Caroline Kennedy rallies for Obama

Caroline Kennedy was in Santa Fe September 26 to rally for Obama, and KOAT TV caught up with Susan Mayes to get a voter perspective on the visit. Click here to see a clip from the rally.

Clinton urges support for Obama at Española rally.

Senator Hillary Clinton urged support for Barack Obama at a rally in Española on Sunday, August 17, that drew hundreds of local Democrats. She thanked the crowd for the support many of them had shown her during the primary campaign and urged her supporters to "work as hard for Senator Obama as you worked for me."

The event drew many heavyweights in the state Democratic Party, including Governor Bill Richardson, Lt. Governor Diane Denish, U.S. Representative Tom Udall, U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, and 3rd Congressional District candidate Ben Ray Luján, who introduced Clinton.

For photos of the event, click on the "Santa Fe for Obama" slide show in the right-hand column of this webpage.

Campaign/Grassroots Integration Moves to Next Stage

At a special meeting on August 7, Santa Fe moved to the next stage of efforts to elect Barack Obama in November.

Gaye Pollitt, Grassroots organizer, and Alfred Johnson, official Campaign for Change regional field director, laid out initiatives where the two groups have integrated all volunteer forces to accomplish campaign strategies:

-Establishing neighborhood teams
-Canvassing neighborhoods
-Staffing the phone bank
-Maintaining databases
-Registering people to vote

Sign up to help with these or other tasks. Please drop in and check with Freddie or her team at the front desk to see how you can help. There's always work to be done!

Remember, the Santa Fe campaign field office is located in Smith's shopping center at St. Michaels and Pacheco, two doors down from Chow's. Just look for the Obama signs in the window.

Grassroots Special Meeting THURSDAY 5:30 - 6:30 pm ... followed by an hour of canvass training if you can!

Special Grassroots briefing Thursday to re-invigorate and fully integrate our team into the national campaign. IT'S BEING HELD IN THE CAMPAIGN OFFICE at the corner of St. Michaels & Pacheco, Smith's shopping center, close to Chow's.

Topics: This weekend's CANVASSING EVENT, full brief on Neighborhood Teams, request for special project participation, and more.

Some of you are already signed up for future events. Most are not. This meeting is for as many of the Grassroots Team as can attend. Our purpose is to double back to make sure that every Grassroots volunteer who really wants to be involved gets the satisfaction of fully and effectively contributing to Barack's election.

Please come, even if you are already:

• a Neighborhood Team member.
• an active Voter Registrar.
• signed up for phone banking.

See more details about CANVASSING EVENT this weekend in a separate post.

Huge Canvass Event This Weekend 8/9 and 8/10

CANVASS EVENT:
SATURDAY 8/9
SUNDAY 8/10
Three 3-hour shifts each day beginning at 10am ... 1pm ... 4pm

If you are on a Neighborhood Team, canvass with them.
Be in touch with your Field Organizer if she/he does contact you first.

Or show up at the Campaign Office on Saturday or Sunday 15 minutes before the beginning of each shift.

Santa Fe Campaign Field Office Open House Huge SUCCESS!!!!

Hooray! Obama Campaign for Change has a Santa Fe Campaign Field Office! And the Open House last night was spectacular. Thank you to soooooo many volunteers who help us build, paint, move heavy stuff, run errands, decorate and for bringing the wonderful food and goodies! We performed a small miracle with all that needed doing!

And thank you one and all for coming! Officially 359 folks signed in; almost as many signed up to volunteer! More stats later. For now, enjoy some snapshots I took.

Here's how we looked in the morning...

AND THEN....the fun & great food began!

AND NOW THE CAMPAIGN WORK CONTINUES. JOIN US SEVEN DAYS A WEEK...
LOCATION: 720 Saint Michael's Drive - Suite N
Smith's shopping Center at Pacheco & St. Michael's between Delicasa & Chow's

Obama Pride Unity Gathering: A shout out to all Hillary supporters! Tuesday, 8/5

This has been a historic year and a historic primary. As we move toward the White House, we need to reach out and build bridges. Barack can't do this without you--your thoughts, your concerns, your input. Barack needs Hillary's support to win the White House, we need your support to win New Mexico. We've all been talking among ourselves and now, in Santa Fe, it's time for the GLBTQ community to share our stories, and begin to move forward. Please join us for an informal gathering to tell our stories and come together.
Tuesday, August 5th, 6:00pm, 1721 Medio St.
Snacks and beverages will be provided. RSVP to Cheri.

Other Volunteer opportunities this coming weekend - Friday thru Sunday.

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY...8/1-8/3
Volunteers needed at the Santa Fe County Fair (Rodeo Road) - Democratic Party Booth

SATURDAY...8/2 - Jemez Feast Day - Voter Registration Agents needed

Both activities are being coordinated through the Udall campaign. They have asked us to join them. Please call them for details or to sign up.

Neighborhood Leaders Orientation on Saturday, 7/26, from 10am- 6pm

Join us this Saturday and learn how you personally can help Barack win on November 4th! This is it folks! Grassroots at its best -- you talking to and organizing others in you neighborhood.

This program will cover the fundamentals of organizing for Grassroots teams within the same precincts who will work together in their neighborhood and organizing on a micro scale.

Neighborhood Leaders Orientation from 10am- 6pm.
LOCATION: NEA building, 2007 Botulph Road, Santa Fe
Signs will identify the building.

RSVP is encouraged.

If you can't make this training, just let us know; we will be having another training in future.

Next Platform input group meeting today, Thursday, 7/24. Don't miss the opportunity!

We are postponing The Blue Print for Change Obama policy discussion groups originally scheduled for July 21st and 24th.

