Past meeting
Gearing Up for the Nov 4 Elections
American (Quaker) Friends Service Committee Meeting House
San Francisco, CA 94103
(3 ratings)
Meeting Description
Who
- We welcome anyone who cares about taking back our country.
Why
- Winning the Presidency and building our majorities in Congress in November won't just happen, these will be hard-fought campaigns. Now is the time for all of us to get involved and make a difference.
Organized by
- Alec Bash
Details
Join us at this important meeting to organize for the critical November 4 elections.
Superdelegates Alicia Wang and Christine Pelosi will discuss superdelegates' special role in the Democratic Party. Alicia Wang is well known throughout the state and nation for her Democratic Party involvement. She's served several terms on the S.F. County Democratic Central Committee and the California State Democratic Committee. In 1992, she became the first Asian-American woman to be elected to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from the continental United States. Alicia is Vice-Chair of the California Democratic Party (for Northern California), another first for Asian-American woman.
Christine Pelosi, author of Campaign Boot Camp - Basic Training for Future Leaders, will also present leadership lessons from the campaign trail and be available to sign copies of her book. Christine directs the AFSCME PEOPLE/New House PAC Congressional Candidates Boot Camp, which helped elect 12 new members of Congress in 2006. She's chaired the California Democratic Party Platform Committee since 1996, and serves as an elected member of the Democratic National Committee where she co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council.
The meeting includes the annual election by DemocracyAction's members of the officers to help lead us to victory in 2008.
Talk About This Meeting
Who Attended
The organizer estimated that 75 people attended.
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Gabie Berliner
"Pelosi was especially inspiring and informative. She brought home what our roles can be at the grass roots to get people to vote."
Clemetine Clarke
"Alec, The meeting today was really good! I wish that there had been much less chatter and more action. As loyal Democrats, we cannot afford to be "meeting to just be meeting." It is absolutely imperative that every time one or more Democrats are gathered in a meeting setting we need to walk away with a realistic action plan and timelines. Additionally, you should require every member to take an active role on one of the committees this important election year or they should inactivate their membership until they can commit to actively participating. The above is my humble opinion. "