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Sara R is donating a quilt to raise money for INDN’s List, the Indigenous Democratic Network which focuses on electing Native American candidates and mobilizing the Indian Vote.
Every contribution of $10+ today on this Act Blue page gets chance in a drawing for the quilt on August 31. No cash, no problem, see essay entry instructions (50 word limit) here.
I've done a fair amount of on-the-ground election work on reservation. Voter registration, GOTV, event coordination, mailings, and a bunch of data work. Some years back, I helped the first ever Native American get elected to the Taos School Board. That's what this star quilt thing is about: raising funds, through ActBlue, for native candidates around the country.
It's worth noting that most tribes vote overwhelmingly Democratic. Most of New Mexico's reservation precincts vote c. 90% Democratic, some as high as 95%. Since they tend to be under-registered, too, it's a good source of additional Democratic votes. So a good Native American candidate can be just the thing to motivate an Indian to register and vote for the first time.
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If you've donated on past days, tossing in $10 or more today will get you another chance in the drawing for the quilt. Not only that, today's bonus prize is that navajo will buy you dinner - either at Netroots Nation 2011 in Minneapolis next June, or if you come to San Francisco.
The following photo diary is a collaboration by: navajo, Land of Enchantment and Eddie C
More than 200 people signed patches for Sara R's fantastic quilt.
Many of their photos are below:
Kos mcjoan
Jerome a Paris Adam B
Alan Grayson
Van Jones Wes Clark
Meteor Blades
Winter Rabbit
Ojibwa dengre
teacherken John Dean
Bill in Portland Maine and Common Sense Mainer
Land of Enchantment and jnhobbs mik and brillig Gavin Newsom
Gina Cooper Raven Brooks aka terminal 3
Steve Young Donna Edwards
Jim Hightower
Darcy Burner George Lakoff
DH in MI Delaware Dem
Jeffrey Feldman Ben Masel
Charlie Brown Lee Camp
David Sirota
Van Jones & Leona McElvene
Mike Engelhart
terrypinder
Teamsters Organizing for Power
Timroff Dania Audax
mem from Somerville Reality Bites Back Sharoney
virgomusic David Boyle
Black Wolf and Wolfman Spike navajo, Tinnekkia Williams and Georgia Little Shield
javelina and betson08 N in Seattle
loggersbrat Malacandra
NYBri Eddie C
Kid Oakland Cedwyn
Phil N. DeBlanc OrangeClouds115
navajo and chunyang Raines Cohen
MsSpentyouth kath25
jlms_gkw shockwave
pastordan, loggersbrat, Andy Ternay and Mrs. Pastor
gloriana
asimbagirl
Floja Roja Moody Loner
Ms. Anonymous and Ellicat
cskendrick kimoconnor
texas mom
Bruin Kid and SanDeigoDem
These folks are elusive:
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