[Antiracism] Working to end the Right-wing control of our country - Help canvass, make calls, staff tables

Sun May 7 11:28:22 EDT 2006

WE ARE TALKING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS NOW – JOIN US!

May 6, 2006

Friends of Swing the Vote,

Do you like what Congress has been doing – on the war, budget  
priorities, the Patriot Act?  Do you like what Congress has not been  
doing -- with its silence or inaction on torture, global warming,  
alternative energy development, universal affordable healthcare,  
affordable housing, sustainable economic development, accessible  
college education. . . the endless list of unaddressed needs and  
priorities for our nation?

Right now, the system of checks and balances has completely broken  
down.  And despite unprecedented cuts in spending on human needs,  
military spending is so high that, as reported by USA Today (4/3/06),  
“[f]ederal spending is [now] outstripping economic growth at a rate  
unseen in more than half a century…. the most rapid growth during one  
administration since Franklin Roosevelt, who served 1933-45, during  
the Depression and World War II.”  The same article quotes Republican  
Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona:  “’When you're in control of the  
presidency and both houses of Congress, there's just no stop on  
it.’”  (emphasis added)

The country is being bankrupted, bled, and morally degraded.  There’s  
still time to change this, but the hour is getting very, very late.

Swing the Vote has geared up to help the national effort to switch  
the 15 seats in the House of Representatives needed to end the  
Republican lock on Congress in the November 2006 mid-term elections.   
Our part in the coming battle:  Doing our best to defeat one of NH’s  
two pro-war Republican representatives, Charlie Bass, in the 2nd  
Congressional District (the District that includes Keene, Cheshire  
County and the whole western half of the state).

NOW HERE’S THE REALLY IMPORTANT PART:  We have to reach tens of  
thousands of voters in the Second Congressional District of New  
Hampshire before November 7th to help end the right-wing Republican  
domination of Congress and our government, and we have only six  
months left to do it.  WE NEED YOUR HELP STARTING NOW!  We especially  
need your help with door-to-door canvassing, calling voters, and  
staffing literature tables to find more volunteers.

JOIN US!  [See the list of events below.  To volunteer, contact the  
event coordinators, or call 866-543-VOTE (8683), or email  
swingthevote at yahoo.com.]

Why New Hampshire?

New Hampshire, with its first-in-the-nation presidential primary, has  
a huge influence on choosing the candidate and setting the terms of  
the debate on our nation’s future direction.  If we want to see a  
truly progressive Democratic presidential candidate in 2008, if we  
want to push the debate towards ending the war and creating real  
national security based on peace, international cooperation, and  
meeting human needs, New Hampshire is the place to work.

Our 2006 congressional campaign against Bass, important in itself, is  
also an integral part of our work toward 2008.  In our effort to  
defeat Bass, we are addressing the same issues which must be  
addressed in the presidential primary and election: peace, justice,  
real national security.  To achieve our goals now and in 2008,  
candidates must be met at every turn with hard questions: about  
ending the war and occupation of Iraq; rejecting the policy of  
permanent war; creating real security.  These issues are already on  
the minds of many NH voters.  Between now and the 2008 election, our  
job is to talk to as many of these voters -  and their neighbors - as  
we can.

This is what Swing the Vote does best.  In door-to-door canvasses, at  
literature tables, and in phone canvasses, we talk to people one-to- 
one, ask them what their priorities and concerns are, and pass on our  
trademark flyers – fact-based and well documented.  Join us!

We start weekly door-to-door canvassing on May 14.  We have weekly  
lit tables, and make calls to voters most weeks.  See below for details.

Hope to see you at some of these events!

With hope for a brighter future,
Leah Brown, for the Steering Committee

PS:  To help us update our database, please send us your phone number  
and address.  If you don’t like to give out your mailing address,  
please let us know which town and state you live in.  [A reminder:   
Swing the Vote will never sell or share our lists!]  Thank you.
_____________________________________________________
CALENDAR (details below):

Sun. May 7, Voter Calling Session in Keene, NH
Sat. May 13, Literature Table in Keene, NH
Sat. May 13, Literature Table in Northampton, MA
Sun. May 14, Door-to-Door Canvass in Troy, NH
Sat. May 20, Literature Table in Keene, NH
Sat. May 20, Door-to-Door Canvass in Troy, NH
Wed. May 31, Voter Calling Session in Amherst, MA
Sat. June 3, Literature Table in Keene, NH
Sun. June 4, Door-to-Door Canvass in Winchester or Hinsdale, NH
Sat. June 10, Literature Table in Keene, NH
Sun. June 11, Door-to-Door Canvass in Winchester or Hinsdale, NH
Sat. June 17, Literature Table in Keene, NH
Sun. June 18, Door-to-Door Canvass in Cheshire County, NH
Sat. June 24, Literature Table in Keene, NH
Sun. June 25, Door-to-Door Canvass in Cheshire County, NH
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To sign up for a specific event, please contact the listed event  
coordinator or contact person below.  Or you can always contact StV  
directly:  866-543-VOTE (8683) or swingthevote at yahoo.com.
Please do let us know you’re coming, so we can plan.  Thanks!

