Where: Outside AuH2O (84 E. 7th Street b/t 1st and 2nd aves)- Sidewalk Runway! When: Sunday, September 13, 5pm What: Models in Health Care Reform and Public Option shirts and dresses FREE Health Care Reform BUTTONS FREE Obama EARRINGS for the first 25 people!
There will also be a table where we will be handing out info on Obama's plan and why we're in favor of it. We'll provide information on how to call your senators and encourage them to vote for it, and we'll have a letter of support everyone is welcome to sign that we'll send to the President.
Models will be walking in AuH2O for Health Care Reform tops, which are hand stenciled and made from old clothing, as always. Shirts will be available for $20 and dresses will be $40, and the proceeds will go to paying my medical expenses and hopefully getting insurance in the future!
There will also be a live band and a DJ! The Curtana Veil, which is Ryan Kanterman, David Kaplan, and Chris Wall, will play a few songs (see this video of my favorite song) and Avi Flombaum will DJ the fashion show.
For more details, go to blog.auh2odesigns.com or email kate -at- auh2odesigns.com
The iReport video “Fashion For Change” about the Oct. 2 AuH2Obama Fashion Show has been selected as a FINALIST for CNN's iReport Film Festival! Please click on this link to watch it and vote for it (top row, 4th from the right) so it can be on Anderson Cooper! What would make for better TV than hot models wearing eco-friendly Barack Obama dresses?
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/allpolitics/0810/filmfest.vote/
Please spread the word!
With the election just a few weeks away, AuH2O is hosting a third and final fashion show fundraiser for Obama on Friday, October 24. The past two AuH2Obama shows were so successful that I just had to have one more before the 4th. This show will be at KABIN in the East Village, 92 2nd Avenue, at 10pm.
As in the previous AuH2Obama shows, all models will walk the runway in Obama wear. We’ll be selling Obama tops for only $20 and dresses for $40 (50% of the profits going to the campaign.) And as always, we’ll be handing out free Obama buttons, stickers, and window signs. Grab a bunch and send them to your family and friends in swing states!
There is no cover charge for the show, drinks will be only $4- beer, wine, and well. Cupcakes will be for sale for $1, and any additional donations will go to the campaign. We will feature the jewelry of Patricia Alonzo, who will also be selling her pieces and donating a percentage to the campaign. The show will start at 10pm and will be DJ'ed by Avi Flombaum and will feature hot models:
Mona Asinovski Alana Corbett Margaret Fasolo Jill Filipovic Elizabeth Gillroy TJ Hanna Sarah Hyde Rachel Kay Fiona Korwin-Pawlowski Antonia Kuyumji Leanne Linsky Pauline Ma Sam Mehlman Rachel Northrop Carmen Ongsiako Anika Paris Nydia Parries Marcia Robiou Alice Forbes Spear Dana Tarasavage Jamia Wilson
Here’s the info again:
Where: KABIN, 92 2nd Avenue (b/t 5th and 6th streets) F to 2nd Ave, walk five blocks North When: Friday, October 24, 10pm
Hope to see you there!
AuH2O is hosting another fashion show fundraiser this Thursday, October 2 at LUNASA on 1st Avenue between 7th and St. Marks. Unfortunately, that's the same day as the VP debate, so I apologize for that. There's always DVR and the internet, and we'll try to have it playing at the bar.
All models will wear Obama dresses, skirts, or tops down the runway, and we'll be selling Obama tops and skirts for only $20 (guys and girls, 50% going to the campaign) and dresses for $40. We're handing out free Obama buttons, stickers, window signs, and VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS as the deadline to vote in New York is approaching on October 10th! There is no cover charge for the show, drinks will be $5- beer, house wine, and well drinks, vegan cupcakes will be for sale, any donations will go to the campaign. The show will start at 9pm, get there early to get a good spot!What: AuH2Obama Fashion Show Where: LUNASA 126 1st Avenue b/t 7th and St. Marks PlaceWhen: Thursday, October 2, 9pm
Greetings Obamaritaville,
To our new members, WELCOME. We raise our glasses to you. A few updates:
OBAMARAMA – Happy Hour
This Friday a new member of our group, Phil, will be hosting an Obamarama Night at the Cooper Door Tavern (272 3rd Ave). He and a friend will be bartending and will be generously donating their tips from the night to the Obama campaign (SO TIP generously)! I will have NY voter registration forms for distribution at the event and it goes without saying that we do not want any New Yorkers leaving that bar unregistered (assuming, of course, they are American citizens). We should have the event cross-posted on our site soon, but in the meantime please sign up here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4459q
JOURNEY FOR CHANGE
A humongous thank you to all our book donors and book signers that took part in our Journey for Change book drive for the Bushwick kids going to South Africa. Thanks to your generosity, each kid has their own book with a positive message to take on their journey (you can read some of the messages on the Blog here http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/jolly/gGxDBc). I dropped off the books at the Bushwick Salvation Army yesterday and could not be more thrilled by our project. The kids will be writing us a letter upon return from South Africa and I will be sure to post it to the site at that time. Empowerment through global service, indeed!
