Sen. Barack Obama is the most inspiring public leader in America. He has a bold vision to help the middle class and restore America's prestige in the world. Join this grassroots effort to support Sen. Obama's historic and uplifting campaign for president. Keep hope alive! Obama '08!
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Because of your volunteer efforts in 2008, Barack Obama is now the President. Thank you for all your hard work!
Now let's keep up the momentum. Around 1 million people participated in the Texas Democratic precinct caucuses, and this new generation of activists will help turn Texas blue. 2010 will see the strongest statewide Democratic ticket in recent memory, and you're encouraged to meet the various candidates and get involved.
Our regular Texans for Obama monthly meetups are every 3rd Tuesday at Scholz Garten at 6:00pm.
2009 TFO Speaker Series:
May 19 - Mayor Bill White
June 15 - John Sharp
July 21 - Kinky Friedman
August 18 - Ronnie Earle
September 15 - Sen. Kirk Watson
October 20 - Tom Schieffer
November 17 - Jack McDonald
December 15 - Holiday Party Featuring Reps. Valinda Bolton, Donna Howard & Diana Maldonado
We've got a great team of Democratic leaders, so let's keep up the momentum and turn Texas blue!
Only 30 tickets left! Act now before it's too late. We've also secured a professional dancer to provide free bhangra dance lessons before the afterparty. Call Ramey at 512.577.5729 or e-mail ramey@asianamericansforobama.com with questions.
Going to DC and looking for a great inaugural event, but shocked by the price of the galas? Then check out the APA for Progress AAPI Grassroots Gala and Bollywood Afterparty! In an elegant venue in Adams Morgan at the heart of DC, the Grassroots Gala offers fine food, open bar, and award winning entertainment at half the cost of most galas. For those interested in late night partying, there's also an afterparty event to celebrate until dawn.
Best of all, proceeds go not just to cover the expenses, but benefit the APA Civic Project, which helps train and place young, aspiring political activists with progressive campaigns around the country.
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress PAC Presents
The AAPI Grassroots Gala and Afterparty
Come join your fellow grassroots activists as we celebrate our achievements, recognize our leaders and look towards the future! All proceeds will benefit APAP PAC's activities, including the Civic Project.
DATE: January 20, 2009
TIME: 8 p.m. to closing
PLACE: Perry's Restaurant
1811 Columbia Road
Washington, D.C. 20009
http://www.perrysadamsmorgan.com/
AAPI Grassroots Gala (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.)
Celebrating our grassroots leaders
Advance Sale Ticket: $125 (good through Jan. 9th)
Post-Gala After-Party (midnight to closing)
Featuring Ashu Rai and DJ Bobby, Resident DJs for the NYC-based Desilicious parties
Advance Sale Ticket: $50 (good through Jan. 9th)
Please note, there will also be an exclusive Pre-Gala VIP Cocktail Reception from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., celebrating the inaugural year of the Civic Project. Tickets for this event are $250. A limited number of All Access Passes (tickets to the Gala, the Cocktail Reception and After-Party) are available for $325, as well as special host committee packages for $500. For more info, please email APAPinauguration@gmail.com.
EVENT OVERVIEW:
Celebrate this historic inauguration in one of the most elegant private party venues in D.C.--Perry's Restaurant in the heart of Adams Morgan. Guests attending this distinctively stylish gala celebration will enjoy a five-star selection of sushi, hors d'oeuvres, desserts, and a partial open bar while listening to live jazz performed by world-class musicians. For the after-party, a cash bar and DJ will be available for revelers until dawn.
There's an important runoff campaign for Texas Senate District 17, and Democrat Chris Bell needs our help. Please attend one of our scheduled phone banks and help turn Texas blue.
We're also planning a road trip for the December 6-7 weekend. We'll knock on doors and help get out the vote. Please RSVP with Ken Flippin, (512) 627-9171 or kflippin@gmail.com.
Your hard work has helped make history. Thank you for knocking on doors, making phone calls and getting on buses to swing states. This was the biggest and most effective grassroots campaign in history, and you made it happen!
But our work has only begun.
Now we must stay organized and help support Obama's policy initiatives. We must continue organizing on the local grassroots level to help turn Texas blue.