CANVASSING DOOR-TO-DOOR

Sunday, May 14, 2006, 2:30 – 6:00 pm, Troy, NH -- Swing the Vote  
canvassing door-to-door in Troy, NH.  Meet at the north end of the  
Troy town common on Rt. 12 in the center of town, across from the  
Troy Town Hall and police station.
Event Coordinators:
Rudy Perkins 978-249-0923
Leah Brown at leahabrown at yahoo.com or 617-921-1772

SATURDAY, May 20, 2:30 – 6:00 pm, Troy, NH -- Swing the Vote  
canvassing door-to-door in Troy, NH.  Meet at the north end of the  
Troy town common on Rt. 12 in the center of town, across from the  
Troy Town Hall and police station.  NOTE CHANGE TO SATURDAY THIS WEEK  
ONLY!
Event Coordinators:
Rudy Perkins 978-249-0923
Leah Brown at leahabrown at yahoo.com or 617-921-1772

Sunday, June 4, 2:30 – 6:00 pm -- Swing the Vote canvassing door-to- 
door in Winchester or Hinsdale, NH.  Meeting Location TBA.
Event Coordinators:
Rudy Perkins 978-249-0923
Leah Brown at leahabrown at yahoo.com or 617-921-1772

Sunday, June 11, 2:30 – 6:00 pm -- Swing the Vote canvassing door-to- 
door in Winchester or Hinsdale, NH.  Meeting Location TBA.
Event Coordinators:
Rudy Perkins 978-249-0923
Leah Brown at leahabrown at yahoo.com or 617-921-1772

Sunday, June 18, 2:30 – 6:00 pm -- Swing the Vote canvassing door-to- 
door in Cheshire County, NH. Town and Meeting Location TBA.
Event Coordinators:
Rudy Perkins 978-249-0923
Leah Brown at leahabrown at yahoo.com or 617-921-1772

Sunday, June 25, 2:30 – 6:00 pm -- Swing the Vote canvassing door-to- 
door in Cheshire County, NH. Town and Meeting Location TBA.
Event Coordinators:
Rudy Perkins 978-249-0923
Leah Brown at leahabrown at yahoo.com or 617-921-1772

CALLS TO VOTERS

Sunday, May 7, 2-5 pm -- Voter calling in Keene, NH.
Community Kitchen, 37 Mechanic Street
Event Coordinator:  Rudy Perkins at  978-249-0923

Wednesday, May 31, 6:30-9 pm -- Voter Calling in Amherst, MA.  For  
location, contact event coordinator.
Event coordinator:
Penny Robbins at pennyrobbins at juno.com, ph. 413-268-3123

Ongoing Voter Calling Sessions in western suburbs of Boston MA.   
Event Coordinator:
Leah Brown at leahabrown at yahoo.com or 617-921-1772.

LIT TABLES
We need 2-3 people each for 2-hour time slots.

Saturdays: May 13, May 20, June 3 (and on), 10 am - 2 pm --  
Literature Table in Keene, NH.
In Railroad Square on Main Street in downtown Keene (1 block south of  
Central Square and the bandstand, next to Armadillo's burrito shop).
Event Coordinator:  Jane Pitt at janehpitt at hotmail.com  ph. 603-352-4513

Saturday morning, May 13 -- Literature Table at Farmers Market in  
Northampton, MA.   Time TBA.
Event Coordinator:  Penny Robbins at pennyrobbins at juno.com  ph.  
413-268-3123

Other Locations:  We will have tables at events in Massachusetts and  
New Hampshire, including most Saturdays at the Farmers Markets in  
Amherst and Northampton.  For details, and to sign up, contact Swing  
the Vote at 866-543-VOTE (8683) or email: swingthevote at yahoo.com.  Or  
contact Leah Brown at leahabrown at yahoo.com, or 617-921-1772.

Paid for by Swing the Vote and not authorized by any candidate or
candidate’s committee.  Donations are not tax deductible and will be  
used in
connection with a Federal election
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