If you want to help in MI and WI....

Written by: Lali Watt on Oct 24, 2006 6:08 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

DFA and Move On often work together. Here is a call for help from Move On. If you want to make calls to help in Michigan and Wisconsin, here is the opportunity for you!

BTW, this is a temporary office Move On has set up just for the period until the election. Thanks!

Lali

This is Aaron over in the MoveOn.org Evanston office. I wanted to extend an invitation to you and all of our friends over at DFA to come and help out with our national effort to take back congress.

We are currently working on our Call for Change campaign, which aims to ensure that we take the 15 seats we need to control the house. Additionally, we will be targeting close senate races. Our campaign is targeting likely progressive voters who voted in the presidential election but didn't vote in the previous midterm election. Because we will have real people calling these potential voters, our work will be the difference between victory and defeat in many of these races.

Our office in Evanston is actually a volunteer recruitment center where local members come in and call other MoveOn members who live in Michigan and Wisconsin. We will be asking these fellow progressives to help us make calls into these districts. The work we do in this office directly translates into a bigger and more powerful get-out-the-vote effort.

We definitely need help from everyone on this effort. This is a great opportunity to help swing congress all over the country. We will be working all day every day until the election. Please call us at 847-328-0943 if you can help us. You can ask for Aaron Thompson. Our address is 828 Davis Street, in Suite 305.

Dan Seals on Hardball on Tuesday, 10/24

Written by: Lali Watt on Oct 23, 2006 11:43 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

Dan Seals is to appear on MSNBC's Hardball Decision 2006 Special


Watch Dan live on MSNBC on Tuesday, October 24! Dan's segment will air between 11:30AM and 12:30PM CST. Check local listings for MSNBC.

Lali

Lots to do for volunteers - www.dansealsforcongress.com - please pitch in for the home stretch!

Attend Dan Seals postcard bundling workgroup on October 5!

Written by: Lali Watt on Sep 30, 2006 6:33 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

Dear Member,

We need volunteers on Thursday, October 5th at 10 am to help put together packages of friends and family postcards for the Dan Seals campaign.

We will meet at campaign headquarters, work, chat and prove that many hands make light work. We will bundle up 10,000 cards into packages for people who want to send them to friends and family to tell them how terrific Dan is.

A second part of the work involves delivering the completed packages. I am not sure if we will get to this Thursday or do it on Friday. In any case if you are available on Friday during the day and have a car and are willing to drive around the 10th district let me know.

Please sign up now to help on Thursday morning if you don't have to be at work. It's a great way to help Dan!

Thanks,

Lali

www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=137...

What: Dan Seals postcard bundling workgroup
When: Thursday, October 5, 2006, 10:00 AM
Where: Dan Seals Campaign Headquarters
1213 Wilmette Avenue, 2nd Floor
Wilmette IL 60091

Iraq for Sale - Screening on Oct 16th on October 16!

Written by: Lali Watt on Sep 27, 2006 10:00 AM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

Dear Member,

DFA Evanston North Shore welcomes one and all for it's free screening of the new film, Iraq for Sale: the War Profiteers at its meeting on October 16th.

This newest production by Robert Greenwald, creator of Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price , takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children, whose lives have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. The film uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who let it happen.

One of a number of glowing reviews, the New York Times says: "Mr. Greenwald compiles a horrifying catalog of greed, corruption and incompetence among private contractors in Iraq, focusing primarily on Halliburton, Blackwater Security Consulting, and CACI International. The movie traces connections between the contractors and the Republican Party, asserts the buying of influence, and explores what it says are questionable accounting systems that encourage an exorbitant waste of taxpayer money. And that's just the first 30 minutes."

Come, enjoy wonderful Irish food, great beer, and the company of those who want to know the truth! This is one not to miss!

Movie - Iraq for Sale: the War Profiteers
Date - Monday, October 16th
Time - 7 pm
Place - Celtic Knot, 626 Church St, Evanston, 60201
Cost - Free - please bring friends and neighbors!

You can RSVP at:

www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=135...

Please spread the word!

Mad at ABC/Disney about exploiting 9/11?

Written by: Lali Watt on Sep 10, 2006 7:59 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

Come to the Linkup tomorrow and turn that anger to action!