Our first post-election meetup with be Wednesday, November 19 at Scholz Garten. We'll discuss which direction to take our grassroots movement. Our goal is to maintain the momentum and help prepare for 2010 & 2012.
Texans for Obama Meetup Post-Election Reunion
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 19
Scholz Garten
1607 San Jacinto Blvd
Austin, TX 78701
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If you're going to DC for the Obama inauguration, then please email us at texasinauguration@gmail.com. We'll connect you with other Texans, and we look forward to hearing your stories.
Also, the 2008 election still isn't over yet. Please don't forget about the December runoff for Texas Senate District 17. Democrat Chris Bell needs your help, so please donate online today. Or you can join Mr. Bell in Austin this Tuesday at Sen. Kirk Watson's house.
This Saturday, you're invited to our final volunteer rally before election day. Luci Baines Johnson will join us, so don't miss this exciting event!
Potluck Breakfast & Volunteer Rally Featuring Luci Baines Johnson
Saturday, November 1st
10:00am - 2:00pm
TCDP Headquarters
1107 North IH-35, 78702
Phone: 472-VOTE
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You've worked hard this year to elect Democrats from the courthouse to the White House. You've knocked on doors. Make phone calls. Waived signs at polling locations.
And your efforts have paid off. We've had record early vote turnout here in Travis County, and now we're getting ready for the final push.
Don't have any regrets on November 5. Help us make history and sign up to volunteer today.
Great news! For the first time in decades, a presidential campaign is putting field staff in Texas for the general election.
To get things started, the Obama campaign is holding Camp Obama trainings across the state this weekend. They will teach you the skills & knowledge you need to take a leadership role in Texas. (The information for the Austin training is listed below.)
WHEN: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday-Sunday, August 23-24
WHERE: TCDP Coordinated Campaign HQ
1107 North I-35
Austin, TX 78702
(next to the CVS pharmacy)
Click here to sign up to attend this weekend's training in Austin. To RSVP for a training outside of Austin, please send an email to texas@barackobama.com. If you have already RSVP'd, you are confirmed & do not need to sign up again.
Don't miss this great opportunity to get involved and make a difference!
First-time voter participation was at an all-time high for the Texas Primary, let's continue the trend in November and register as many students as we can before the last day of AISD classes on Wednesday June 4th.
That's right! Tomorrow's the last day! So I'm hosting a city-wide Voter Registration Drive at almost all the Austin High Schools, but I'll need your help to make it possible! The more people participate, the more schools we can canvass!
Let's send a message to the youth out there, especially the one's about to graduate, that their voice matters, and now they have to right to use it through voting for the first time in November!
Watch the final primary results come in this Tuesday from Montana and South Dakota. Also get the latest information regarding our upcoming state party convention this weekend.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 3
7:00 PM
WHERE: Scholz Garten
1607 San Jacinto Blvd
Austin, TX 78701
It's CHRIS WILSON the energetic, vigorous, and fiercely dedicated GRASSROOTS OBAMA ACTIVIST. I am asking for your vote for National Delegate on June 6-7 at the Texas State Convention.
I wanted to let you know that my web page is ready for viewing at www.chriswilson4delegate.blogspot.com
Learn more about me and my OBAMA adventures over the past 15 months. You will also learn more about my previous political and environmental activism.
There is now a version of Barack's "A More Perfect Union" speech with simplified and traditional Chinese subtitles on YouTube and available for download. Because of the length of the speech, the YouTube version has been split into four parts. All four parts are available through this playlist. Good, better, and best quality Quicktime versions are also available for download from the Captioned Media for Obama directory.
A multilingual version of Si Se Puede has also been posted on Youtube. It has subtitles in 8 languages (Spanish, English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, French, Korean, Vietnamese, and German). A version with simplified and traditional Chinese subtitles is here.
MoveOn.org has a message for all filmmakers, writers, directors, actors, editors, composers, graphic artists, and animators: Whether you're a total amateur or a total pro, now is the time to use your creativity to help Barack Obama win. We're launching an ad contest: "Obama in 30 Seconds."
Powered by grassroots enthusiasm, Obama has won the most states and the most delegates. But the race isn't over, and we've got to pull out all the stops to help him across the finish line.
We're counting on you to make amazing ads in the next three weeks. Then, MoveOn members and the public will rate the ads, and a panel of top artists, netroots heroes, and filmmaking professionals will pick the winner from among top ads. We'll air the winning ad nationally, and the winner will receive a gift certificate for $20,000 in video equipment.
