Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest Update- August 7, 2024
This pancocojams post presents information on various Zoom calls (virtual meetings) by race and other demographics for Kamala Harris for President of the United States (2024).
This post lists dates for some of those Zoom calls and presents article excerpts about those Zoom calls.
These Zoom calls were/are held by grassroots organizations or people who aren't affiliated with Kamala Harris for President.
The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural and political purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Kamala Harris and thanks to all the organizers of these Zoom calls. Thanks also to all of the participants on these Zoom calls.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/07/why-supporters-of-kamala-harris-for.html for a related pancocojams post entitled "Why Some Online Commenters Share Information About Their Race & Other Demographics In Their Statements Of Support For Kamala Harris For President."
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WHAT IS "ZOOM CALL"?
From https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0059590 "What Is A Zoom Conferencing Call?"
This article was updated 2024-01-17
Zoom is a communications platform that allows users to
connect with video, audio, phone, and chat. Using Zoom requires an internet
connection and a supported device. Most new users will want to start by
creating an account and downloading the Zoom Client for Meetings. Others can
review the variety of solutions offered by the Zoom platform and determine
which one best fits their needs."...
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A PARTIAL LIST OF ZOOM CONFERENCES FOR KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT THAT WERE HELD OR ARE SCHEDULED FROM JULY 21-29, 2024*
*President Joe Biden withdrew from the campaign for United States President on July 21, 2024 and endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris.
Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/27/kamala-harris-identity-zoom-00171489 "Harris’ Zoom-fueled campaign triggers a dormant Democratic base", published by Brakkton Booker and Myah Ward, 07/27/2024 07:00 AM EDT
July 21, 2024- Win with Black women"
July 22, 2024 - "Win with Black men"
July 24, 2024 - Southeast Asian women
July 25, 2024?** - Latinas for Harris
July 25, 2024 - “White Women-Answer the call-"
[scheduled July 29, 2024 evening] - White dudes for Harris
**This Politico article indicated that Latinas for Harris' Zoom call "was this week".
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Update - August 6, 2024
Here's some other Zoom calls for grassroots support organizations for Kamala Harris for United States President 2024 (These may not be their official names)
-Comedians for Kamala
-Elders for Harris
-Cat Ladies For Kamala
And on 8/5/2024 I read about the group "Republicans for Harris" that had just been formed
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On August 5, 2024 a male podcaster said (or quoted) something like this about all of these different Zoom calls/ support for Kamala organizations that have emerged based on one facet or another of people's demographics. (Unfortunately, I didn't write down which podcaster said this or what exactly he said)
"It's like these are formations (in a war) and people are fighting the same enemy on different fronts. They may fight separately, but its for the same cause."
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I understood that imagery, and understood from what that podcaster said right afterwards, that the cause was to save demogracy from autocracy.
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Update- August 7, 2024
Another Zoom call -Natives For Kamala (Native Americans; American Indians
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SELECTED ARTICLE EXCERPTS ABOUT ZOOM CALLS FOR KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT
These article excerpts are presented in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
ONLINE SOURCE #1
From https://www.axios.com/2024/07/27/zoom-kamala-harris-presidential-political-rally "Zoom Is The New Political Rally" published by Jacob Knutson. Jul 27, 2024
"Gatherings of tens of thousands of Vice President Harris'
supporters are raising millions of dollars for her campaign — and it's
happening on Zoom.
Why it matters: It's a new era of virtual rallies. These online events are cheaper to organize, easier to attend, and they're poised to become a powerful tools for fundraising and voter outreach this fall.
[…]
Zoom In -On Sunday night, just hours after Biden bowed out, over 90,000
people joined a Zoom call organized by Win With Black Women and raised at least
$1.5 million in three hours, the group said.
A similar call held by Win With Black Men on Monday attracted around 232,000 attendees and brought in at least $1.3 million in, the nonprofit announced.
On Thursday night, a "White Women: Answer the
Call" Zoom event organized by activist Shannon Watts was attended by
around 200,000 participants and raised over $8.5 million, according to
organizers.
