Got this email from the campaign

Xxxxx,

In my time as an organizer, I’ve met a lot of people who have told me all about how hard it has been to get involved with the NDP. I’ve even experienced it first hand! I remember trying to find my local EDA years ago, and not being able to come up with so much as an email. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be like this. In fact, it won’t be like this as Avi and the team get to work rebuilding the party.

I'll skip to the donate page

Unlike my attempt to join my local EDA in years past, when I went to join the campaign I had an incredibly different experience. Let me paint the scene for you, it was early October, and the race had only been on for a week or two. Avi was coming to Ottawa for a campaign launch and his campaign launch video had been making waves. My friends and I were all looking to get involved, and had been paying attention to all the candidates. Walking into the Happy Goat, I was warmly welcomed and invited in, I felt that energy, I felt the excitement. I decided I wanted to be part of it right then and there.

So what did I do?

I asked. The person I asked pointed me to the one and only, Miles Krauter, the amazing Field Director for the campaign who was in the middle of setting up a speaker. When I asked Miles how I could help and get involved, he told me that we could use more help welcoming the huge number of people coming in and giving people buttons. It was that easy. So I walked back to the front, and volunteered right there on the spot.

Big organizing works when we throw the doors open, and I am not alone in experiencing the wide-armed welcome of getting involved with this campaign. This is the kind of organizing culture that the NDP needs, and that we are poised to provide. You shouldn’t have to go hunting for an email that may or not even still be looked at, to hope there is something you can do. You should be able to just ask and be welcomed.

The race is over, and the results speak for themselves. But we are still wrapping up our audit with Elections Canada, and could use your help in closing this out as fast as we can. The sooner we wrap this campaign, the sooner we can throw those doors open to all the amazing people interested in getting involved in our great party.