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November doesn’t need to be a nightmare for Democrats

In today’s column in the Washington Post David Plouffe, campaign manager for Obama for America, describes many of the first year accomplishments and lays out what Democrats can do to strengthen our hand.

 Read the full article here …

State of the Union Watch Parties

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 9:00 pm EST, OFA members will be gathering at State of the Union Watch parties in living rooms across the country. We’ll huddle on the phone with Obama for America campaign manager David Plouffe, and plan for what comes next.

Can you sign up to host a State of the Union Watch Party at your place? Click here to sign-up.

MLK Day of Service Activities, and Calling for Coakley

Martha Coakley needs our help in Massachusetts! We want to hold on to Ted Kennedy’s former Senate seat, so even if you only have a few hours to give, it could make all the difference. We don’t want to leave any stone unturned or any voter un-called!

Monday, January 18 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Arlington County Democratic Committee HQ (*Please bring your cell phone and a charger)
2009 N 14th St.
Ste 612
Arlington, VA 22201

Community Service Events- we have some blood drives set up all around Northern VA, in partnership with INOVA Blood Services. If you’re able to donate, please consider doing so as part of the MLK Day of Service (which is actually a weekend of service). Please RSVP on MyBO so we can keep track of the people who intend to donate. And make sure if you do donate blood, you let them know you’re coming from OFA!

MLK Blood Drive: Woodburn Medical Park Center, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:00 AM
MLK Blood Drive: Mount Vernon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:00 AM
MLK Blood Drive: Bloodmobile in Leesburg, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:00 AM
MLK Blood Drive: Dulles Center, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:00 PM
MLK Blood Drive: Woodburn Medical Park Center, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:00 AM
MLK Blood Drive: Mount Vernon, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:00 AM
MLK Blood Drive: Dulles Center, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:00 AM
MLK Blood Drive: CentreMed Center, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:00 PM

Upcoming OFA Events

Hi friends!

If you wouldn’t mind promoting the events below to your listservs and groups I’d really appreciate it. We’re still working really hard for health care and plenty to do

Onward,
Chrisi

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Some upcoming events:
If you’re planning to attend one of the metro canvasses, please make sure you RSVP online at the link provided. If we get word on an important vote in the Senate this week, we may cancel metro events in order to phone bank out to other VA voters, asking them to call Warner and Webb! (And if the weather is too horrible to be outside we’ll obviously cancel.)

• Phone banks Monday through Thursday of this week (12/14-12/17), recruiting more team members and asking people to commit to call Senators Warner and Webb
  • Fairfax County Democratic Headquarters, 6-9 pm, FCDC 2815 Heartland Rd

• Metro canvasses Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday- asking people to write postcards/holiday cards that we’ll deliver to our Senators in support of health care reform, and sharing some hot cocoa!
  • Dunn Loring Metro (Falls Church), Tuesday (12/15), 5:30-7:30 pm
  • King Street Metro (Alexandria), Wednesday (12/16), 5:30-7:30 pm
  • Court House Metro (Arlington), Thursday (12/17), 5:30-7:30 pm

• Holiday Volunteer Appreciation Night- a little food and a little fun at Bear Rock Cafe in Falls Church
  • Friday (12/18), 6-9 pm, 2200 North Westmoreland Street

Rapid Response Teams:
We’re setting up our rapid response teams- small teams of people who will be able to be mobilized on fairly short notice (72 hours or so) to hop on a phone bank to start calling constituents asking them to call their Senators. If you or someone you know would like to be a part of our team, please let me know. ChrisiMWest@gmail.com

Obama: National Address on Educational Success

URGENT ACTION: Everyone should call their local school administrators and school board members to make sure that the President’s speech will be shown on the first day of school.

On Tuesday, September 8th at 12 noon EDT, President Obama will speak directly to students in a national address on educational success (Press Release). The President will speak from Wakefield High School in Arlington (4901 S Chesterfield Rd, Arlington, VA 22206). The 20 minute speech will be broadcast live from C-SPAN and the White House web site (http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/), and it will also be available online on Monday for anyone to review before the first day of school.

More information and resources about the speech, including classroom activities, are available from the Department of Education, click here.

Fairfax County Public Schools are not clear on the availability of the speech to all students.

Read more

OFA Supporting Health Care

OFA is focusing heavily on the health care reform movement that’s underway this Summer, and we have several canvasses and phone banks coming up that I wanted you to be aware of.

Folks from all over the state will be meeting up and making phone calls/knocking doors to collect declarations of support for the President’s 3 principles on health care reform. He has said he wants a bill that:

• Reduces rising health care costs for families and businesses
• Guarantees the freedom to choose a plan and a doctor, including the choice of a public option
• Ensures affordable, quality care for every American man, woman, and child

They’ll also be asking people to share their health care stories, so that their voices can be heard as government officials debate the best way to move forward with reform.

If you think you’ll have time to volunteer for one of these events, please check out the following links:

• Gather Signatures in Support of the President’s Health Care Principles of Reform- Van Dorn Metro
• Health Reform is Calling, Fairfax County! (Phone Bank)

Of course, you can find many more opportunities to volunteer in your area by going to my.barackobama.com and putting in your zip code. Take a look, find something that fits into your schedule, and help make a difference at this crucial time in the health care reform effort.

Be on the lookout for OFA listening tours near you as well.

For more information you can contact one of our two OFA organizers in Lee District:

• 8th District, Jim Ricca
• 11th District, Josh Umar

LeeDems Earth Day Event

Always supporters of the environment and environmental causes, Democrats in Lee can help support Earth Day 2009 by volunteering to plant native shrub and tree seedlings on Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26th from 10 am to 2 pm each day in the Thompson Creek Riparian Planting on the Mason Neck peninsula. This area is part of the Lower Potomac Planning District ( and includes drainage from our own Huntley Meadows Park whose watershed includes Dogue Creek, Barnyard Run and Little Hunting Creek.

Uncontrolled storm water is devastating and the plantings make a huge difference. Be part of the solution! Read more