Hold the Line Welcome Call (with Freedom Trainers)

Join Hold the Line and Freedom Trainers for a 90 minute online election defense workshop to learn about the authoritarian election playbook, responses from the U.S. and around the globe that have worked, and strategies every day people can use to safeguard our democracy. The current power holders want to stay in power, so they are rewriting the rules: Courts have gutted key parts of the Voting Rights Act, weakening protections for Black voters. They are deploying more federal election observers than ever before. Federal agencies have raided and investigated nonpartisan voting organizations to make an example of them. And eligible voters keep hearing that they can’t vote — or that it won’t matter anyway. Existing election protection playbooks weren't built for all of these challenges. Meeting them will take planning, creativity, and most of all, each other. In this workshop you'll learn: 1. How the authoritarian election playbook works, and how to spot it early 2. What has worked against it, in the U.S. and around the world 3. Things you can do starting today, whatever your background, wherever you live, and however much experience you have If you haven't already, check out the Hold the Line Guide and freedomtrainers.net/election for resources you can use to stop election sabotage and protect our vote.