Clinton has called Texas her "firewall" and has launched negative attacks against Obama. It's clear the Clintons will do anything to win, so we need your help to fight back!
If you'd like to meet your neighbors and spread the word about Obama's positive message of hope and change, then sign up to become a Texas Precinct Captain.
(Normally, we don't highlight local races on this blog. However, the incumbent in this upcoming Austin city council race (Jennifer Kim) is an outspoken Clinton supporter, and the Campaign Manager (Marti Bier) for the challenger (Randi Shade) is one of our original TFO volunteers. We're thankful for all the hard work Marti had done for Obama, and we look forward to helping her campaign after March 4. - promoted by Ian)
What a long strange trip it's been, right? Since I got on board with Texans for Obama at it's inception in late '06/early '07 I have been so inspired and excited to watch our movement grow. We went from a group of ten of us in a room hoping, to a 20,000 person rally in Austin, to where we are today: on the brink of TEXAS making the difference in electing a Democratic nominee that has overcome all odds to become a first on so many levels.
With all of this excitement, and hundreds and thousands of people becoming active in politics for the first time in recent Texas history, I want to take a moment remind people that this is just the beginning.
This is the beginning of what could become a huge change in the tides. If all of you that have come out to caucus, blockwalk and phonebank for Obama will pledge to continue working on someone else's campaign when March 4th has come and gone, think of the progress we can make!
In addition to helping Obama, I'd like to encourage you to continue working at home in your local races. Think of the effect we could have as Obamaniacs if we elected like-minded people to all of our, County and City Councils all over Texas.
After March 4, I'll be focusing all my energy on an important city council race in Austin.
(This picture of Marti is from the 2007 Obama rally at Auditorium Shores)
While we Texans are voting and volunteering in record numbers in hopes of delivering our state for Obama, we shouldn't forget that the good folks in Ohio are working hard as well. Here's a great story from Time that examines Obama's grassroots operation in the Buckeye state.
Home base for Barack Obama lies on the opposite side of town, in the Lee-Harvard neighborhood, home to mostly working-class African-American families. One of Obama's first volunteers here was Antoinette McCall, a substitute high school teacher who has never worked a campaign before in her life. McCall became active 11 months ago, donating what little money she could to Obama's campaign. She used Obama's website to recruit volunteers and run a phone bank from her living room. She convinced friends who own beauty salons to organize their customers, and created a database of hundreds of Obama supporters.
"It's like we had this whole movement built up before the campaign staff even got here," says McCall, 36. In a few months, McCall, a political novice, has built an organization rivaling that of some state senators who form the backbone of Clinton's establishment support. "By the time they finally opened the office," she says, "this place was packed."
As the Democratic candidates for President prepare for their debate at Cleveland State University Tuesday night, grassroots Obama supporters like McCall are the key to his having a chance on March 4 of continuing his stunning streak of 11 straight primary or caucus victories - and all but locking up the Democratic nomination. While the blue-collar Buckeye State has been viewed as part of Clinton's firewall strategy for stopping Obama's momentum, the truth is that even though she is still leading in polls, her campaign is playing catch-up when it comes to the all-important job of grassroots organizing. "I'm 52, I've been around for a while, and [Obama's] is the most spontaneous, energetic political operation that I've ever seen," said Keith Wilkowski, a lawyer and former Democratic Party chair in Toledo.
In other news, Obama just recieved the endorsement from the Toledo Blade newspaper...
We urge Ohio Democrats to vote on Tuesday for the man who spoke those words, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. It has become clear during the year-long primary campaign that he eclipses Sen. Hillary Clinton as the strongest possible candidate to run in the general election against the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain.
Moreover, we believe that Mr. Obama's inspiring life story, keen intellect, strong but quiet confidence, ready grasp of public policy issues, and his fresh and optimistic world view are what America needs after eight years of an administration that repeatedly has shown open contempt for the American people and for the Constitution.
Mr. Obama offers a breath of fresh air and new hope at a depressing time in the life of this nation. His selection would send an unmistakable signal to the world that America really may be living up to its promise of a just and truly pluralistic society.
While it's always exciting to see Sen. Obama, today's event was especially awesome.
