A still from The Last Weekend promo featuring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Rashida Jones

Nearly two dozen top progressive groups which include Swing Left, Indivisible, MoveOn, Organizing for Action, Latino Victory, United We Dream and the Working Families Party will launch on Wednesday a massive get-out-the-vote effort aimed at helping Democratic candidates during the last days of the 2018 midterm elections.

Organizers say the effort, dubbed “The Last Weekend,” is focused on recruiting the largest grassroots army ever assembled before a midterm election — one that will not just vote for Democratic candidates but volunteer for their campaigns.

“The stakes are so high that voting isn’t enough,” said Ethan Todras-Whitehill, executive director and co-founder of Swing Left, which is organizing the effort. “You’ve got to do more. The new bar is not just voting, but volunteering in key races that matter for determining control of the government.”

“I can’t think of another time where you had this diverse array of progressive organizations coming together the last weekend before an election,” said Cristobal Alex, presidential Latino Victory, which is part of the effort. “Not just to get out the vote, but to mobilize an army of super volunteers ahead of the vote.”

To help insure Democratic victories in the November midterms, actors Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda have teamed up with Rashida Jones, known for comic turns on 'Parks and Recreation', 'The Office', and 'I Love You, Man', who is part of a team that’s using humor to send a message about just how high the stakes are in November. Women's rights and a host of other social justice issues are on the line.

Jones knows the history of underwhelming midterm turnout, but says this year could be different: “We've never lived in a time like this before, where we've all been kind of forced into civic engagement in a really kind of new and visceral way, where every single day, [we're] seeing the kind of deconstruction of our democracy,” she said.

“I think people now understand more about how American democracy has been set up to function—because it's not functioning in that way.”

For her part, the fabulous Jane Fonda, now 80, says she cannot remember a more important election. "I mean 2020 is going to be important but what happens in November, in terms of who’s going to be elected, is going to determine not just the foreseeable future — but for generations — what this country is going to look like. We must elect people at all levels. We really need to protect our democracy and registering to vote if one hasn’t already, and actually voting this November, is critical."

The Last Weekend coalition is focused on making "good trouble" a phrase used by Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.