CORRECTION: Two (not three) VP Debate Watch Parties--7pm TONIGHT, Oct 2

Join other Obama volunteers for a VP debate watch party--one at the Santa Fe Brewing Company and one at the Zafarano Obama field office.

Watch Party #1--Santa Fe Brewing Company
Come to the Santa Fe Brewing Company, at 35 Fireplace Way (off Rt. 14/Turquoise Trail or off I-25) for a VP debate watch party, with music, free food, tons of free Obama gear, and special guests. Gonna be a blast! Afterward, join the very first Street Team Voter Registration Pub Crawl. including music, special guests, and food. With less than a week before the voter registration deadline and less than five weeks before election day, we need your help NOW.

Watch Party #2--Obama Field Office--Zafarano
Join with other volunteers to watch the matchup between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin at 3494 Zafarano Drive, Suite B, located across the parking lot from Lowe's.

No Watch Party at Saint Michaels field office

Get certified to register Voters at Zozobra and beyond.

This Thursday, 9/4, at 1 p.m.
Campaign Office
Come get trained and certified as a Voter Registration Agent.

Then afterwards, join the fun if you can and register voters at Zozobra from 2:00 - 8:00 pm (or any portion thereof)

More info, contact Grace Hartman
or Nick Rosa

Major canvass -- convention weekend!

We have only five weekends left until Vote-by-Mail, and we need help knocking on the doors of the 60,000 sporadic-voting Democrats who will not vote unless we contact them.

Join this convention weekend of action on Saturday, August 30 / Sunday, August 31 / Monday, September 1. Stop by the campaign office anytime between 9:30 am and 5:30 pm to help.

Volunteers activities September 2-8

All events and activities are at the Santa Fe Obama Field Office on Saint Michaels & Pacheco, Suite N (unless noted otherwise).

Stop by the office any time to find out about volunteer activities. It's a busy, fun place!

Tuesday, September 2:
5-9:00 pm: Women for Obama Phonebank. Come join women in calling other women to get them to support and volunteer for Obama!

5-9:00 pm: LGBT for Obama Weekly Phonebank. Come join other members of the LGBT community for a phonebank!

Wednesday, September 3:
5-9:00 pm: Mamas for Obama Phonebank. Bring your kids to a phonebank, we'll have childcare and a play area! All others welcome as well!

Thursday, September 4:
1:00: Voter Registration Training. Here's your chance to get certified.

2-8:00 pm: Zozobra Voter Registration. New and experience Agents join us!

5-9:00 pm: Youth Phonebank. Come volunteer for the phonebank and stick around for jazz.

Sunday, September 7:
Santa Fe Fiesta Parade
Noon: Gather if you're marching
1:00 pm: Parade starts

Monday, September 8:
6-9:00 pm: Grassroots Reunion Meeting. Convention talk and phonebanking.

Volunteer activities from Friday 8/22 thru Thursday 8/28

All events and activities are at the Santa Fe Obama Field Office on Saint Michaels & Pacheco, Suite N (unless noted otherwise).

Stop by the office any time to find out about volunteer activities. It's a busy, fun place!


Friday, August 22, 5pm-9pm, & Saturday, August 23, 9am-9pm:
Hispanic Community Leadership Training. Sign up (link removed) or contact your field organizer.

Camp Obama New Mexico Hispanic Community Leadership Training Alamosa Community Center 6900 Gonzales Rd, SW (Corner of Bridge and Coors) Albuquerque, NM 89102 Free.

Transportation provided. This two-day leadership training session is designed for supporters who want a more in-depth volunteer role in the campaign. Please plan to attend for the full training. The training is led by Marshall Ganz, professor of community organizing at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and former United Farm Workers organizer, along with national and local campaign staff.

All levels of experience accepted and all meals are included.

Saturday, August 23, & Sunday, August 24:
Door-to-door canvassing. Connect with your neighborhood team directly or visit the Santa Fe Obama headquarters for details.

Monday, August 25:
Beginning at 5:00 pm and beginning at 7:00 pm
New Volunteer Training - two separate training sessions

7:00 - 7:30 pm
Youth Meeting. All ages welcome. Send your kids!!

Tuesday, August 26:
5-6:30 pm: Women for Obama Phonebank. Come join women in calling other women to get them to support and volunteer for Obama!

5-6:30 pm: LGBTQ for Obama Weekly Phonebank. Come join other members of the LGBT community for a phonebank!

Both phonebanks on Tuesday followed at 6:30 pm by Potluck Convention Watch Party for Hillary Clinton's speech here in the campaign office. (See Watch Parties post for full details.)