WOMEN FOR OBAMA
Cheers Ever Your HopeMonger, Jolly
SAVE THE DATE / Get Tickets-- All Points West Music Festival - Vote for Change voter registration, fun, Radiohead and us (http://www.apwfestival.com/ ).
Journey for Change – Your Messages, Our Present & Future Hope
“Empowering Youth Through Global Service”
Youth – Community – Hope – Service – Empowerment – Change – Destiny
Greetings Fellow Hopemongers, Women for Obama, Vote for Change Volunteers, Obama Supporters with a Margarita, Friends, Brooklynites, New Yorkers, Obama Family, Americans, and Global Citizens.
As some of you know, we have been collecting copies of Hill Harper’s Letters to a Young Brother and Letters to a Young Sister to send with the 15 girls (young women) and 15 boys (young men) from Bushwick, Brooklyn, that will be taking part in the Journey for Change youth service project to South Africa. (Details on this amazing project headed by Obama supporter Malaak Compton-Rock, who also happens to be the mother of my dynamic North Carolina canvassing partner Gayle, can be found on the Angel Rock Project web site at http://www.angelrockproject.com/arp/projects/journey_for_change.asp). The book drive was part of the Vote for Change registration drive we had in Harlem the night of the Montana and South Dakota primaries (with 66 voter registrations collected by our awesome volunteers.)(Details on this past event and some of my motivation for creating it can be found at http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4b5m).
In addition to providing books full of advice and guidance to read on their trip, Obama supporters have been writing in personal messages for these young adults that may one day be future women and men for Obama and, just possibly --with a little hope and help, future leaders of their communities and our country. As a bonus, the “Young Brother” book includes a letter from Senator Obama and the “Young Sister” book contains a letter from Michelle Obama. I have included some of the amazing messages already gathered below. Due to the generous donations by our past volunteers and donors (particularly my own Mama for Obama in Colorado and Lonny in NYC with multiple donations), it looks like we may have donors for all the books. However, I need more messages from YOU. Before you try to tell me that you are too busy, take a look at the fundraising picture and you will see that Senator Obama took the time out to sign one of the books at the Women for Obama breakfast we just had in New York!!! I have to admit, I’m going to be a little jealous handing over that treasure.
So please leave messages for the kids in the comments section of the blog. I am asking for a small suggested $5 to $10 donation to the campaign through our fundraising link to participate, but will accept positive messages from all regardless of contribution (after all economic times are hard). Link for the fundraising page and the Obama signature can be found here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/maingroup/ObamaSupporterswithaMargarita
“Your life is what you make it. Those who achieve don’t waste time on self-pity…Instead they strive for excellence. They take responsibility for their actions and they try to focus not just on themselves, but on others. In fact when you focus on others you realize the blessings you have…It doesn’t mean you can’t get down sometimes. Everybody does. But, always remember that being defeated is a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent….Barack” Letters to a Young Brother by Hill Harper, page 157
Obama Supporters’ Messages of HOPE --
“…Be grateful for what you have – be compassionate to those that do not have what you have – and work for quality in this world…and always LOVE.” – Sue, NYC
Always dream big, but remember to set goals. …Stand by your convictions. Don’t blindly follow the crowd…You have one life, live it to the fullest!’ Love I. Watkins, NY
“Future Ba-rack Star, I am actually a college student that is only now getting involved in the political process. Before this election I dreamed big, but my dreams were always questioned by a society that constantly dismissed my ability, and the collective abilities of young people…I write this to ask you to never allow anyone question your strength or power. Your voice is your tool, use it to be the change you seek…I find comfort in knowing that whatever you choose to do, the story that you write through living will make a mark on the pursuit of progress.” Sara, NYU Student & NY Women for Obama
“Khaljani – This is Swahili for destined to rule. In the Spirit, brother, I know that indeed, you are. Rule yourself & submit to righteous principals. Then serve greatly, young prince! --Brother Esq., NJ (a friend of Kevin Powell, who is running to be the Democratic candidate for Congress in Brooklyn, NY, District 10)
This is coming to you from NY City where we are about to see Barack Obama, who we hope will be our next President. He is truly an inspiration and proof that you can accomplish anything if you put your mind and your soul into it. Be strong, be confident, respect yourself and know you can be anything you want to be!” Dianne NYC
“Dear Young Sister, As you go on your journey to South Africa, I want you to bear in mind that it is always more gracious to give then to receive.” – P. Obetoh, NYC
