Saturday March 1st through
Sunday March 2nd

9am-6pm each day

Important Update: Venue location change - See below for more info

You have the power, now learn the skills! The Democracy for America Training Academy is coming to East Bay, CA for two days of exciting campaign training.

How many votes will it take to win in November? How do you find the perfect message and get it out to voters in your district? How will you raise enough money to pay for it all?

The DFA Training Academy will help you answer these questions and more.

At the DFA Training Academy, top campaign consultants with decades of experience give you the skills to run a winning campaign. Topics include: field planning, voter contact, fundraising, communications, volunteer recruitment and more.

Attendees will also get to hear directly from some of the most exciting 2008 candidates in their area and get a copy of the DFA Training Manual packed with over 180 pages of campaign info.

Refreshments will be provided throughout the day and a social event will be organized Saturday evening so you can mingle and network with other activists in your area.

Venue Update
Due to spacing issues we have moved the training location to the UC Berkeley Campus. The training will begin in the Boalt Law School each day.

For a map of campus visit www.berkeley.edu/map.

Click here to see the weekend agenda. (.pdf)

Click here for background on our trainers. (.pdf)

Lodging Info: We have a group rate under the name "Democracy for America" reserved at La Quinta Inn a few miles from the training site. The rooms will only be held until February 26th so call today!

La Quinta Inn
920 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: 510-849-1121

If you plan on attending this training and have specific questions, call our Training Department hotline at DFA at 802-651-3200 Ext. 191.

If you are a candidate running for office and plan on attending, please email us at training(at)democracyforamerica.com and let us know.

For more info on the DFA Training Academy visit: www.democracyforamerica.com/training

To sponsor someone to attend a DFA Training see Support the DFA Training Academy with a Sponsorship.

Registration Instructions

• Click here or above to RSVP
  
  
• You will be asked to Login or Sign Up before you can RSVP
  
  
• (If you are a DFA-Link member, click "Login")
  
  
• (If you are not a DFA-Link member, click "Sign Up" and fill out a brief registration. You will later be sent an email confirmation, which you must click on to confirm your RSVP.)
  
  
• Once you have signed in, you can pay your tuition fee(s) online using the DFA Contribution Form. Fill out the required information, then click PAY TUITION.

• If you decide to pay your tuition at the door (or via snail mail), don't forget to click on the confirmation email that will be sent to you from DFA-Link. This reserves your place at the training.
  
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  If you decide to pay online later, just LOGIN to your new DFA-Link account and click here: PAY YOUR TUITION ONLINE