Pony Weeklies: Halloween + Election classes, LA voter guide recs!
Let's behold ourselves and break this evil spell
Hey Ponies!
How are you doing? Tomorrow is Halloween and in 6 days it’s Election Day 2024. Weird to finally be quickly closing in on a day that has been anticipated by so many people for so long. If you’re feeling anxious, u are not alone!!
Thursday 7PM class will be our very last October mixtape class! Half the class has been filled by dear Ponies Beth and Brooke and their friends as part of a special celebration, so book now to secure your spot!! Having class ON Halloween is very festive and fortuitous! Hurrah. Feel free to dress up! Yay for a safe, fun, and sober Halloween activity!!!
Pieter Space was booked this Saturday for our usual morning class, but we rented Pickle Factory at their available 2:30PM slot — we figured an afternoon class was better than no class! Make it a part of your election week self care plan to DANCE IT OUT!!! We will be debuting a new November mixtape!!! YAYYYY. (Don’t worry, we will be back at Pieter next Sat. at 10:15AM!)
This Monday aka Election Eve we have our monthly November Community Mixtape class in El Sereno!! Join us in-person OR via Zoom! 7PM PT!
AND we have class Wednesday, November 6th at 10:15AM in Frogtown, so no matter what happens on November 5th — or what is left to be revealed — we will have space to gather together and move our bodies!
ELECTION RESOURCES:
Final Election Calls / Ways to Participate (This info was compiled by artist Lena Wolff - Thank you always for your work, Lena <3)
Make Some Calls or Canvas:
* Comprehensive list of phonebank, textbank + canvassing opportunities.
* sign up or fund others to canvas with Seed the Vote.
Final Donations (yes! contributions will still make an impact!)
For the House of Representatives, critical to hold Trump in check if he wins.Â
(some background: the Daily: Two Blue States That Will Determine Control of Congress)
Comprehensive California fund: Battleground CA
Comprehensive New York fund: Battleground NY
Overall National Fund: Lena's personal fundraising page — funds 12 grassroots, BIPOC-led groups on the ground in swing states, with a track record of turning out thousands of new Democratic voters each election. Each of the orgs are ready to deploy new funds immediately through the election. 100% of all donations go straight to the groups, with no intermediary or re-granting process.
Post Election Debrief: What Just Happened?
* Understanding the results with Movement Voter Project: REGISTER for Zoom.
L.A. VOTER GUIDES:
This spreadsheet — Progressive Left Voter Guides At-A-Glance: LA General Election 2024
EXTRA SHOUTOUT:
Michella led team Pony Sweat (different than Team Pony) to our goal of writing 150 letters to voters in swing states!! The cut off date for mailing letters was 10/29 so we won’t be formally offering a P.A.F. activity this Thursday. Thank you Michella for organizing this initiative and writing so many gorgeous letters that people will be lucky to receive, and thanks to Ponies for participating!!!
Beloved long distance Ponies and local Ponies who participate from home: don’t forget, we offer a weekly Exercising and Listening to Records class that’s *included* for all of our OOOBNA subscribers! Class is currently offered Thursdays at 9:30AM PT! Bring a mat, some water, and Emilia will guide you in exercises to increase strength, mobility, and flexibility. Fiercely noncompetitive environment. Low/No-impact. Multi-level! We are also increasing our livestream dance aerobics mixtape classes to 2x a month! Mark your calendars — November Zoom classes will be this Monday 11/4 at 7PM PT and Sat. 11/23 at 10:15AM PT! More info on our subscription benefits HERE! Your subscriptions truly enable Pony Sweat to sustain as a business — thank you!!! <3
Here for this, no explanation needed — Listen to Sade's First Song in Six Years, an Ode to Her Trans Son
Ok, Ponies! Gotta go watch the Dodgers maybe win the World Series! Have a great rest of your day and I hope to dance with you soon!!
XOXOXO
Isabel
P.S. made this little Reel with dancing clips from our Halloween party, ICYMI!!
thanks so much - esp appreciate the post election briefing zoom