Are you looking for a way to get involved in the 2004 campaign? If you live in (or near) Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, or New York City, please consider volunteering for the Committee to Redefeat the President (www.ReDefeatBush.com). We're meeting this week (on Tuesday and Thursday night), and every week from now until the election. We really could use your help!
(Please see below for more information about what Redefeat Bush does, where we are meeting each week, contact names, etc.)
[Disclaimer: I have volunteered at ReDefeat Bush's last four events. Having seen them in action, I feel that I can, in good conscience, recommend them to all of you. I thought that I would do my bit to publicize their efforts! Thank you for your consideration.]
(Please scroll down if you just want to read the schedule of upcoming events in D.C, Virginia, Maryland, and New York City.)
--------------------------------------
First, here is some general information about Redefeat Bush:
The Committee to ReDefeat the President, which often goes by the shorthand "Redefeat Bush", is an independent expenditure committee. Its purpose is to conduct an Internet-enabled voter registration drive that will secure at least one million new Democratic voters in key battleground states.
At the last meeting I attended, a group of us, operating out of one bar in D.C. in just a few hours, registered almost 1,000 new voters in Pennsylvania. If we can do that in one bar in D.C. in one night, just think about what could be accomplished if this same scene were replicated in cities around the country over an 8 month period!
In cooperation with other Democratic and progressive organizations, the Committee sponsors nationwide Tuesday Night Democratic Clubs that began this month, in March 2004. These gatherings (at bars and other meeting places) enable volunteer activists with cell phones or pens to call or write to households that are likely to register as Democrats but are not currently registered to vote. The goal is to get 20,000 volunteers to register 50 new Democrats apiece, thus registering one million new Democratic voters in key states that we will mobilize to vote on Election Day 2004.
ReDefeat Bush is now up and running in Washington, D.C., at two locations in New York City, in Maryland, and in Virginia. They are looking to expand to other cities and States if enough interest is demonstrated elsewhere...
-----------------------------------
Schedule of upcoming RDB meetings:
(1) Tuesday, April 6th 2004:
Title: RDB Calling Crew in DC
Start Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 03 hour(s) 00 minutes(s)
Location: Spy Lounge, 2406 18th
Street, NW, Washington DC
Category: Generic
This is a generic event.
Other Information: Bring a cell phone to register new voters by telephone or use one of ours. We don't have a meeting, we just get right down to work calling unregistered citizens in Pennsylvania and registering them to vote over the telephone.
(2) Tuesday, April 6th 2004
Title: RDB Calling Crew in New York
City - Downtown
Start Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 03 hour(s) 00 minutes(s)
Location: Sandobe Sushi, 167 1st Avenue (bet. 10th and 11th)
Category: Generic
This is a generic event.
Other Information: Bring a cell phone to register new voters by telephone or use one of ours. We don't have a meeting, we just get right down to work calling unregistered citizens in Pennsylvania and registering them to vote over the telephone. RSVP to Elana@ReDefeatBush.com
(3) Thursday, April 8th 2004:
Title: RDB Calling Crew in New York
City - Uptown
Start Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 03 hour(s) 00 minutes(s)
Location: Mickey Mantel's 42 Central Park South
Category: Generic
This is a generic event.
Other Information: Please join the uptown RDB Calling Crew at Mickey Mantel''s Restaurant 42 Central Park South (at 5th Avenue).
Bring a cell phone to register new voters by telephone or use one of ours. We don't have a meeting, we just get right down to work calling unregistered citizens in Pennsylvania and registering them to vote over the telephone.
RSVP to our NY Coordinator Elana Levin, elana@redefeatbush.com or 347-512-2805 so we know how many people to expect.
(4) April 12th 2004
Title: RDB Calling Crew in
Bethesda MD
Start Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 03 hour(s) 00 minutes(s)
Location: Bethesda MD
Category: Generic
This is a generic event.
Other Information: ReDefeat Bush to Hold Calling Crew in Bethesda
WHAT: ReDefeatBush.com, a new federal PAC, is expanding its campaign to register one million new Democrats in swing states with its first weekly event in Bethesda, MD. Volunteers will gather to phone and write unregistered residents of Pennsylvania.
WHEN: From 6 to 9 p.m. EST, Monday, April 12, 2004.
WHERE: The Barking Dog, 4723 Elm Street, Bethesda, MD.
Come join us in Bethesda! If you have a cell phone, please bring it! RSVP to events@redefeatbush.com or 301-654-8517 so we know how many people to expect, and please forward this message to your friends!
(5) April 14th 2004:
Title: First RDB Calling Crew in Virginia!
Start Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 03 hour(s) 00 minutes(s)
Location: Capital City Brewery 2700 South Quincy Street, Arlington, VA
Category: Generic
This is a generic event.
Other Information: Bring a cell phone to register new voters by telephone or use one of ours. We don't have a meeting, we just get right down to work calling unregistered citizens in Pennsylvania and registering them to vote over the telephone.
-----------------------------------
More General Information:
To get involved anywhere in the United States, go to http://redefeatbush.com and sign up to stay informed of future events or to help organize them.
ReDefeatBush.com operates on proceeds from the sale of ReDefeatBush merchandise, available online at http://www.redefeatbush.com/store
Contact Bethesda Coordinator Elizabeth Buchanek at bandwid6@aol.com or 301-654-8517.
Media inquiries should be addressed to David Swanson via Email to swanson@redefeatbush.com or by calling 301-772-0210.
The Committee to ReDefeat the President is an independent expenditure committee not affiliated with any candidate. Headquartered on the Internet at www.redefeatbush.com , its purpose is to effectively channel volunteer activities into political action that will defeat President Bush. It raises money through online contributions, events, and the sale of merchandise, including buttons, bumper stickers, T-shirts, lawn signs and condoms.
In cooperation with other organizations, it sponsors Calling Crews nationwide. At these gatherings, activists with cell phones make phone calls to households that are likely to register as Democrats but are not currently registered to vote, and those without cell phones write letters to the voters who cannot be successfully contacted by telephone. Concentrating on a handful of key battleground states, ReDefeatBush will organize 20,000 volunteers to register on average 50 new Democratic voters each, totaling a million new voters by election day 2004.
Thank you for your consideration!!!