Step 1: Join a local campaign team
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This election, we’re organizing local campaign teams who will work together to track and report the developments of their local campaigns, including commitments made on health care.
Local campaign teams are organized around clusters of battleground ridings, so they may be tracking more than one race. This is a nice way for you to meet people in your area beyond your riding and find out where you can take action close to home and have the greatest impact.
The best way to connect with your local campaign team is to join your area’s WhatsApp group in the BC Health Coalition WhatsApp community. WhatsApp is a phone or desktop app that allows you to join a community and its discussion groups using your phone number. It’s a powerful organizing tool that’s been used effectively to empower volunteers on many campaigns.
Connecting with our WhatsApp Community
UPDATE: For group security reasons, we've removed the invitation links from this page. Please send an email to [email protected] to request an invitation to join a WhatsApp group.
If you’re not already familiar with WhatsApp, you can learn more about the app and download it here. Learn about WhatsApp communities here.
Once you’ve downloaded WhatsApp or if you already use Whatsapp, you will be able to join groups within the community. Joining any of the groups below will add you to the community as a whole. Choose the group that is closest to your home to join a local campaign team, and any other group in the community that’s of interest to you. If you’re not seeing a local group for your area, we recommend joining the provincial election discussion group and BCHC Boost.
Take a look at the groups we have and what they’ll be covering.
Abbotsford & Langley
- Abbotsford South
- Abbotsford-Mission
- Langley-Willowbrook
- Langley-Walnut Grove
Coquitlam
- Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
- Coquitlam-Maillardville
Surrey
- Surrey-Cloverdale
- Surrey-Panorama
- Surrey-White Rock
Mid-Island
- Cowichan Valley
- Nanaimo-Lantzville
- Courtenay-Comox
Kootenays
- Vernon-Lumby
- Boundary-Similkameen
- Kootenay-Monashee
- Kootenay Central
Kamloops
- Kamloops Centre
Province Wide
- Group with province wide campaign updates, discussion and volunteer updates
BCHC Boost
- Group where we will link posts and articles we need you folks to share within your networks
Other ways to connect
We know that not everyone will be comfortable using WhatsApp. If that’s you, here are some other ways you can get connected.
- Through your local area campaign captain. We’ll be recruiting volunteers to act as riding or local area liaisons. If you’d like to know if there’s a local captain in your area, reach out to the BC Health Coalition staff by email at [email protected]. If you’re interested in being a local captain, let us know!
- On social media. You can send the BC Health Coalition your updates by direct message on Facebook, Instagram, X. Or you can post on your profiles and tag the BC Health Coalition.
- Sign up for another volunteer role. Take a look at some other volunteering options on our sign up page!