7 pm
Celtic Knot
626 Church St
Evanston 60201

See you there!

Lali

Send Rahm a msg this Saturday (9/9)

Written by: Lali Watt on Sep 6, 2006 11:23 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

Dear Member,

*Saturday, September 9, 10:00 a.m.*
*Urgent Call to Action for Volunteers Willing to *
*WALK** DOOR TO DOOR FOR DAN SEALS*
1213 Wilmette Avenue
Wilmette

This Saturday's canvass is of major importance to Dan's campaign. On
Saturday Dan and as many volunteers as possible will participate in the "Action for a New Direction," a national volunteer mobilization day
to contact tens of thousands of Democratic voters across the nation

This is especially important to Dan because the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee will be rewarding the campaign which recruits the most "Action for a New Direction" volunteers with a
fundraising e-mail from DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel to the DCCC's
massive list of national supporters.

Support from the DCCC would be a boost to Dan's campaign! Help him
win this contest and win on Election Day by committing to volunteer
on September 9th.

If you can volunteer RSVP reynolds.mary@comcast.net

This is really a chance for progressive democrats to send Rahm a message that the 10th District is a winnable race, has strong grassroots support and deserves the same from him!

Please try to make it to this event - it is really important!

Thanks!

Lali

Do YOU have a

Written by: Lali Watt on Sep 4, 2006 8:58 AM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

www.dearrahm.blogspot.com/...

Check out this new blog for volunteers working on the Dan Seals' 10th District race against Mark Kirk!

Lali

Attend Dan Seals - Labor Day (Sunday) Parade and Cookout on September 3!

Written by: Lali Watt on Aug 30, 2006 3:11 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

Dear Member,

This is a two fer one deal - parade AND cookout! What a fun way to celebrate the end of summer long weekend Sunday.

Bring your friends, family, neighbors......heck - bring that guy or gal you just met! This is one not to miss!

Dan Seals - Labor Day (Sunday) Parade and Cookout on Sunday, September 3, 2006 at 12:00 PM. You can RSVP at:

www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=119...

What: Dan Seals - Labor Day (Sunday) Parade and Cookout
When: Sunday, September 3, 2006, 12:00 PM
Where: Buffalo Grove Parade - Cooper Jr High
1050 Plum Grove Circle
Buffalo Grove IL 60089

Wear your Dan Seals shirt if you have one.

First have fun parading with your fellow activists. A large turnout will continue to scare Mark Kirk - he won't believe what he's up against!! THEN, come EAT and PARTY with Dan and the gang!

Come meet and mix with Congressional Candidate Dan Seals, his family, prepare for the final drive to election day.

Enjoy food, drinks, live music and entertainment by nationally known comedian Aaron Freeman.

Date: Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
Time: 3 p.m. right after the Buffalo Grove Days Parade.
Where: Wheeling Recreation Center and Aquatic Center, 327 W. Dundee, Wheeling, IL

See you Sunday!

Lali

PS - Donna's excused - she has the trifling excuse that her daughter is getting married that very day!

Fair

Written by: Lali Watt on Aug 22, 2006 9:48 AM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

A report on the trip to the Illinois State Fair is on the DFA main blog at www.dfalink.com/blog_post.php?id...

Check it out!

Lali

Attend Governors Day at the Illinois State Fair on August 16!

Written by: Lali Watt on Aug 8, 2006 6:06 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA-Evanston North Shore

Dear Member,

Please attend Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 8:00 AM. You can RSVP at:

www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=113...

What: Illinois State Fair
When: Wednesday, August 16, 2006, 8:00 AM
Where: State Fairgrounds
801 Sangamon Avenue
Springfield IL 62706

It's fun, it's energizing and you'll see the one and only butter cow!

Honestly, in an election year - the speeches alone should be worth it on Governor's Day! ALL the Democratic politicians including our very own Judith Rae Ross (running for State Rep), Lieutenant Governor Quinn, Blago, Lisa Madigan etc. will be there. Dan Seals campaign has asked us to wear their buttons and t-shirts.......more details coming up. For now, clear your Wednesday calendar - come on - you can take ONE mid-week day off - come down to Springfield and revel in being a grassroots political junkie!

See you there!

Lali