Need further evidence that Pennsylvania women are turning the tide towards Senator Obama?
The Pittsburgh women's Vice Presidential Debate watch party was featured on CNN and on the local news! 160 women who attended the party in the meeting room of a local hockey rink. Who said Hockey moms weren't on board with Obama/Biden
Special thanks to Christine Stone, Ilene Schwartz, Laurel Rosenberg, and Stephanie Sullivan and all the other superstar Pittsburgh women who put the event together and were so articulate and powerful on TV
Dozens of women across the state also held debate watch and postcard parties where they wrote thousands of postcards to undecided voters. Tp host your own debate watch party, email Meredith Rahn Oakes in the PA Women's department at PAWomen@PaForChange.com.
Yesterday Bryn Mawr residents Peter and Elizabeth Odiorne hosted actressKate Walsh and Hallie, Beau and Ashley Biden, at a house party. Seventyundecided and Republican voters had the opportunity to hear Ms.Walsh and theBiden children discuss their commitment to the Obama/Biden ticket and answertheir questions. Check out these pictures from the event:Picture One:Newly minted Women for Obama listen to Kate Walsh discuss her commitment toChange.Picture 2: (From Left)Pennsylvania for Change Policy Director Jennifer Canistra, Delaware AttorneyGeneral Beau Biden, PA for Change Regional Political Director Fadia Halma,and actress Kate Walsh listen to a question. Picture 3: Women for Obama Hallie Biden and Kate WalshPicture 4: Ashley Biden, Beau Biden, Hostess Elizabeth Odiorne, HallieBiden, and host Peter Odiorn.Host your own house party! We'll bring materials and discussion starters,you bring your friends. For more information, contact Blair Bodine atBBodine@paforchange.com.
Last night in Denver, Senator Hillary Clinton delivered a powerful call to continue the fight for the causes that drove her campaign by uniting behind Barack's nomination for president of the United States. Senator Clinton echoed Harriet Tubman, the great engineer of the underground railroad, urging Democrats to keep fighting for universal health care, for equal pay for equal work, and for the voices of Americans who have been left out of government these past eight years. “I want you to ask yourselves,” Senator Clinton said to the more than 18 million Americans who voted for her during the primaries, “Were you in this campaign just for me, or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him?” Senator Clinton’s former supporters gathered last night in homes around Pennsylvania to hold Unity Parties and watch the Senator’s address. Pennsylvania Women for Obama director Alexandra Traber attended a Unity Party in Montgomery County and shares this report:
Supporters of Barack Obama and former supporters of Hillary Clinton gathered on Tuesday night across Pennsylvania to watch Senator Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention and to celebrate her historic campaign! At one of the parties in Montgomery County, the former Hillary supporters donned eye glasses so that they could see this election through “fresh eyes” and continue the fight for equal pay, affordable health care, a strong economy and a brighter future for us all. These women have promised to work just as hard for Senator Obama as they did for Senator Clinton because the stakes in this campaign are just too high not to! Former Hillary supporters don "fresh eyes" at a Unity Party in Montgomery CountyCongresswoman Allyson Schwartz called in from the Democratic Convention floor in Denver to talk about how important it is for women across the state and the country to rally behind our nominee, Barack Obama, and work together to ensure a victory for the Democratic Party in November. She asked that everyone find time in their busy schedules to volunteer, to phone bank and to recruit their friends to join this movement for change.If you haven’t already done so, please sign up to join PA Women for Obama so that we can keep you up to date on volunteer opportunities, upcoming events and so that we can show that the women of Pennsylvania are standing for Barack Obama! Click here to sign up now.
Former Hillary supporters don "fresh eyes" at a Unity Party in Montgomery County
Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz called in from the Democratic Convention floor in Denver to talk about how important it is for women across the state and the country to rally behind our nominee, Barack Obama, and work together to ensure a victory for the Democratic Party in November. She asked that everyone find time in their busy schedules to volunteer, to phone bank and to recruit their friends to join this movement for change.If you haven’t already done so, please sign up to join PA Women for Obama so that we can keep you up to date on volunteer opportunities, upcoming events and so that we can show that the women of Pennsylvania are standing for Barack Obama! Click here to sign up now.
As you know, this week we celebrated Women’s Equality Day, recognizing the 88th anniversary of women’s suffrage! In honor of this important date in history, we met with Ms. Nancy Grace, a resident of Haverford, Pennsylvania, who was born 10 years before women had the right to vote! She is thrilled to be able to cast her ballot for Senator Obama this year and at 98 is still one of this campaing’s staunchest supporters! Click here to watch a short video of Ms. Nancy Grace!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN471zK8WWI
Women are key to this election – and there’s nothing more important you can do to ensure Senator Obama’s victory in November than to talk to other women about why you support him and what is at stake for all women in this election. Please take a minute to sign up for PA Women for Obama so that we can keep you up to date on volunteer opportunities, upcoming events and so that we can show that the women of Pennsylvania are standing for Barack Obama! Click here to sign up now and please forward this link to all your friends! http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/pawomen Let’s make sure that the voices of all women count!
As you know, this week we celebrated Women’s Equality Day, recognizing the 88th anniversary of women’s suffrage! In honor of this important date in history, we met with Ms. Nancy Grace, a resident of Haverford, Pennsylvania, who was born 10 years before women had the right to vote!
She is thrilled to be able to cast her ballot for Senator Obama this year and at 98 is still one of this campaing’s staunchest supporters!
Click here to watch a short video of Ms. Nancy Grace!
Women are key to this election – and there’s nothing more important you can do to ensure Senator Obama’s victory in November than to talk to other women about why you support him and what is at stake for all women in this election.
Please take a minute to sign up for PA Women for Obama so that we can keep you up to date on volunteer opportunities, upcoming events and so that we can show that the women of Pennsylvania are standing for Barack Obama! Click here to sign up now and please forward this link to all your friends!
http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/pawomen
Dear PA Women for Obama, Thank you for all that you have done and all that you are doing for this historic campaign! Across Pennsylvania, members of Women for Obama are coming together and knocking on doors, making phone calls, and reaching out to women in their communities. We need you to help us grow our movement for change and ensure a victory for Democrats here in the Keystone State in November! Please join us in this historic effort and sign up to be a Pennsylvania Woman for Obama. We will keep you posted on upcoming events in you neighborhood, statewide policy conference calls with campaign insiders and different tools and talking points that you can use! Click the “Include my name on a public list of Women for Obama” to show that the women of Pennsyvlania are supporting Barack Obama. Sign up here http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/pawomen and forward this link to all of your friends! From providing Americans with affordable healthcare to ensuring equal and fair compensation to all workers, the issues we face in this election will have a profound impact on generations to come. The contrast between John McCain and Barack Obama could not be clearer. That's why we are excited about the Pennsylvania Women for Obama network that will help share Barack's message of change and bring even more people into the political process. Women like you have a unique opportunity to reach out to your friends, family, and neighbors and help us create the change we all need. Join us by signing up at http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/pawomen I hope you will to stand with women across Pennsylvania as we continue this journey.
All the best, Alexandra Traber Pennsylvania Women's Vote Director Obama Campaign for Change atraber@paforchange.com
