Across the country, women are taking this election into their own hands…and their own homes. In giving their all to change our country for the better, they remind us that meaningful change only happens from the bottom up; if we want a President we can believe in, we each need to take ownership of the electoral process.
Last weekend Ama and two other women for Obama hosted a fundraiser -- which they called "Spring for Obama" -- at Ama’s house in Maryland. The inspired event raised $1,000 – and was another example of the Obama grassroots community building that has brought him so close to the winning the Democratic nomination and will, in November, earn him the presidency.
Spring for Obama hosts Jennifer, Cori and Ama
Here’s how Ama describes the event as part of her own on-going Obama campaign:
I met the party co-hosts Cori and Jennifer at my home on separate occasions when I hosted phone banking parties to call women voters in Wisconsin, and a few other states. At each phone banking party I had anywhere from 5-10 women, most of whom found out about it through mass e-mails sent by Young Lawyers for Obama or Women For Obama. Cori, Jennifer and I kept in touch and Cori and Jennifer made a trip to register voters in Pennsylvania a couple weekends ago. We all decided that we wanted to host a fundraiser by inviting as many of our friends as possible and asking them to contribute $20 per person, $30 per pair - kids free. The event was a great success - we raffled a couple door prizes (Obama bumper stickers, two copies of "Dreams of my Father" and an Obama '08 t-shirt). We served salads, ordered special "O" cookies -- and Obamaritas and Obamatinis were among our drink specialties. About 30 people came, plus children, and friends who couldn't make it contributed on line. Everyone had a great time and we raised just over $1,000.
I met the party co-hosts Cori and Jennifer at my home on separate occasions when I hosted phone banking parties to call women voters in Wisconsin, and a few other states. At each phone banking party I had anywhere from 5-10 women, most of whom found out about it through mass e-mails sent by Young Lawyers for Obama or Women For Obama.
Cori, Jennifer and I kept in touch and Cori and Jennifer made a trip to register voters in Pennsylvania a couple weekends ago. We all decided that we wanted to host a fundraiser by inviting as many of our friends as possible and asking them to contribute $20 per person, $30 per pair - kids free.
The event was a great success - we raffled a couple door prizes (Obama bumper stickers, two copies of "Dreams of my Father" and an Obama '08 t-shirt). We served salads, ordered special "O" cookies -- and Obamaritas and Obamatinis were among our drink specialties. About 30 people came, plus children, and friends who couldn't make it contributed on line. Everyone had a great time and we raised just over $1,000.
Thank you Ama, for your efforts and your reminder that we each can try to spend a little less time watching Barack earn the nomination on TV and a little more time making it happen ourselves!
Now let's get Barackupied hosting our own Spring for Obama events!
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