These Zoom calls together raised millions for Harris' campaign without her even
making a live appearance on screen.
The big picture: Thursday's event was reportedly the
largest Zoom call in the company's history.”…
[…]
At one point, the call was overwhelmed and briefly shut
down, while the donation link for the event also temporarily stopped working
after being "flooded."...
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ONLINE SOURCE #2
From https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/27/kamala-harris-identity-zoom-00171489 "Harris’ Zoom-fueled campaign triggers a dormant Democratic
base"
They logged on. They raised millions.
By Brakkton Booker and Myah Ward, 07/27/2024
"When a group of Black women political organizers assembled
for a regular Zoom call on Sunday, they suddenly had a new mission. A mere
hours earlier, President Joe Biden had ended his reelection bid and endorsed
Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. Interest in the call had
skyrocketed, and some 40,000 attendees logged on.
The Win With Black Women collective, nervous that Harris would be facing competition, ferociously pushed back on the idea of an open primary in the wake of Biden’s announcement. Organizers urged attendees that there was “no time to waste” and that they must tout Harris’ record. Although the vice president had been in the public eye for years, she was still relatively unknown to the public.
Discussions on the call marshaled a defense of Harris —
“it’s a thing to have MAGA world chasing you” and “we need to defend our
sister,” according to meeting notes shared with POLITICO — and perhaps more
importantly, raised a lot of money.
The Win With Black Women call became a blueprint for other identity-based groups over the week — Black men, Latinas, Black queer men, white women, white men and young voters. Calls like these were never really available to Biden because the base’s enthusiasm for him had faded. Each group held their own call to boost Harris and raise mountains of cash for Harris’ campaign. Celebrities, including Pink, Mindy Kaling and Don Cheadle, logged on to various calls to lend their support to Harris.
The copycat calls were an early sign that Harris’ campaign isn’t just inspiring to Black women, who shared an identity with her. Her nascent campaign is reactivating dormant parts of the Democratic base to act as surrogates, door-knockers and fundraisers in a way that President Joe Biden couldn’t.
The Black women collective — which is not directly affiliated with the Harris campaign — first assembled in 2020 around the time Biden selected her as his vice president. It helps recruit and advocate for Black women in politics, and soon realized that the Harris candidacy had the opportunity to inspire the sort of grassroots excitement not seen since Barack Obama arrived on the scene nearly two decades ago.
It wasn’t just strategy and organization, though; women opened their checkbooks and raised $1.5 million, in the group’s largest cash haul to date.
Jotaka Eaddy, a founder of Win With Black Woman, joked that
they probably could have raised even more if they had thought to do so before
hour three of the four-hour virtual gathering, when attorney and television
personality Star Jones dropped a fundraising link into the group chat around
11:40 p.m. ET.
“We develop message, we develop strategy,” Eaddy told POLITICO. “We show that we not only can we raise money, but we can inspire others to raise and give as well.”
A Thursday evening call dubbed “White Women: Answer The
Call!” implored the roughly 164,000 attendees to have a direct conversation
with one another about how to “start persuading” and “use your privilege for
good….
[…]
During a Zoom gathering of South Asian Women for Harris on Wednesday evening,
many attendees affectionately referred to Harris as their “Indian Auntie.” One
remarked that the group had been dormant for months, but was suddenly
rejuvenated with Biden out of the race and Harris ascending to the top of the
Democratic ticket.
Kaling, the actress and producer of “The Office” and “The Mindy Project,” chimed in on the Asian American call to highlight issues Harris has advocated for, including student loan forgiveness and access to abortion, but added that her candidacy could be transformative for Indian American women.
“Culturally, I was raised to keep my head down and to not make a stir,” said the mother of three. “I know that people can relate to that, but that is the opposite of what Kamala Harris has done with her life, and I love her for that.”
[…]
A unity call among all of the identity groups is scheduled
for Sunday evening to align their messaging and fundraising."