Wednesday, August 27:
5-9 pm: Mamas for Obama Phonebank. Bring your kids to a phonebank, we'll have childcare and a play area! All others welcome as well!

Thursday, August 28:
5-6:30 pm: Phonebank. Get people on the phone and remind them of Barack's speech tonight! Come join us!
Followed at 6:30 pm by Potluck Convention Watch Party for Barack's speech with Ben Ray Lujan here in the campaign office. (See Watch Parties post for full details.)

Obama Speech Watch Party!!!

Join us for the Obama Speech Convention Watch Party.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 -- Come watch Barack Obama's speech!
6:30 pm -- Potluck at the Campaign Field Office
720 St. Michaels Drive at Pacheco, Smith's Shopping Center, between Delicasa & Chow's

Bring a dish to share and join the crowd to watch Barack's historic acceptance speech. For details: Contact Katrina Godshalk

LGBTQ group to phonebank every Tuesday evening starting 8/19

LGBTQ has committed to supplying at least 5 people every Tuesday evening for phone banking at the campaign office, 5-9pm, starting 8/19. Come for any portion of that time; even if it's a 1/2 hour, it will make a difference.

You can sign up for a Tuesday by calling Cheri (or email her) or sign up at the campaign office, at Max's Cafe or Rainbow Vision. Or you can just come to the office any Tuesday (make sure to tell them you're with the LGBTQ group), but it would be great if you could sign up. You don't have to be LGBTQ to participate. Please commit to a couple of Tuesdays!! Thanks for your support; you're a hard core group.

Survey Results In re: Policy Discussion Groups

Results from the survey on the policy discussion groups call for discontinuing the groups, at least for now, in favor of focusing on other campaign activities. If you'd like to access succinct summaries of the Campaign's position on the issues, go to http://www.barackobama.com/ and select "Issues" at the top of the page for a drop-down menu of all topics.

See you on the campaign trail!

We need your help to furnish our campaign office.

We're still furnishing the office & setting it up, but we want to thank the oh so many of you that have dropped things off to us. After the Open House on Saturday, we will set things up for serious general election work and will better be able to tell what other items are needed. Meantime, just come to our OPEN HOUSE and enjoy yourself and see what important volunteer activities there are that you can enjoy!

Here's our WISH LIST for getting settled in the campaign office space. Thank you for your help!

You may start delivering items again on Monday, 8/4.

Office Equipment:
 Fax machines
 Copy machines
 Surge protectors (just need 1 or 2 more)
 Scanner
Office Furnishing:
 Stackable chairs
 Area Rugs (contact us with dimension first)
 Book cases
 Flip boards for think tanking
Office Supplies:
 Lots of paper
 Misc office supplies (pencils, pads of paper, paper clips, scissors, staplers, etc.)
Kitchen Equipment:
 Ground coffee & tea bags
 On-going deliveries of healthy snacks to bolster the staff's energy!

If you need transport assistance, please call Gaye.

GLBTQ for Obama moves into high gear! Planning group needed.

Pride on the Plaza was a great success! Our group in the parade won third prize. Also, 17 volunteers signed up 54 new volunteers and registered 74 people to vote! Now, we are energized and moving forward. Our goal is to mobilize the GLBTQ community to get out and exercise their support for Barack. But we need your help.

We would like to form an organizing committee. In the coming weeks we will plan:

*A unity party

*A Listening to America party (giving our input on the Democratic Platform)

*A fundraiser for the regional office

*Getting the word out at monthly GLBTQ dances

*GLBTQ-sponsored voter drives and phone banking

*Getting GBLTQ-friendly businesses actively involved

We would love to hear your ideas. Join us in making this a successful campaign and electing Barack Obama as our next president. For more information please call Cheri or Sue.

Voter registration OUTREACH to pivotal Santa Fe communities

New Mexico is a swing state, and our outreach to pivotal communities could help Barack win New Mexico in November!

Our original list of communities has grown to include Native Americans, Hispanics, seniors, students and first-time voters, veterans, business leaders, the LGBT community, environmentalists, artists, educators, independent voters, and organized labor. And, as we progress, this list may grow, depending our your own special connections and interests.

Now's the time for us to get organized around this great idea with our voter registration efforts.

Recently, Yasmine Amir Moez volunteered to be the overall coordinator for the Outreach teams. She will recruit Grassroots volunteers to head up efforts within these specific communities and will also contact those who have expressed interest in being coordinators.

Please contact Yasmine directly if you want to join this effort.