when i was in NH in december 2007, the base of support for barack was dean 04 people -
in columbus ohio, a big barack volunteer and i wistfully talked about how we were dean people and i told him that i still had a dean 08 bumper sticker somewhere...he's who i wanted for president until the end of november/december 2007...
HE seeded the "You Have The Power" -
we owe HIM for his 50-state strategy and for his statesmanship and tireless service to America...
i expected that one of the first appointments announced would be Howard Dean... and maybe i've missed it but i haven't seen anything...
the obama organization does almost everything right - they amaze us mostly...
so why aren't we paying homage to a true American hero who has changed this country for the better... Howard Dean??
Young and Powerful for Obama Presents a Collection of Inaugural Events that Mimic the Obama/Biden Message of:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
***VISION***
Young & Powerful Group Launch EventMore Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/launchSaturday, January 17, 2009Time: 7:00pm-11:00pmHoliday Inn Capitol - Columbia Ballroom550 C St. SWWashington, DC 20024www.hicapitoldc.com**1 block from L'Enfant Plaza Metro - Maryland and 6th St. Exit (green, yellow, blue, & orange lines)Advanced Ticket Sale Price: $50Includes: Heavy Hors D’oeuvres, Cash barHosted by Jeanie Jones of WKYSMusic by DJ Premonition_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
***HOPE***
Young & Powerful MLK Presidential Brunchin conjunction w/ IMPACTMore Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/brunchSunday, January 18, 2009Time: 11:00am - 2:00pmCity Club 1300 I Street, NWWashington, DC www.clubcorp.com
**One block from McPherson Square Metro (blue and orange line)A message of Hope from Dr. Michael Eric DysonKeynote Speaker: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.Hosted by: Radio One's Sheila Stewart Advanced Ticket Sale Price: $44.00 *For our 44th PresidentIncludes: Full Service Brunch & BeveragesHost Organizations:NAACP - DC Chapter, The Greater Baltimore Leadership Association Young Professionals, Thursday Network , Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network, Howard University - Student Bar Association
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***CHANGE***
Young & Powerful Political Forum & Roundtable Discussionin conjunction w/ IMPACT More Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/forumMonday, January 19, 2009Time: 1:00pmHoward University - Blackburn CenterWashington, DC **Five minute walk from Howard University Metro (green line)Hosted by: IMPACT and The Political Roundtable_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Young & Powerful Black Tie Gala & Awards Ceremonyin conjunction w/ IMPACTMore Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/galaMonday, January 19, 2009Time: 8:00pmL'Enfant Plaza Hotel 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SWWashington, DC 20024www.lenfantplazahotel.com
**1200 Underground Parking Places and Underground Metro that Opens in Hotel (green, yellow, blue, & orange lines)Surprise Celebrity Performance!Hosted by: EZ Street of 93.9 WKYSMusic by: DJ Premonition"Socialize with us as we dine, dance and toast President Obama's victory.Have Fun, Stay Warm, and Celebrate the Obama Presidency"Advanced Ticket Sale Price: $125.00Includes: Open Bar from 9pm - 11pm, Heavy Hors D'oeuvres, and Live Band _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
*** The Civil Rights Presidential Inaugural Gala will be taking place on January 20th at 480 L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, DC.
To contact and know how to attend please see enclosed here, the site for more information to reach the organizers:
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***REDEMPTION***
Young & Powerful Inaugural CelebrationA Semi-Formal Affair in conjunction w/ IMPACTMore Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/semiformalTuesday, January 20, 2009Time: 8:00pmIreland's Four Fields3412 Connecticut Ave NWWashington, DC 20008
**1 block from Cleveland Park Metro(red line)Hosted by: Olivia Fox of Majic 102.3 Music by: DJ Premonition "Celebrate this historical day with other Obama enthusiastsand network with Young and Powerful members as wecommemorate a day to remember for a lifetime."Advanced Ticket Sale Price: $100.00Includes: Complimentary Champagne Toast, Dinner Buffet, and special Young & Powerful token of appreciation for all guest!For more information about our events please contact. yp4obama@gmail.com _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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"Now more than ever, we must rededicate ourselves to the notion that we share a common destiny as Americans – that I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper. Now, we must all do our part to serve one another; to seek new ideas and new innovation; and to start a new chapter for our great country." - President Elect Barack Obama
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A special holiday prayer and greeting...
