It didn't take long after Barack accepted the nomination for people across the country to start organizing more than ever for November. Volunteers spent Labor Day weekend organizing for change and taking action to make their voice heard. The constituents of the campaign were a part of last weekend's campaign-related activities.
In Seattle, Washington the Asian American and Pacific Islanders community held a voter registration drive in Seattle's Chinatown/International District. They spent an evening talking to supporters, registering voters and spreading Barack's message.
Dozens of local small businesses set up booths to sell Chinese pastries, Vietnamese sandwiches and Japanese noodles to several hundred local Washingtonians. Among the crowd were Obama supporters donning stickers and signup forms to encourage Asian American Pacific Islanders to vote. Supporters talked to dozens of local Washingtonians and registered many of them to vote.According to Christine K, a first time voter, “As an Asian American, I believe that Barack Obama speaks for me. I believe that he understands the problems that my family faces, and I trust him to be my president.”
In Las Vegas, Nevada members of the Latino community gathered to form the Nevada Latino Leadership Advisory Committee. This community consists of over 80 Latino leaders in Nevada.
Among those in attendance were Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen, Chairman of the National Association of Hispanic Publications Foundation Edmundo Escobedo, community activist Vito De La Cruz, and Culinary 226 President Geoconda Arguello-Kline. The campaign, working with the Latino community, created this committee in order to highlight the importance of Latino issues to the campaign, and will be vital to Barack Obama's efforts in Nevada.Escobedo kicked off the event, talking about the importance of this committee in reaching out to the Latino community and mobilizing them to vote. De La Cruz talked about the most salient issues facing Latino families today: healthcare, education, and sensible immigration reform. Finally, Arguello-Kline spoke poignantly about her experience working her way up as an immigrant, as well as the struggles that working families face in this declining economy.
The Heartland Change Tour for Rural Americans kicked-off in Wisconsin on Tuesday with a roundtable breakfast with Representative Phil Garthwaite.
The goal of the tour is to reach out to voters in Wisconsin's heartland - the rural areas and smaller cities of the state that are filled with the farmers and hard-working Wisconsinites that have been the backbone of the Badger state's identity for generations....The tour made stops ... in Monroe and Argyle - where it was joined by State Senator John Erpenbach en route to the day's final house meeting in Middleton.
On Thursday, the tour continued on in Sun Prairie with Senator Mark Miller and Wisconsin's Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Randy Romanski.
The Tour ... took several of Wisconsin's most scenic winding county roads through Sauk County to arrive at Geri and Dick's farm in Fairfield Township just outside of Baraboo just in time for lunch."I heard Barack speak, and I said, 'I'm going to work for that man,'" Geri said, adding that she had never been involved in politics before.Twenty of Geri and Dick's friends and neighbors from around the county took time out of their busy schedules to ask questions, offer ideas and to tell the Campaign for Change where they think their nation is going. Several were still negotiating crops that were damaged from the flooding that had occurred in the area earlier this summer.But for an hour and a half those who gathered at Dick and Geri's put aside the strains of the past and present and looked to the future - and all were deeply concerned with enhancing the quality of rural life in Wisconsin and America.
Indiana, Minnesota and North Carolina host Women's Wednesday - a day specifically focused on the diverse women who make up this campaign. Women's Wednesday also allows the opportunity for women to gather and work together to help build the Women for Obama community in their hometown. Minnesota lists all the ways that women can get involved in this campaign.
Being a member of [Women for Obama] allows you to play a pivotal role in the campaign to elect Sen. Barack Obama the President of the United States.Between now and Election Day there will be many opportunities and events held throughout the state of Minnesota.Women On Wednesdays•Women calling women phone banks held every Wednesday at all Campaign for Change offices. Phone banks are from 5:00 – 9:00 pm. Mamas for Obama•Group of women with children convene; women alternate between providing childcare and volunteering.Women “Knocking-Out” the RNC•Go door knocking during the RNC! Team Obama•Assume a leadership role within your community as a Team Obama Captain or Member. Women Focused Events•Organize or participate in a women focused event such as Barack the Walk Against Breast Cancer and Obama Supporters Cheering to End Breast Cancer.
There are 20 constituent groups organizing across the country for Barack. Find yours and join the community today.
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