Instead, between July 19 and July 27, we're switching our focus and will participate in a special program entitled Listening to America: the Democratic Platform for Change. It was created by the national Obama campaign to help shape the Platform at the National Convention in August. We will meet to formulate the issues most important to each of us and what should be at the heart of the Democratic platform. Afterwards, our issues will be submitted to Listening to America.

You may have already received an email directly from the national campaign about this. We are merely facilitating this program in Santa Fe through our Discussion Groups.

Sign up to host or attend a Listening to America platform meeting in your neighborhood between July 19th & July 27th by using this link: (Link removed)

Or, if you want to attend a meeting already set up by members of our Discussion Groups, join
Jan Melendez, Thursday, July 24 at 7:00 - 9:00 PM

If you do decide to host a meeting, please contact Martha Romero or call her and we will help further publicize your event to Santa Fe Grassroots.

After July, we will resume our discussions on remaining topics from The Blue Print for Change depending upon interest levels of the group.

Obama Pride Happy Hour Saturday!

Meet other GLBTQ Obama supporters and find out how you can get involved! Join us this Saturday, July 19th at Max's, Santa Fe's hot new GLBT cafe, from 3-5pm. Max's is donating non-alcoholic beverages and appetizers.

What do you think is important to be included in the national Democratic platform? Barack wants to know and has asked us to forward all thoughts to his campaign.

But most of all, come and have fun while making a difference! Max's is located at 401 S. Guadalupe St., behind Willee's Blues Club. Call Cheri for additional information.
See you there!

SUNDAY, 7/13, 10am-Noon, Espanola Fiesta Parade. Join us!

We have a float in the Espanola Parade!

We're caravaning from Santa Fe. Gather at 7:15am in the parking lot at 519 Cerrillos Rd (same location where the Neighborhood Leaders Orientation is being held today) across from Hotel Santa Fe, next to Sage Bakery, where our winter Farmer's Market was held.

For more information, contact Gaye.

See you in the Hilton Ballroom Monday, 7/14, at 6 pm for our next meeting.

This is a meeting you do not want to miss. Grassroots Santa Fe and the Obama National Campaign Kickoff the General Election! With an incredibly special Native American Blessing Ceremony to begin our journey to the White House by Venus BrightStar of the Ma-Chis Lower Creek Tribe of Alabama!

Hilton Ballroom
100 Sandoval Street
6pm-8pm

Tell your friends & join us! And also please POST our flyer for Meetings on community bulletin boards if you get it in an email.

REMINDER! BE A STAR! TRY OUT FOR AN OBAMA TV COMMERCIAL TO BE SHOT MONDAY NIGHT 7/14

Blue Collar worker types (on a volunteer basis) needed for this campaign spot that will deal with the lack of jobs for American workers.

No acting required. Just good hard-working faces.

This will be filmed after our Monday meeting. If you would like to be in the spot, bring rain gear and go over to CLOUD CLIFF BAKERY on 2nd Street right after the meeting. Shooting will start about 8:45 pm.

If you need more info, please call Ron Bloomberg or email him.

Las Vegas fiesta

A small group of us marched for Obama in the Las Vegas fiesta parade on July 5. We all nearly had heatstroke, but it was a good time in one of New Mexico's most colorful towns.

Obama Grassroots & National Campaign - perfect together!

COORDINATED ACTIVITY SCHEDULE, week of 7/7:

7/8 Tuesday: Data Entry Training. Any 2 hours between 5 - 9 pm.
7/9 Wednesday: Phone Bank. 5 - 9 pm.
7/10 Thursday: Phone Bank. 5 - 9 pm.
All week: Voter Registration.

See anything listed here you want to do? Want information about location of an activity?
Contact Alex or John.

OBAMARAMA Art Event at Hahn-Ross Gallery 7/6 was HUGE & BIG success!

1,000 folks attended! 600 t-shirts sold!!!

The event was fantastic in all respects! The turnout

was shoulder to shoulder for more than 3 hours; the excitement was palpable; T-shirt sales were brisk; the live music was toe-tapping, and program very enjoyable. A much deserved congratulations to Tom Ross and all the folks who made this event possible and who ran it so smoothly!

Then at our big volunteer meeting on 7/14, the T-shirts were on display and available for sale. Once again, they were a big hit!

Not too late to order one for yourself or little people you know. Visit the Sprouts for Change website. Plus, there's a great documentary on YouTube showing and telling all about the Obamarama concept including interviews with the artists.

Obama General Election Campaign Kick-off Meeting, Monday, 7/14. See you there!

Our next meeting is soooooooooooo important & going to be soooooooooo exciting, you don't want to miss it!

Monday, July 14, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm...location to be announced.

Please save the date, tell your friends & join us! And also please POST our flyer for Meetings on community bulletin boards if you get it in an email.

This weekend...lots happening...Voter Registration...signing up new Obama supporters...Obamarama! Join the fun!

Want to join the fun this July 4th weekend? You have some great choices:

VOTER REGISTRATION
Pancakes on the Plaza - Friday
And wherever else Alex & John have events planned
Call Alex or John

SIGN-UP NEW OBAMA SUPPORTERS
Pancakes on the Plaza - Friday
Call Terry Rivera

OBAMARAMA GALLERY EVENT - Sunday
Hahn Ross Gallery. Call Tom Ross - See full details in post below.

Next meeting: June 30 at Unitarian Church

We've found a new home for volunteer meetings to accommodate our growing attendance! Come join the excitement!

The details:
Monday, June 30, 6:00 - 7:00
The Unitarian church (Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe)
107 W Barcelona Rd, corner of Barcelona & Galisteo

RSVP via the link below:
(RSVP link removed)