Give us, O divine creator, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure.Give us the faith to trust Your goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness.Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts.And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace.
Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olamBlessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe
shehecheyanu v'kiyimanu v'higi'anu laz'man hazeh. (Amein)who has kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this season (Amen)
A familiar introduction to an annual Christmas Carol Service contains the words: 'Because this would most rejoice his heart": let us remember, in his name, the poor and the helpless, the cold, the hungry, and the oppressed; the sick and those who mourn, the lonely and the unloved.'
Wherever these words find you, and in whatever circumstances, I want to wish you a blessed Holiday Season with oceans of joy and all good wishes for 2009!
Raphael Holoman-Frankklin
President-Elect Barack Obama Supporter
YES, WE DID! We want to THANK ALL OF YOU, especially the LGBT & Allies, who we had the pleasure of directly working with over the past several weeks for your volunteerism and commitment to the Obama campaign in NH and around the country. Because of your efforts, WE have advanced the cause of equality in our country by accomplishing what some considered as impossible. WE have elected Barack Obama, as President of the United States.
OUR BEST,
Tom Malone & Sheila Healy,
NH LGBT & Allies Outreach Volunteer Co-Coordinators
GOTV Phone Banking Experience on Nov 4th:
Dear Friends,
(At 9:22 pm) -- We just broke one million calls for the day, once again showing the power of this movement, but polls are still open in critical battleground states like Montana and Nevada and the night is still young. Supporters around the country keep calling to ensure voters know where to go to vote. The calls you make in the next hour could make the difference in the outcome of these states.
We are closing in on our goal for 1.2 million calls for Election Day and these are the calls that will bring us to victory. Make calls to Montana and Nevada now.
(Later on ... before the anouncement)
We're still awaiting the final results tonight (As of Nov 4th 2008 later at night), but one thing is clear -- this grassroots movement can never be underestimated.
Thank you to everyone who helped us make an astounding 1,053,791 calls today!
I know it wasn't easy and many of you kept calling long after you were tired and your voice had grown hoarse, but your calls to get our supporters out the polls helped tip the scales in key battleground states like Pennsylvania and Ohio.We've shut down our calling campaigns for the night, incredibly proud of the record amount of calls made today. You gave it your all and we couldn't have asked for more.Thank you again for everything you've done. You've been with Barack Obama every step of this journey. This is your night.
Obama For America
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PS. I joined the GOTV phonebanking organized by the Obama campaign along with the Local Union UNITE HERE! at 33 Harrisson Ave, Chinatown (downtown Boston). We made calls to Virginia towns of Yorktown, Newport News, Poquoson, Hampton, Petersburg and Kilmarnorck and to New Hampshire towns of Exeter and Hudson from 9am to 4pm
Results: Obama won both Virginia (52% to 47) and New Hampshire (55% to 44)
OBAMA-BIDEN 08'
In just a few hours, Americans will have made their choice, Barack Obama or John McCain. This isn't the time to spin Obama, this is a time to be thankful for the time spent here with many volunteers trying their best to make their country a better place.
My girlfriend and I spent 4 days making calls, entering voter data, picketing in front of a voting place and going door to door to get people to vote for Obama. Many things we saw don't exist in Quebec or in Canada; some would be outright illegal in our system. Some other campaign methods are identical, just adapted for a longer ballot and for a larger population. We learned a lot and will grow from this experience.
Special thanks go to Dave Hendrie in the Manchester, NH office for helping organize our coming here and to the Schroeders for welcoming us in their home. Many thanks also go to the Obama team managers that guided us through the rules of US politics and tought us the work that needed doing.
Great many thanks.
-->Last call, if you havn't voted yet and are allowed to. Get out to your polling place and Vote for Obama and your local democrats.
