Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama will be in St. Paul on Monday afternoon, October 13th. She will talk about Barack’s vision for creating the kind of change we need. Here are the details:
Change We Need Rally with Michelle Obama
Where:
Macalester College
Leonard Center
125 Snelling Ave S.
St. Paul, MN Map
When:
Monday, October 13th
Doors Open: 2:30 p.m.
Program Begins: 4:00 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.
Tickets are not required; however an RSVP is strongly encouraged.
For security reasons, do not bring bags and please limit personal items. No signs or banners permitted.
With less than a month to go before the election, it is more important than ever to get active with the campaign. This Saturday, Oct 11, the Ellison, Obama Franken and other DFL campaigns will be opening a North Minneapolis office located at 2201 W. Broadway. (Intersection of W. Broadway and N. Penn in the former Bean Scene.)
- 12:00 - Join us for a Canvass Kick off
- 12:00-4:00 - Knock on voters doors and help get 20,000 additional Democratic votes out on November 4!
- 4:00 - Office Opening Rally featuring Congressman Keith Ellison.
There will be plenty of food and entertainment. Bring family and friends!
Please take a moment and visualize how sweet the morning of November 5th will be with President Obama and newly minted CD6 Congressman Elwyn Tinklenberg representing our neighbors to the north, instead of Michele Bachmann!
Sign up for a volunteer shift with the DFL coordinated campaign in CD6 — you’ll be doorknocking or phonebanking for Obama, Franken, El Tinklenberg, and a local House candidate (many of whom are locked in very tight races)Wednesday October 1st
5pm at Woodbury City Hall
Canvass for Obama, Franken, Tinklenberg and Marsha Swails
Friday October 3rd
5pm at Woodbury City Hall
Canvass for Obama, Franken, Tinklenberg and Marsha Swails
Saturday October 4th
10am at Lakeland City Park
Canvass for Obama, Franken and Tinklenberg
Sunday October 5th
2pm at Woodbury City Hall
Canvass for Obama, Franken, Tinklenberg and Marsha Swails
Please e-mail with questions or to sign up at rhizome76@hotmail.com. There may be a chance to use a predictive dialer that sends live calls to you at your own home so you can talk to undecided voters extremely efficiently! We are all connected with other activists in our precincts and workplaces- can you take a moment to reach out and recruit a few folks to get out to these crucial battleground races? WE ARE IN THE HOMESTRETCH FOLKS, LET’S ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES… (or as Jed Bartlett says, “break’s over…”).
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008
October 16, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Wilder Center, St. Paul
*Limited seating is now available.
Due to the large amount of interest in this event, we have secured more space for those who were not able to sign up initially. If you are interested in attending the forum, please sign up as soon as possible because seats have been going fast! For more information, please feel free to call Julie Johnson at 651-925-5548 with questions.
Click Here for the Agenda
Click Here to Register
*NOTE: If you have already registered or signed up for the waiting list,
your seat has been reserved and you do not need to register again.
Now that the Republicans have left town and with National Coming Out Day just around the corner, it’s time for a convention of our own. Join members of the Twin Cities LGBT community as we attempt to turn every state blue in our
“Out for Obama” Convention
Benefiting the Obama Victory Fund with Special Guest
Governor Howard Dean, M.D., DNC Chairman
These states have already turned blue for Obama
through the donations of their superdelegates:
Alabama - DyShaun Muhammad
Alaska - Rick Groger & Don Yager
Arizona - Steve Bubul
Florida - John Larsen & Michael Stewart
Kansas - Lee Anderson & William Fehrenbach
Louisiana - Deb Graves
Nebraska - Brian Gilligan & Steve Pospisil
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Solera Restaurant
900 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
Donation Levels
Convention Co-Convener: $2,500+ - Help lead the nation in equality
Super Delegate: $1,000+ - Choose a state and you turn it blue!
Delegation Chair: $500-$999 - Lead a state delegation by recruiting others to help turn it blue!
(Convention Co Chairs, Super Delegates & Delegation Chairs are invited to a VIP reception at 6:00 p.m.)
Delegate: $25-$499 - Help turn the state of your choice blue!
For information or to sign up, contact Tom Knabel
at (612) 381-9124 or singingtom@aol.com or visit the event website.
After eight years of disastrous Bush-McCain foreign policy, America’s standing in the world is damaged, and our relationships with key allies are strained.
Despite his own service to America, John McCain has shown that his policies would just be more of the same that has failed to make America safer and doesn’t meet our country’s growing security needs.
We simply cannot afford more of the same divisive and failed politics that are threatening America’s safety — both at home and abroad.
Join us at a national security Town Hall this weekend and learn more about the Obama-Biden 21st century vision for America’s 21st century challenges.
This weekend Minnesotans will have the opportunity to hear from Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher (chair of the U.S. House’s Strategic Forces Subcommittee), retired U.S. Army Major General Paul Eaton and former Ambassador Robert Gelbard.
They’ll discuss Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s plan to create a stronger America and a safer world, and provide the care and benefits our nation’s veterans deserve.
Attend a Town Hall near you and learn more about the future of America’s national security:
http://mn.barackobama.com/MNsecuritytour
SD61 and SD62 are hosting three debate watching parties:
October 2 - VP Debate at Riverview Theater, 3800 42nd Ave. S., Minneapolis
October 7 - Second Presidential Debate at Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave. S, Minneapolis
October 15 - Third Presidential Debate, back at Riverview Theater
The doors open at 7:00 PM each evening, with the debates starting at 8:00 PM. All three events are free and open to the public, with a “pass the hat” collection made during the event to cover costs. Concessions will be available for purchase at both (including “adult beverages” available for purchase at the Parkway). Come on out and watch Biden and Obama kick some elephant with your fellow DFLers.
The first Presidential debate is on Friday September 26. For more information on the debate schedules and venues visit the Commission on Presidential Debates site.
The Obama campaign is running a voter registration effort. Registration deadlines are coming up soon, and we need every single vote we can get to win this election. Tell your friends, family, and neighbors to check out the campaign’s new one-stop voter registration website at VoteforChange.com. The site makes it easier than ever to register. Instead of tracking down the right forms, all you need to do is answer a few basic questions and you’ll be ready to vote. You can also:
* Confirm your existing registration
* Apply to vote absentee
* Find your polling place
Take a minute to visit the site right now.
This race is too close and too important to stay home on Election Day. If you take the time to register and vote — and make sure everyone you know is registered as well — we’ll be able to turn the tide of the past eight years. It’s people just like you who will transform this nation.
Want to help even more? Visit Obama’s Minnesota site. The Minneapolis Obama Office is at 514 East Hennepin Avenue. Obama’s office also has a wish list: 1) Volunteers, 2) Reams of copy paper, 3) Pens, 4 Clipboards, & 5) Food for Volunteers. If you can help call 612-378-4733.
