networks to grow engagement, and find roles for new dept. volunteers. Good Vibes - Signature Gathering Recognition Planner: Help plan and implement a volunteer recognition program for all of the hard work our amazing signature gatherers will do over the next several months. If you're interested in any of these roles, email onboarding@respectvoters.org. In the News KCUR - NPR in Kansas City Missouri Lawmakers vs. Missouri Voters - Brian Ellison, Byron J. Love Go to News Story STLPR - Politically Speaking Missouri GOP could face ballot box blowback for going after voter-approved initiatives - Jason Rosenbaum Listen Here Sedalia Democrat (Paywall)  The People's Vote Should Matter - Letter to the Editor Read the Letter How to Submit a Letter to the Editor Sign up for text or email reminders for the department calls you’re interested in. 🎉   Volunteer Spotlight    🎉 Amy Pepper is a mother and lifelong advocate for the under represented and the environment. She supports her awesome outreach team in the KC metro by planning fundraising events, tabling events, and speaking engagements. She spoke at a town hall meeting for a senate candidate and he personally messaged Respect MO Voters to praise her advocacy and rapport with constituents.  Thank you, Amy!       Respect MO Voters is a cross-partisan, grassroots movement building a more ethical, effective government of, by, and for the people. Together, we will use the citizen ballot initiative process to repair our republic.   DONATE Paid for by Respect Missouri Voters PAC, Frederic Steinbach, Treasurer 725 Kingsland Ave., Suite 100, St. Louis, MO 63130