“As I write this I am at a gathering of Obama supporters. Obama just clinched the nomination for the Democratic nominee for President. A historic night. I’m hoping we’ll have another historic night this November…Cherish your trip to South Africa. The world is a much smaller place than we know.” - JQ Faith, New York
“South Africa is such an interesting country. You will do and learn so much and at the same time make a contribution. Best wishes for a truly extraordinary experience.” --J. Fogurty, A Woman for Obama
May the examples that you are reading about in this book inspire you to reach for the stars! Dimitra, New York
“Good luck on your adventure. Follow your heart…it will help you decide the right thing to do…” Lara, NY, HIV Counselor
“My sister lives in a country where people don’t get to vote and she always reminds me what a great power and blessing it is!!” Ellen, NY
“Be Inspired! Enjoy! S. , NY
From John McCain: "Two of our greatest statesmen, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, took their last breaths on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after they presented America with our Declaration of Independence. They had been fellow revolutionaries, the closest of comrades, who went on to become bitter political rivals. Then, as the new era of the 1800s dawned, they reconciled, reminded of their old friendship and the momentous history they had made together. "Who shall write the history of the American revolution?" Adams asked Jefferson in one of the 158 letters they exchanged after they'd rediscovered their bonds. "Nobody," responded Jefferson."
Jefferson would've responded "Nobody" because he never expected the American Revolution to end. In fact, his advice was for every 20 years or so the American People should revolt against their government in order to feed "the Tree of Liberty." What would he think of fat, lazy, complacent Americans who let a tyrant strip away our liberty, kill our children in needless wars, and will not answer to Congress, the Senate, or the People? Perhaps Jefferson might view this year's election, and the direction of Barack Obama for uniting the country as a bloodless revolution. He certainly would welcome the return to liberty, fraternity, and equality that has been slipping away in our government.
My Mother's grandparents are like most of yours - diverse. My mother's family came to Connecticut in the 1600's. German. High Episcoplian. Daughters of the American Revolutition Yankees. Where her family tree went astray was of my grandfather. He lied and joined the submarine corp in WWI. Afterwards flew the first airmail routes with Wiley Post. Married his sweetheart and opened a gas station in the Bronx who hired blacks as machanics. He also invented air suspension brakes for trucks & runway lights but sold both patterns when my grandmother needed a surgery. Oh, he lied again and served in WWII. Let McCain beat that!
My Father's grandparents fell in love in Ireland. Only 1 problem - grandpa was Scottish Presbyterian and grandma was Irish Catholic. A "mixed" marriage wasn't going to work where they came from in 1905. Only one place to go - America. Every Sunday, his only day off, my grandfather took my dad and my uncles to every house of worship in New York City. They thought a religious prejudice was the DUMBEST of all bigotry. There is only one creator, but with many names.
Mom & Dad met at a dance in a Catholic Church. They fell in love. Despite the class differences, the religious differences, the whatevers, they married. My mother asked my dad to go to a speech therapist to lose his "Dese, Dems, and Doze" NYC accent. He asked for the kids to be baptized. Twenty years later - my brother married a Jamaican woman. Our "mixed" family lives on!
Finishing with Obama: "In the end, it may be this quality that best describes patriotism in my mind — not just a love of America in the abstract, but a very particular love for, and faith in, one another as Americans. The greatness of our country — its victories in war, its enormous wealth, its scientific and cultural achievements — have resulted from the toil, drive, struggle, restlessness, humor, and quiet heroism of the American people. That is the liberty we defend — the liberty of each of us to follow our dreams. That is the equality we seek — not an equality of results but the chance of every single one of us to make it if we try. That is the community we strive to build — one in which we recognize we share common hopes and dreams, one in which we continue to insist that there is nothing we cannot do when we put our minds to it, and one in which we see ourselves as part of a larger story, our own fates wrapped up in the fates of all who share allegiance to America's singular creed."
It's a country worth fighting for. Not just with guns but with how we live our lives and treat one another each and every day. This is a country that awards life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all its citizens - at least that was the Founding Fathers' goal. In a dangerous world, as dangerous in 1776 as it is in 2008, we need to be prepared, vigilant, and ready. Ruled, not by fear, but by intelligent patriotic leaders willing to serve and defend our Constitution. To finish with Ben Franklin: "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Happy 4th of July!
