Posts with the tag organizing

Barack, Please Lead the Movement Too

Wade Hudson — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:18:05 EST

Many Obama supporters are worried about what kind of organization will emerge from the campaign. Those who are concerned have included top-level leaders from the campaign who have expressed themselves publicly.

Barack can resolve this issue quickly and easily. He can simply tell his staff to spin off an independent organization that is truly dedicated to community organizing. I encourage folks who support this direction to let Barack and/or his people know.

Then we can proceed to build a strong national movement committed to helping Barack implement the goals of his campaign. Without such a movement, we won’t be able to “transform the nation,” as Barack called for during the campaign.

Marshall Ganz, the architect of Obama's grassroots organizing program, is among the concerned. On Nov. 17, he told Micah Sifry, “It's very important what Obama decides. Whether to try to support some kind of organized effort, that's rooted in the campaign, or not."

Proposed: Regular House Meetings

Wade Hudson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:53:34 EDT

Dear Party Builder Friends:

Following is a recommendation that I just sent to Marshall Ganz, Brent Messenger, Buffy Wicks, and Pat DeTemple, who are central to Obama's national organizing strategy.

If you believe that this proposal merits consideration and are in contact with any of these individuals or anyone else in the national office who might be interested, please let them know what you think. Your communications might help bring this message to their attention.

Also, please feel free to send this email to others who might be interested, especially people who are known and trusted by folks in the national office.

Thanks,
Wade

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The best networking tools around

Chad Lupkes — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:40:59 EDT

Back in 2004, when Meetup.com decided that they would start charging for their services, DFA launched DFA Link to help our members connect with each other and organize at the grassroots level. When Howard Dean moved from DFA to the DNC, he had a new set of these networking tools developed and launched. Senator Barack Obama grabbed the same set of tools, literally from the same vendor, and built My.BarackObama.com to help his supporters organize in order to win the Primary. Now we're going to use them to win the General Election, and we're going to keep organizing after November to continue to build our movement. No more pendulum swings back and forth. We're headed into the future, damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!

What I had not seen yet is a way to bring these tools together. There is a wall between DFA and the other two groups because we are a PAC, but there is nothing preventing links to all tools coming from a single page. Now there is.

Find more Democrats!

The links on this page will take you to all of the websites around the Web that have been designed to help Democrats and Progressives self-organize.

Each of the services give registered users the ability to search for people who live close to them, form groups of people for a specific area or issue, and organize events to bring people together. We encourage everyone to join one or more of these services and start having a conversation with your neighbors on what direction we want the country to go, and more importantly WHY. This is what the grassroots is all about.

Enthusiasm and Organization: A Path to the Nomination

FreedomOfSpeech — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:12:15 EDT

From: OCHQ Blog

By David Plouffe - Sep 22nd, 2007 at 2:55 pm EDT

It has been about a month since our last memo updating you on the progress of the campaign. In that time, the campaign has entered the critical post-Labor Day phase where the pace will pick up and the public will become more engaged in the campaign.

Framing the Race

Barack kicked off this new phase of the campaign with an important speech at a Labor Day rally where he framed the critical choice that voters face in this election. This speech had two key elements: First, he took the issue of experience head on, making the point that he "may not have the experience that Washington likes, but he has the experience that America needs" to bring change. Second, Barack talked about how it is not going to be enough to change parties; we have to change our politics. Our problems and our failures on big issues like health care, energy, and education pre-date the Bush Administration and real change requires a President who is capable of truly transforming our politics.

As someone who has spent 20 years in public service, standing up to the special interests and bringing people together to enact change, Barack is the only candidate with the right kind of experience in this race. Barack and the campaign will take this case to voters in the four early states and the February 5th states in the coming weeks and months.

Earlier this week, the campaign launched two new powerful ads in Iowa that further this case. You can see the ads by clicking here: "Believe" and "Mother".

A Clear Path to the Nomination
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Cease and Desist.

Dustin B. — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:15:03 EDT

Enough of the crap on the blog already. This pre-teen stuff of going back and forth, someone accusing someone else of something, is going to ruin this site. These kind of antics (I know, I have seen it happen on other sites) will chase new people away faster than a site that is never updated. There are good Democrats out there who are looking for a way to build the Democratic Party in their area; areas which have often been disorganized and controlled by the Republican machine. This is a great tool Gov. Dean has given us, an OFFICIAL site run by the Party which does not charge...unlike Meetup.

"Out of the Red"

Beth Shupp-George — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:57:11 EST

Please join this group to sharE and discuss suggestions, best practices, successes and challenges with others who are working to organize and fundraise for Democrats and progressives in highly conservative areas.

Link