HIVE/MAD are hosting a special fundraising lunch for Elizabeth Anderson who is running for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District on Wednesday, October 9th from 12:00-1:00 p.m.at Surin West (1918 11th Ave S, 35205). Come and meet Elizabeth and learn why we need someone like her to fight for us — for affordable healthcare, reproductive freedom, and economic justice for all — in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District. Bring a friend!

Tickets for this HIVE/MAD special event are $50 each and include lunch and a donation to the campaign. Seating is limited. 

Please RSVP & Venmo to @Kristin-Rezek-1. Or, pay with check/cash the day of the event by reserving a ticket by October 8th. Please email hivealabama@gmail.com to make your reservation.

This may be the most important conversation we have before the election. Mark your calendar for Tuesday, September 17th at 12 p.m. for the Zoom: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ON THE BALLOT. We offer an amazing lineup of Alabama speakers – healthcare professionals, legal advocates, politicians and activists. They will address current reproductive health issues, plus what is planned in the right-wing blueprint for presidential transition, “Project 2025.” 

Note: This Noon Zoom will run until 1:15 or 1:30 p.m. Space may be limited! 

Please register here in advance for the Zoom.

We suspect that like us, you are concerned about the future of our country given the choices presented to us in the 2024 election.

With so much at stake, we want any political donations we make to help to elect people who share our values. Perhaps you feel the same way.

Are you unsure how to support vital elections in swing states? We were, but not anymore thanks to Flip the Vote!

With several friends, we are hosting two opportunities for you to join us, either virtually on Sunday, September 15th at 2 p.m., or in person on Thursday, September 19th at 5:30 p.m. at Hi Wire Brewing. We would LOVE to see you.

This is an event for everyone – NOT just for big dollar donors. Just come and join like minded people, and if you’re inspired to financially support the work of Flip the Vote, all the better.

What is Flip the Vote?

Flip the Vote is a grassroots organization founded in 2018 by a group of concerned S.F. Bay Area folks who wanted to identify the best place to invest our limited financial resources in the states where it matters most.

Flip the Vote does meticulous research to identify the smartest way for Democrats (and unaffiliated progressives as well as disaffected Republicans) to channel our political resources by:

• Investing early in effective grassroots voter-engagement groups in the most critical, must-win states
• Identifying grassroots groups, mainly led and staffed by people of color, that work year-round inspiring voters who can make a difference up and down the ballot 
• Focusing on geographic areas and strategic partners where early investment will make an outsized impact in critical 2023 and 2024 elections

Read more about the rationale behind their strategy here. Details about the impact Flip the Vote had on the 2022 election can be found here. It’s impressive!

JOIN US!

• Sunday, September 15th at 2:00 p.m. Central time on Zoom (you’ll receive a link after you RSVP here)

OR

• Thursday, September 19th at 5:30 p.m. at Hi Wire Brewing (please RSVP here)

There’s no expected donation, but we are confident after hearing their plans for the election cycle you might be interested in contributing! If you’d like to invite a friend, please forward this email to them.  Even if you are unsure whether you can attend, RSVP anyway to be sure you’ll have the link.

We hope you’ll join us in supporting Flip the Vote’s grassroots voter engagement organizations.

If you are unable to attend, please consider donating alongside the rest of us to Flip the Vote’s important work by clicking HERE.

With excitement for our collective impact,
Megan and Kristin

Our Noon Zoom Panel, VOTING & TRUST IN 2024, is set for Tuesday, August 27, from noon to 1:15 p.m. Don’t miss this awesome panel:

• James Naftel, Probate Judge, Jefferson County, election oversight
• Jackie Anderson Smith, Circuit Clerk, Jefferson County, absentee voting
• Scottie Y. McClaney, President, League of Women Voters of Greater Birmingham
• Dorthea Crosby, President, Metro Birmingham NAACP, voting rights
• Nicole Watkins, Senior Voting Rights Advocate & Outreach Coordinator, AL Disabilities Advocacy Program at UA, improving accessibility of elections
• Dori Miles, Greater Birmingham Ministries, voting rights restoration

Please register here for this Zoom.

Join us for our monthly postcarding on Wednesday, August 14th from 5:30-7:00 p.m. (please note slight time shift) at Hi Wire Brewing (2901 4th Ave S, BHM). We will continue our campaign to help the League of Women Voters and the NAACP send postcards to voters in the newly redistricted Alabama CD2. Postcard packets will be available afterwards to do at home. Thank you for your amazing advocacy!

Join us for monthly postcarding this Wednesday, July 17th from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Hi Wire Brewing (2901 4th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233) as we fill out get out the vote postcards to voters in Alabama’s Congressional 2nd District. We’d love to see you!

Finally, a Choice for Voters in the 6^th District!!!
Did you know that you have a choice for Congress in Alabama’s 6^th District on November 5th? For the FIRST time in six years, an Alabama Democrat is challenging five-term Congressman Gary Palmer. The challenger is a dynamic, progressive newcomer named Elizabeth Anderson!

HIVE/MAD, in collaboration with our friends the North Jeffco Dems, will host Elizabeth Anderson, who is running for Alabama’s 6^th District House seat, AND other Jefferson County Democratic candidates next Tuesday,July 9th from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. for an in-person candidate Meet & Greet in the Large Auditorium at the Homewood Public Library at 1721 Oxmoor Rd, Birmingham, AL 35209. Other Democratic nominees – from judges and circuit clerks to school board members and constables – have been invited to introduce themselves from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Elizabeth will speak at 6:30 p.m., followed by questions and answers and a social time.

We’re joining forces with friends in Forest Park and Tuscaloosa to send postcards to voters leading up to the November election. This month, we’re writing 100 postcards to voters on Northeast Arizona’s sovereign lands.

Join us on Wednesday, June 26th from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Hi Wire Brewing (2901 4th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233). Bring yourself and some postcard stamps if you have them.

Thank you democracy warriors!

It’s been a heck of a legislative session and our amazing and fearless advocates have been hard at work trying to protect Alabamians from harmful, and just plain ridiculous, bills and hot button issues. We’re ready to discuss the wins and losses.

Join HIVE/MAD? Make a Difference for a Legislative Review on Tuesday, May 21st at 12 p.m. via Zoom to hear from:

• Marva Douglas with the Action Coalition for Transit in Alabama 
• Elaine Burdeshaw, Policy Associate and Elliot Spillers, Advocacy Director from Alabama Appleseed
• Jennifer Harris, Senior Health Policy Advocate and Carole Gundlach, Senior Policy Analyst from Alabama Arise
• Cindy Lowry, Executive Director of Alabama Rivers Alliance
• Kathy Jones, President of the League of Women Voters of Alabama
• Paula Wilson of Moms Demand Action
• And advocates from Read Freely Alabama

Please register for this Zoom here!