By Franklin Katunda 36 seconds ago (Updated 36 seconds ago in the website's main page)
Hello Obama Supporters,Thank you for reading my thoughts this morning on the "D DAY Nov. 4th 2008"-- I'm glad I made it from Virginia where I work to Boston my home place yesterday, Monday. I escaped ably the traffic caused by the Manassas, VA Obama's Last Rally when driving to DC Reagan Airport... I got on the Anerican Airlines RJet plane at 7:30 flight and by 8 pm I was in Boston Logan. This morning (fired up), I am getting ready to go vote two blocks away from my sister's place in my little town of Revere, Massachusetts than I will ride the metro to downtown Boston where the Obama Team has assigned me and Brad, a friend of mine to work on GOTV in "ChinaTown"... Chinatown? First time campaigning in such neighborhood doing field organizing; I have one day to learn "Hands-on" about it and I;ll surely do it with all the excitement it brings! My friend, Brad (young white fellow) is preparing to travel to China next year for a temporary work. You can read how happy he is to experience first-hand the feeling of working in a community other your own. For me, nothing particular! All I know is that I am a young African-American Community Organizer and I am campaigning for Change in Chinatown for the first time on November 4th. That's what makes it exciting to be in the Obama Team: "A campaign by ordinary folks like you and me working for change on the behalf the American people"Here is the picture: A Black young man in his thirties, wearing an Obama styled-sweater and PIN written in Hebrew (Israel) that reads Barack Obama 08' campaigning in Chinatown -- About the pin: A campaign person gave it to me last weekend in Boston...She said they got them from Florida where a "Get-Out-The-Vote" in the Jewish community has been successful. Well, for my first time, I am canvassing in Chinatown, downtown Boston on an important election day. Considering I worked for "Obama for America" in Goffstown NH, Arlington TX, Washington DC, Jamaica Plain MA, and Charlotte NC... The question is - How more surreal this campaign can be... Hein?I hope you are blessed by this story. Lets get out and win this election; lets organize our neighborhoods and change the world!I am Franklin, an Obama Surrogate and I approve this message!
This Sunday, November 2nd, please join President Bill Clinton and Jeanne Shaheen in Manchester, where they will talk about Barack's vision for creating the kind of change we need.
Unite for Change Rally with President Bill Clinton and Jeanne Shaheen Manchester Central Highschool Gymnasium 207 Lowell Street Manchester, NH Sunday, November 2nd Doors Open: 4:00 p.m. Program Begins: 4:30 p.m.
RSVP to: http://nh.barackobama.com/UniteManchester
The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required; however an RSVP is strongly encouraged. For security reasons, do not bring bags or umbrellas. Please limit personal items. No signs or banners allowed.
Find your polling location: http://nh.voteforchange.com
Busy Day at the spin-off office in Hampton, New Hampshire. Over a hundred volunteers out canvassing, passing out campaign literature, and waving signs. About that number at the other two Hampton area offices. In they come, from Cambridge, Martha's Vineyard, hampton Beach, Newburyport, by the dozen. And we got our routine down: meet & greet, please sign in, thank you for coming, get your turf from Lloyd, then go to that room for your briefing, get your snack and don't forget to sign out. "Wow, are you guys organized!". Things are heating up.
We just heard Barack's pep talk, via conference call. Jon Carson started the conversion off by telling us the dish from the field - "in North Carolina, we have a half million early voting advantage. In Nevada, we have a 13 percent advantage in the early vote. In Florida, we have 3.8 million early votes caste."
Then Barack came on the line, from Missouri. He mentioned that four months ago "we were behind in all the swing states but look what you're hard work has done. You have made me so proud of you". Of course he reminded us that every vote counts and ask us to double down our time committments - "you can sleep after the election" - bring all our friends, especially the young voters, and to help keep peoples spirits up as they waited in very long lines. "You are the life blood of this campaign. And it would be a terrible shame to have come this far and just fall short." Barack encouraged us to keep up the good work until the end.