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ONLINE SOURCE #3
From https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/black-men-voters-kamala-harris "I’m rocking with Kamala’: Black men defy faulty polling by
showing up for Harris campaign"
Specific results on her performance with Black voters aren’t
in yet, but recent calls suggest a Trump exodus is not true
by Adria R Walker, 27 Jul 2024
"On Monday night, more than 53,000 Black men joined a virtual
conference, Win With Black Men, to rally behind the presumptive Democratic
presidential nominee, Kamala Harris. During the four-hour call, organizers said
the group raised more than $1.3m for the Harris campaign and grassroots voter
organizations focused on Black men.
The success of the call, which was inspired by the Win With Black Women call the night before, runs counter to the narrative shaped by recent election polling indicating that 30% of Black men are planning on voting for Donald Trump. “Don’t let anybody slow us down asking the question: ‘Can a Black woman be elected president of the United States?’” Raphael Warnock, who represents Georgia in the US Senate, said on the call. “Kamala Harris can win. We just have to show up. History is watching us, and the future is waiting on us.”
Black voters have consistently been a key voting bloc for Democrats, but experts say inaccurate polling about Black men in particular could be creating false narratives about their leanings this election cycle, mainly the idea that there is a mass shift of Black voters to the Republican party. Win With Black Men, which was hosted by the journalist Roland Martin, said it’s working to dispel stereotypical notions about changes in Black male voting habits, their refusal to support a woman candidate and their unwillingness to mobilize politically.
[…]
While polls continue to try to parse out where Black men
will place their political support, groups like Win With Black Men and Black
Men for Harris are making their loyalties clear.
“Let’s protect Kamala. Let’s be with her like she was there
for us,” Bakari Sellers, the former South Carolina representative, said on the
call. “We are going to disagree a lot. But let’s put the petty bickering aside.
Let’s stand up and be the Black men who change this country. We built this
country. I’m rocking with Kamala.”
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ONLINE SOURCE #4
From https://19thnews.org/2024/07/white-women-harris-broke-zoom/ "The night White women raised millions for Harris. And broke Zoom." by Jennifer Gerson, July 26, 2024
"Over 164,000 women joined a Zoom call to discuss support, privilege and allyship as they raised millions for the vice president’s campaign.
"Girl, we broke Zoom,” Erin Gallagher said over text at 8:10 a.m., less than nine hours after wrapping up “White Women: Answer The Call! Show up for Kamala Harris,” a meeting held over Zoom Thursday night. So many more women than anticipated logged into the call that the platform crashed several times, forcing many participants to watch the livestream on YouTube until Zoom was back up.
Over 164,000 women logged on to hear from women like the singer P!nk; the actor Connie Britton; the writer and podcaster Glennon Doyle; athletes Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird and Abby Wambach; and a long list of elected officials, including Congresswomen Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Lizzie Fletcher of Texas. Their goal: Push White women to recognize their privilege and the way they have frequently failed to use it as political capital — and get them to avoid making the same mistake again.
[…]
The idea for the call came from Shannon Watts, founder of
Moms Demand Action, the group that changed the face of the gun safety movement
by organizing mothers — including many White, wealthy and suburban ones —
against gun violence. Watts told The 19th that she wanted White women to follow
the lead of the Black women who quickly organized behind Kamala Harris’s
candidacy; on July 21, when President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and
endorsed Harris, 44,000 of them gathered for the Win With Black Women Zoom call
and raised $1.8 million.
[Instagram quoting Shann on Watts, lead organizer of the White women for Harris Zoom call]
…”I think it’s really important that women-White women-are willing to go
through the transformational process of listening and learning…[They] have this power that they can use to change things for the better, and not just
for themselves.”@shannonwatts told@emarvelous during an episode of the
Amendment Podcast in early July.”… [end of Instagram]
[…]
The call to rally White women to support Harris was intended
as a first step to course correct on this demographic’s voting history in the
most recent past presidential elections. It was also a response against what
some of the call participants characterized as assaults on women’s rights, in
particular the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in 2022 that ended federal
abortion rights.
