Iraq Summer Campaign / Increasing Voter Turnout (Aug 28 preview)

Written by: Lewis Miller on Aug 28, 2007 12:38 PM EDT

Please join us for an engaging show tonight on DFA Radio. Our guests will be:

• Giancarlo D'Orazio from Americans Against Escalation in Iraq. Giancarlo will discuss the Take a Stand and the Iraq Summer campaigns.
• Candace Bowie and Annette Osterlund from Democracy for Colorado. Candance and Annette, the authors of Think Precinct: The Grassroots Organizing Guide for a Progressive America, will discuss organizing to increase voter turnout.

As always, we'll take calls from the DFA community. Tune in to hear your fellow DFA members, or call in & let us know what's on your mind.

If you missed last week's program, which focused on Paths to Progressive Power, you can still listen to it before tonight's show. Just visit the DFA Radio page on DFA's website.

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About our guests:

Giancarlo D'Orazio, NJ State Organizer, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq
Americans Against Escalation in Iraq is a national campaign comprised of a variety of groups from across the political spectrum that are committed to opposing the Bush plan to escalate the war in Iraq and to work for the responsible redeployment of American forces. The coalition is a group of independent entities, including the Service Employees International Union, MoveOn.org Political Action, VoteVets.org, Center for American Progress Action Fund, USAction, Win Without War, Campaign for America's Future, the United States Student Association, Working Assets, Americans United for Change, Campus Progress Action and Nation Security Network, that have banded together as a coalition to launch a multi-faceted, multi million dollar effort in fifteen target states to education the American public about the true costs of the war in Iraq, mobilize opposition against President Bush's Iraq policy, as well as apply on-going pressure on members of Congress to oppose this failed policy. Read more.

Candace Bowie and Annette Osterlund, Organizers, Think Precinct (tm)
Candace and Annette of Democracy for Colorado are the authors of Think Precinct: The Grassroots Organizing Guide for a Progressive America. The guide covers a 9-step plan that was used by successfully by activists to help elect a Democratic majority in the Colorado legislature and a Democrati US Senator in 2004. Since then, the guide has been a model for grassroots organizers all over the country.

About DFA Radio:

Robin Kinlin, Co-Host, DFA Radio
Robin is the chair of the Berkeley Township Municipal Committee and the president of the Bayville Chapter of the Berkeley Township Democratic Club. She currently serves on the Executive Board of New Jersey for Democracy and as organizer of Ocean County DFA/PDA. Robin lives in Ocean County, NJ, with her husband and teenage daughter. Her background in radio includes several years at Shadow & Metro Traffic in New York City.

Lewis Miller, Co-Host, DFA-Radio
Lewis is a founder of Bergen Grassroots. He currently serves on the Executive Board of New Jersey for Democracy. Lewis lives with his wife in Bergen County, NJ. The front of his DFA membership card says he is member number is 16570, and the back is autographed by Howard Dean.

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