"Thank God he didn't say Remember New Hamshire!", said a woman volunteer as she input data into the Vote Builder.
MANCHESTER-- With less than 3 days until Election Day, Sen. John Kerry will be on the Seacoast of New Hampshire this Saturday, November 1st to rally voters in support of Sen. Barack Obama, Jeanne Shaheen, and Democrats up and down the ticket.
5:00 p.m. Unity Rally with Sen. John Kerry, Jeanne Shaheen, and Democratic candidates Portsmouth Public Library- Levenson Community Room 175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth
Change happens because the American people demand it. Because they rise up and insist on new leadership and new ideas, a new politics for a new time. - Sen. Barack Obama
Six days until the election - six days to join us in making history. This isn't the time to let up and rest on our laurels, it's the time to push forward to victory. This is what happens if we get complacent:
Don't trust the polls. We need to push through the finish line.
Sign up now to help us fight for every last vote.
Make calls with us, knock on doors with us, help out in your local office, bring food to volunteers and staff, house a volunteer, make calls from home, put Obama flyers around your town... whatever you can do our staff can help you with.
This is our time.
This blog was written by Colin at NH HQ
Today, Hillary Clinton returned to New Hampshire for the first time since her rally in Unity with Senator Obama back in June. She was welcomed with open arms by raucous crowds which greeted her in Manchester and Pelham. With the election only a week away, Hillary Clinton came to the Granite State to let everyone know why she is working so hard to elect Senator Obama to the White House.
Her first event was at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. She was introduced by former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen who is running for Senate against incumbent John Sununu. To get our country moving on the right track, Senator Obama will need Jeanne Shaheen in the Senate, so help elect her and Barack Obama by working as hard as you can this last week.
Hillary spoke passionately about the issues affecting our country - lack of access to health care, high energy prices, failing schools, and the sense of malaise sweeping the country due to the financial crisis. Hillary told the Granite State that a vote for McCain is a vote for more of the same and four more years of George W. Bush. She closed by urging all of her supporters from the primary to go out and work and vote for the Democratic ticket up and down the ballot.
MANCHESTER-- Former Vermont governor and current chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean will be in New Hampshire this Thursday, October 30th for a Rally for Change. With just over a week until New Hampshire voters head to the polls, Gov. Dean will stress the incredibly high stakes of the election for young voters and encourage them to vote. Dean will also discuss Sen. Obama's plan to create jobs and improve the state of our economy so that young Granite Staters can successfully enter the workforce upon graduation. Earlier today, the Obama campaign in New Hampshire released a list of 50 New Hampshire student leaders who are not only supporting Sen. Obama's Campaign for Change, but are working on campuses to elect former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, and Congressman Paul Hodes. These student leaders have been and will continue to play an active role in the last days of the campaign energizing students to vote and have dedicated their time to engaging classmates in the electoral process. New Hampshire students can visit NH.BarackObama.com for more information on voting and how to get involved in these final days of the campaign. Thursday, October 30th 11:45 a.m. Rally for Change with Gov. Howard Dean UNH Durham- Granite State Room-- MUB 83 Main Street, Durham
MANCHESTER-- Former Vermont governor and current chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean will be in New Hampshire this Thursday, October 30th for a Rally for Change. With just over a week until New Hampshire voters head to the polls, Gov. Dean will stress the incredibly high stakes of the election for young voters and encourage them to vote. Dean will also discuss Sen. Obama's plan to create jobs and improve the state of our economy so that young Granite Staters can successfully enter the workforce upon graduation.
Earlier today, the Obama campaign in New Hampshire released a list of 50 New Hampshire student leaders who are not only supporting Sen. Obama's Campaign for Change, but are working on campuses to elect former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, and Congressman Paul Hodes. These student leaders have been and will continue to play an active role in the last days of the campaign energizing students to vote and have dedicated their time to engaging classmates in the electoral process. New Hampshire students can visit NH.BarackObama.com for more information on voting and how to get involved in these final days of the campaign.