[…]
[Erin] Gallagher said that she, Watts and the other
co-organizers — progressive influencer Liz Minnella and former South Carolina
congressional candidate and gun safety advocate Dr. Annie Andrews — spent six
to seven hours a day on calls from Monday on, talking to one another and also
consulting with the women behind the Win With Black Women call. There were
multiple conversations with Jotaka Eaddy, the founder of Win With Black Women,
about “how to highlight the organizations and the women who have been doing
this work since its inception while also taking the responsibility on ourselves
to actually do the labor,” Gallagher said.
Black women are the Democratic Party’s most reliable voting bloc; 91 percent of Black women voted for Biden in 2020. In organizing this call, Watts channeled a key lesson she learned from them through the gun violence prevention movement, that “gun violence prevention activism is a marathon, not a sprint, but it’s also a relay race.” To her, organizing White women on the call last night felt as if she had “taken the baton” from Black women.
“It isn’t just one donation. It isn’t just one conversation. It isn’t just one call,” Watts said. “This is about unleashing your political power, your privilege, and making a plan to hold yourself accountable and to be in it for the long haul. And that doesn’t end the day we elect Kamala Harris as president.
Amanda Litman, co-founder of Run For Something, an organization that recruits and supports young people running for office on progressive platforms, was also on last night’s call. As she listened, she couldn’t help but think about how this level of mobilization could not have happened before 2020. “Logistically, there was not Zoom,” Litman said. But now there was also the kind of cultural awakening brought by the Black Lives Matter movement in the spring and summer of 2020 — “the way it gave rise to a really forward-facing, very public and very popular conversation about White supremacy, White fragility and in particular the role that White women play in these things.” One of the changes the movement brought about was to turn language around the work of active allyship that belongs to White women — something that once felt “foreign, academic and disorienting” — into something familiar.
She recalled how Doyle, the writer and podcaster, talked about grappling with her own discomfort in this work and told the other women on the call that if they were feeling that way, they were not alone and could all work through it together. Watts and Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow gave guidance on some next steps: make a list of friends to call, create a voting plan and commit to volunteering for the campaign.”…
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ONLINE SOURCE #5
From https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/white-dudes-harris-latest-series-zoom-gatherings-backing-112384251 "'White Dudes for Harris' is the latest in a series of Zoom
gatherings backing the vice president
On a “White Dudes for Harris” virtual call, it was probably
fitting that “The Dude” dropped in
"From WASHINGTON -- On a “White Dudes for Harris” virtual call, it was probably fitting that “The Dude” dropped in.
Actor Jeff Bridges addressed a fundraising event geared toward white men supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and sang her praises on Monday night, before channeling his iconic role as “The Dude” in 1998's "The Big Lebowski," declaring, “As the Dude might say, ‘That's just my opinion, man.'" (The original line was “That’s just, like, your opinion, man.”)
The call lasted more than three hours and organizers said it attracted 180,000-plus people who donated more than $3.7 million. It was the latest in a series of Zoom gatherings to raise money and rally support among tens of thousands of supporters for Harris, after President Joe Biden announced he was leaving the presidential race and endorsing her.
Zooms have previously been organized by supporters' backgrounds — including Black women, Hispanic women, Black men, Asian Americans, Native Americans and the LGBTQ+ community.
It reflected how Democrats, including Biden, have frequently
relied on voters from broad and disparate backgrounds to piece together a
diverse coalition of support. The president's 2020 victory, for example, relied
on segments of the population ranging from organized labor to conservative,
suburban women disillusioned with Republican Donald Trump.
[...]
The Zoom calls haven't been organized by Harris' team, but
her campaign welcomes the assist — and the millions of dollars in fundraising.
“Winning campaigns are powered by real, organic support,” said Harris campaign
communications director Michael Tyler.
Amit Ahuja, a political science professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara whose research focus includes the processes of inclusion and exclusion in multiethnic societies, said that “no campaign’s going to say no” to groups from different backgrounds organizing themselves and bolstering enthusiasm and fundraising."...
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