It was a true town hall, and Obama took a bunch of questions from the audience. Unlike the Clinton campaign, Obama didn't plant friendly questioners in the audience. Instead, when hundreds of hands went up, he pointed at random people in the audience and let us speak directly to him. He even took a couple of questions from a nine-year-old Austin girl who smartly used the opportunity to get him to sign her book.
Not only did Obama demonstrate an impressive ability to think on his feet and address a variety of topics, but I was also proud of my fellow Austinites for asking such thought-provoking and issued-based questions. Thankfully, we didn't have to suffer through any lame questions like, "Who's going to be your VP?"
The questions covered the following issues:
* Software patents
* Welfare reform
* Tax cuts for the wealthy
* Aid to Africa
* Education and "No Child Left Behind"
* Fiscal policy and job creation
Thanks to all our volunteers who showed up at 6:00am to make today's event a success!
You'd think that after Obama had inspired 20,000 and 30,000 person rallies in Austin, along with a June rally and February Town Hall in San Antonio and a 12,000 person rally last night in San Marcos, that just maybe, Central Texans would no longer be super excited about Obama's Austin Town Hall this morning.
Wrong.
The line for this morning's Austin Town Hall started forming at 3:45am. It was just above freezing this morning, but that didn't deter Team Obama. We're fired up and ready to go!
Over 12,000 people attended the Obama rally last night in San Marcos. Our volunteers in San Marcos have been working hard for a year, and yesterday's event was very inspiring.
Some are saying yesterday's event was one of the biggest political rallies in San Marcos history. Does anyone know of other 10,000+ rallies in San Marcos?
Here's the front-page story from today's Statesman:
Down by the river, thousands come to cheer Obama
Thousands of Hays County residents, who have seen more national political figures in the past week than in the previous 40 years, roared for Barack Obama on Wednesday night at a spotlighted rally straddling both banks of the San Marcos River.
Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts stumped for the Illinois U.S. senator last Thursday. On Monday, Chelsea Clinton stumped for her mother, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. Then came Obama, who started a three-day return tour of Texas earlier Wednesday in Duncanville and was introduced in San Marcos by Lyndon Nugent, former President Johnson's grandson. Obama thanked Nugent for his support "and everything that his family has done for this country."
Looking over the crowd - estimated at about 12,000 by Texas State University Police Chief Ralph Meyer - Obama said, "Y'all do it big in Texas." Then he launched into his speech, which was briefly interrupted by someone calling out their love, and Obama replying, as he does often, "I love you back."
Obama, whose platform includes proposals to roll back tax cuts given to the wealthy and to make health insurance and college more affordable, drew a big cheer by reminding the crowd that President Bush won't be on November's ballot, though the cheers turned to boos when he added: "Now, that's the good news. Keep in mind that he is coming back to Texas.
Apparently word is getting out that our campus volunteer headquarters is rocking and rolling. Tom Brokaw himself just came to our office to learn more about our grassroots efforts. He was very down-to-earth, and he was well aware that Sen. Obama had met with Mack Brown and the Longhorn football team. Hook 'em!
Thanks to our student volunteer leaders who have helped get our campus office up and running in just a few days. We've gone from 0-to-60, and we're now making thousands of voter outreach calls every day out of this office. Our movement is growing every day, and we welcome more supporters to join our volunteer operation.
Also, thank you to Eva, Amy and the rest of the Women for Obama team for organizing successful house parties across Texas this past weekend. And finally, a special thanks to Matt and David for helping start the orginal Obama book club, long before Sen. Obama even announced for President. It's been a long journey, but it's been a lot of fun!
Our people-powered grassroots campaign just passed a major milestone. As of today, Barack Obama has inspired over 1,000,000 citizens to donate their hard-earned money to his presidential campaign. Incredible!
Sen. Obama made a bet at the beginning of his campaign. Unlike Hillary Clinton, he decided not to take money from lobbyists, and instead he put his faith in regular working folks to fund his underdog campaign. Now, it appears his bet has paid off. Whereas many of Clinton's donors have reached their $2,300 fundraising limit, Obama has bulit a massive network of small donors who can still contribute to his campaign.
Thanks to everyone for your committment. We've officially passed the 1 million donor milestone, and our grassroots movement is growing every day. Yes we can!
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