1. Help Obama by doing NYC data entry of PA Voters (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
Help Obama w/Your Laptop: Data Entry of New Voters in Pennsylvania
The good news grassroots volunteers registered over 20,000 people in the swing state of Pennsylvania. But now all this data needs to be entered into VoteBuilder, so data e...
2. How Robert Wexler helped a governor targeted by Karl Rove (DFNYC Community/Community Conversations)
Democracy for NYC has strongly supported Congressman Robert Wexler, and he has twice been to New York City for events we have co-sponsored. This email about Wexler was sent by former governor of Alabama Don Siegelman, who was falsely attacked by ...
3. Help pass the "Clean Elections Act" (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
On July 23, the "Clean Elections Act" was introduced into the City Council. (Note: DFNYC's own Dan Jacoby wrote the bill.) It was given the number "Intro 803," and sent to the Governmental Operations Committee.
The next step is to convin...
5. Help NYC Keep Strong Recycling Regulations (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
A.11725/S.8643 (the Assembly and Senate numbers, respectively) is a bill
that would require retail stores greater than 10,000 sq. ft. to accept
for recycling any plastic bags they issue for customers to carry out
their merchandise, and t...
6. Hurdles to the Middle: Race and the American Dream (Events/Other Events (Not Sponsored by DFNYC))
Thursday, June 26, 2008, 12:00-2:00pm
Demos
220 Fifth Ave., 5th Floor
New York, NY (btwn. 26th & 27th)
Introduction by Alan Jenkins, Executive Director, The Opportunity Agenda.
Moderator: Jennifer Wheary, Senior Fellow, Demos.
Panel...
8. Help Turn All of NYC Blue (NY-13) (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
The most hotly-contested local congressional race for 2008 is the 13th CD, comprising all of
Staten Island and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn. It's currently held by
Bush water-carrier Vito Fossella. 2006 challenger Steve Harrison
is running again, and...
9. House Party Screening of "Uncounted" (Events/DFNYC Special Events)
Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 7:00pm
1020 Park Avenue
New York, NY
DFNYC members Barbara and Morris Pearl will be hosting a house party screening of
Uncounted,
a new documen...
10. Help Your Presidential Candidate By Volunteering in NH (Events/Other Events (Not Sponsored by DFNYC))
With the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire presidential primary coming up on January 8, volunteers are descending on the Granite State to stump for the various candidates. DFNYC's Steve Behar has been on the ground there with the Clinton campaig...