UNH Durham- Granite State Room-- MUB
83 Main Street, Durham
This blog was written by Jennifer, a volunteer from the Upper Valley for Obama Team Nestled in the beautiful landscape of Hanover, NH, the Kendal retirement community is renowned for its active, engaged senior residents. A dedicated group of Obama campaign volunteers from Kendal demonstrates why this reputation is well-deserved. For several weeks now, Kendal residents have been holding their own phone bank for Obama out of their residences, with Edie taking the lead in organizing their efforts. The dedicated group has proven to be quite a force in reaching out to New Hampshire voters throughout the state, smashing their own calling records and earning a special trophy from campaign staff (seen below). How do they do it? Each morning, Edie's pie basket (also seen below) appears with fresh calling packets for volunteers to pick up. By evening, packets are returned to the pie basket to be picked up by staffers for data entry. The next day, the process starts again, and hundreds of calls are made. Hats off to our great team of Kendal volunteers!
This blog was written by Jennifer, a volunteer from the Upper Valley for Obama Team
Nestled in the beautiful landscape of Hanover, NH, the Kendal retirement community is renowned for its active, engaged senior residents. A dedicated group of Obama campaign volunteers from Kendal demonstrates why this reputation is well-deserved.
For several weeks now, Kendal residents have been holding their own phone bank for Obama out of their residences, with Edie taking the lead in organizing their efforts. The dedicated group has proven to be quite a force in reaching out to New Hampshire voters throughout the state, smashing their own calling records and earning a special trophy from campaign staff (seen below).
How do they do it? Each morning, Edie's pie basket (also seen below) appears with fresh calling packets for volunteers to pick up. By evening, packets are returned to the pie basket to be picked up by staffers for data entry. The next day, the process starts again, and hundreds of calls are made.
Hats off to our great team of Kendal volunteers!
If you'd like to get active and help out the efforts of our great Kendal team on the phones, find your local field office and get involved. Get Out The Vote starts tomorrow, so we need your help now more than ever. If you can't make it in to your local office, or if you have limited time to volunteer, think about using Neighbor to Neighbor, our online call tool, to make calls whenever it is convenient for you.
Chris Hughes, Director of Online Organizing, just wrote this blog post about our brand new redesign of Neighbor to Neighbor, a tool that thousands of supporters are using right now to call and canvass Granite Staters.
Check out the exciting changes, and join us now.
For two months now, tens of thousands of people have been making phonecalls from the comfort of their own homes, and knocking on doors in their own communities.With 12 days to go, we’ve upgraded our calling and walking tool to make it easier to use. Some of the things that we’ve changed:• New look and feel that is consistent with the rest of MyBO and BarackObama.com• The call script window is wider and easier to read. The Save button is now at the top, making it easier to move from one voter to the next. Less scrolling means more time calling.• Easier to report contacts after having a conversationYou’ll notice that no functionality has been removed. We’ve tried as hard as possible to avoid making any dramatic changes with only a few days to go before the election. It’s simply been our goal to make the system more intuitive and easier to use.Let's get started calling!
For two months now, tens of thousands of people have been making phonecalls from the comfort of their own homes, and knocking on doors in their own communities.
With 12 days to go, we’ve upgraded our calling and walking tool to make it easier to use.
Some of the things that we’ve changed:• New look and feel that is consistent with the rest of MyBO and BarackObama.com• The call script window is wider and easier to read. The Save button is now at the top, making it easier to move from one voter to the next. Less scrolling means more time calling.• Easier to report contacts after having a conversation
You’ll notice that no functionality has been removed. We’ve tried as hard as possible to avoid making any dramatic changes with only a few days to go before the election. It’s simply been our goal to make the system more intuitive and easier to use.
Let's get started calling!
MANCHESTER, NH - In the midst of hunting season, Sportsmen and women across New Hampshire have joined together to announce their support for Senator Barack Obama for president. This announcement comes as hunters throughout the Granite State carry on the tradition of hunting from generation to generation during Youth Hunt Weekend for Deer, which is October 25-26 across the state.
