Your Democracy Bonds at Work
Posted by on November 18, 2005 at 02:42 PM
Since their inception, over 25,000 individuals have invested in the future of the Democratic Party through the Democracy Bonds program. Your monthly recurring small dollar contributions have allowed the Democratic National Committee to place organizers on-the-ground in 38 of the 50 United States.
For the past few days, those organizers from Utah, Alaska, Indiana, and New Hampshire have been in the building participating in their introductory training sessions. The sessions include information on everything from organizing techniques to incorporating a strategy for Internet-based communication in their daily activities. For me personally, it was the first of these sessions I was able to sit in on since arriving at the DNC. To see the looks of enthusiasm and optimism on the faces of the organizers was inspiring. Inspiring because these are the people, with YOUR help, that are going to help win races, at all levels on the ballot, in places Democrats have not competed in a long time. Even as the Internet portion of the presentation began near the end of the day, they were asking tons of questions about blogs, email, and websites – after a full day - they were still completely engaged.
One of the organizers, Jonathan, documented his experience as part of the team on our website:
Hello from Alaska! My name is Jonathan Teeters and I am working with the Alaska Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee to give Alaskans back their voices! For years, Alaska has been a tough place to be a Democrat. This tide is beginning to turn though, as evidenced by our outstanding success just a few nights ago.November 15th was a big night for all of us in Alaska as we took part in the National Organizing Kickoff Parties that took place all over the country. Alaskans all across the state came together as Democrats, hosting nearly 20 parties, to resoundingly state that we are tired of politics as usual.
Here’s one of the photos from a tremendous event that took place in Alaska on the evening of the National Organizing Kick-Off.