"Growing up in New Hampshire, most of us spent our time outdoors hunting, fishing or hiking. These traditions were passed down from mothers and fathers to their children. As a hunter, I take pride in the outdoors and want a president who will honor that tradition while conserving our land and waterways," said Richard Moquin, statewide Chair for Sportsmen and Sportswomen for Obama. "Senator Obama will not only protect our Second Amendment rights, but preserve our wildlife so future generations can continue this tradition. I know he'll be a true friend of the sportsmen."
"I believe that hunting, fishing and spending time in the outdoors is a valuable experience for all generations - young and old," said Clinton King of Berlin. "An Obama administration will protect those rights, allowing national lands to stay open and continuing to allow gun owners to use our firearms, especially for hunting. As president, Obama will stand up for conservation, preserving national forest lands and ensuring that our wildlife is protected."
The New Hampshire Sportsmen and women for Obama is made up of one Statewide Chair and co-Chairs in each county of the state. They know that Senator Obama will stand up for their individual Second Amendment right to pursue their hunting traditions and ensure the future of hunting and fishing by expanding access to private hunting and fishing areas. The steering committee includes former New Hampshire Fish and Game Department officials, hunters, fishers and conservationists, as well members of the National Rifle Association.
As President, Barack Obama will continue to stand up for sportsmen and sportswomen by: Protecting the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase, own and use guns. Improving access by providing financial incentives to private land owners who voluntarily open their land to hunting and fishing. Advocating funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which provides needed resources to state agencies to conserve important wildlife habitat. Recognizing that global warming is real, is happening now, and poses a real threat to America's fish, wildlife, and the future of hunting and fishing, and providing real leadership to combat climate change. Supporting proposals endorsed by dozens of national hunting and fishing organizations to devote billions of dollars annually to state game and fish agencies and federal land management agencies to help them ensure that fish and wildlife survive the coming impacts of climate change.Ensuring that Farm Bill conservation programs are funded to provide maximum benefit to fish and wildlife.Supporting state efforts to educate youth in order to maintain hunting and fishing traditions.
Over two hundred people registered this morning at the Manchester City Hall, as a diverse crowd of gathered to chat, dance, listen to music, and hear Actor Jeffrey Wright ("W", Syriana, Casino Royale) speak about coming together to create one nation seeking change.
I look around me, wherever I go at Obama events, and I see the complexity of America represented in the faces of the people around me at these events. You know, a lot of what's happened in the last few months has been to narrow the vision of America down to Hockey Moms and Joe Six Packs and Joe the Plumbers. But America's more complicated than that. There's Jose the Barber. There's basketball big brothers. We're all here together and its we who make this country great.
[Powell] talked about how the strength of this country is in our diversity, the strength of this country is in its complexity. Colin Powell himself was born from immigrant parents from Jamaica. That's the story of our country. And when we start to exclude, at such critical times as these in terms of America's place on the global stage, when we seek to exclude whole sections of the population as we try to face these challenges we undermine our capacity to really overcome them.
"Getting people to register the day of is a great opportunity," Wright said. "You've got to find these pockets, these pools of people to register."
Can you join us to Get Out The Vote this week? We only have ten days to remind people they can register on the day of, and participate in this election. Let's go out and win New Hampshire and change this country.
Jeffrey Wright, an actor in films such as "W", Casino Royale, Syriana, Cadillac Records and The Manchurian Candidate, will be in Nashua and Manchester this Saturday, meeting Granite Staters to hear about the issues on their mind this election and speak about his support of Sen. Obama.
Wright is no stranger to politics. A native of our nation's capitol, Washington, D.C., Wright studied Political Science as well as acting while attending Amherst College.
Wright will encourage all eligible voters to participate in this historic election and bring about the change we need by voting for Barack Obama and Democrats up and down the ticket.
This is a great opportunity to get your friends who are undecided or unregistered involved in the political process. If you have time between knocking on doors and calling your neighbors this weekend, join us for a block party in Manchester or a meet and greet in Nashua this Saturday.
