New Group Formed in North Raleigh


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Due to the growth of our fantastic North Raleigh group, we have split into two groups. The new group will be called West North Raleigh and the original group will still be the North Raleigh group.

Both groups will still use this web site for events and meeting announcements as well as news and other relevant communications. I will try to remember to use NR or WNR in meeting and event announcements to differentiate them. Of course everyone is welcome to attend events for either group.

The West North Raleigh group is having an organizational meeting this Tuesday May 1.


N.C. Episcopal bishops oppose Amendment 1


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On the subject of Amendment One, proposed for inclusion in our state’s Constitution, a pastoral letter signed by all three Episcopal bishops in North Carolina concludes with these passages:

Whether we agree or disagree with same sex marriage, civil unions or unmarried couples cohabiting, we can agree as people of faith that, as the book of Genesis says, all human beings are “created in the image of God.” That means that all persons are to be treated with the love, respect and dignity that befit a child of God. Therefore we do not believe that the Bible or the Constitutions of our state and nation should be used to oppress, harm or restrict the human rights and dignity of any human being. On the contrary, Jesus has taught us that the greatest and most important of all the commandments of God are to love God and to love our neighbor.

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your mind and all your strength.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.“ On these two laws hang all the law and the prophets. (Matthew 22:37-40)

Amendment One falls dangerously short of that standard.

Your Brothers in Christ,
Michael B. Curry
Clifton Daniel III
G. Porter Taylor


Get Out The Vote to Oppose Amendment 1


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For those of you who oppose the passage of Amendment One, we have found a volunteer opportunity.  Adam Limehouse, the regional field organizer of the Coalition to Protect NC Families, says that they are running a GOTV push. We have committed to help.

If you’d like to join our effort, please email me at mad07@nc.rr.com .

Alternately, you could just go here and volunteer. http://www.protectncfamilies.org

Here is a complete list of Phone Banks for this effort.


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What do Republicans Really Care About?


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Despite promising in the mid-term elections that they would be “laser-focused” on job creation, Republicans have done little to create jobs or even to simply govern America. Republicans have introduced many bills in various localities and in Washington:

  • 44 bills on abortion
  • 99 bills on religion
  • 71 on family relationships
  • 36 on marriage
  • 67 on firearms and gun control
  • 522 on “taxation”
  • 455 on “govt. investigations”
  • But ZERO on job creation

 

Do any of these actually help the American people eat, find jobs, or improve the economy? Do they improve the health, education, wellbeing, rights, or freedoms of anyone?


Find Events Easily


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We have added a new Event Calendar to this web site. Our next several events will now be listed in the Upcoming Events section of the sidebar on the right side of this page. In addition, and immediately below Upcoming Events, there is an Event Calendar that contains all of our upcoming events in a standard monthly calendar format.

There is an Events page that provides an overview of all our events and allows you to search based on various criteria.  There are also pages that list events by category and by location.

If you click on an event, you will be taken to a page with a description of the event and its location, as well as a Google map. We hope this will make it easier for you to find events of various types and to volunteer for them.


Voter Registration, Saturday, March 17


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Yes, our next Voter Registration Day (VRD) is to be held on St. Patrick’s day, Saturday, March 17. It will be held at the new Wal-Mart near Triangle Town Center in North Raleigh from 11:00AM to 3:00PM.

Wall-Mart
8031 Old Wake Forest Road
Raleigh, NC 27616

We look forward to seeing you there.


North Raleigh is No. 1 in State March Madness Voter Registration Contest


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You are AWESOME, volunteers!!

We have some results from our Voter Registration Day for North Raleigh, of which you are a part, and from around the rest of the state. The North Raleigh Team has done a fantastic job and put us in first place in the State for the 1st week of March.

Thank you for all the work you do. You are part of something great! ROCK THE VOTE!

The following information is from Gregory Neal Jackson, Jr.,State Field Director for North Carolina.  Due to the fact that we do not want the opposition (the other party, not other Democrats) to know how well we are doing, I am unable to post certain numbers here.

David Both

Wow!  Week one of the March Madness Competition showed some amazing work across the state.  Statewide we managed to defeat VA in our voter registration competition, while growing our teams tremendously through 14 new team members joining Team New Blue across the state!

As for the March Madness Match-Ups, there were some serious showdowns…some tighter than the UNC-NC State game this weekend.  Checkout the highlights
  • Cross Creek North Team vs Central Pitt:  These two teams managed to contact over xx voters each and it look liked Cross Creek North had it all wrapped when they contacted xx voters on the phones until the Central Pitt had a series of team meetings and CONFIRMED a new Team Member (worth 40 Points)…the final point score was Cross Creek North 227 and Central Pitt 251.
  • Beatties Ford vs Kernersville: The Beatties Ford in Charlotte made it rain on the phones with xx contacts to voters, but the Kernersville kept it tight by having a more well balanced attack with registering xx voters, collecting xx pledge cards and completing 16 shifts.  As the data continued to come in…the Beatties Ford Team inched them out with their 31 VR shifts marked complete.  Final score = Beatties Ford 188 vs Kernersville 166
  • North Raleigh had 379 points this week!  With xx Voters Registered, xx Voters Contacted, 4 Team Meetings Held and filling 30 VR Shifts…they had the most outstanding week and are ranked #1 coming out of week 1.

Top 10 Rankings

  1. North Raleigh
  2. Statesville
  3. Central Pitt
  4. Wilmington UNCW
  5. SE Raleigh
  6. Northern Wake
  7. Carteret
  8. Robeson
  9. Beatties Ford
  10. N. Durham

Another Fantastic Voter Registration Day


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This report is from Ellen about our second voter registration day (VRD) on Saturday March 3.

Once again, it was a dark, cloudy, rainy morning in North Raleigh. Setting off with these not-so-great conditions, our brave Voter Registration Captain Gray set her sights high and started off determined to beat our goal that your crazy field organizer (yours truly) had set for her. Could she do it? Could the last week be beaten? Were there really all these voters to be registered in North Raleigh? Would the rain let up? Would the grocery store kick us out?

Even though the rain did let up a smidge and with low traffic and kinks in the door-to-door system, the amazing Gray and her awesome East North Raleigh volunteers did not make their goal….

THEY BEAT IT AGAIN!

East North Raleigh got more than our goal for VOTER REGISTRATIONS!!!! I don’t need to tell you guys how amazing this is. Thanks to a grinning, flexible, and high-spirited Gray and our hard-working, creative group of volunteers, you guys continue to amaze the folks downtown!!!

And lets not forget the STUPENDOUS group of volunteers who came out to the West North Raleigh VRD! You guys fought through rain, unfriendly stores, unsuccessful shifts, and a million other hardships to not only start a trend of West North Raleigh VRDs but also register a near record number of VOTERS!! I was so honored to work with you all and see all your incredibly creative ideas to get more registrations!

Overall, the Capital region (Wake County) got MANY VOTER REGISTRATIONS THIS SATURDAY!!!!! And, as some of you may know, our good ol’ North State was in competition with our neighbors to the north, Virginia, for who could register the most volunteers.

NORTH CAROLINA BEAT VIRGINIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is groundbreaking! And it’s all thanks to diligent, hard work and great attitudes by captains like the amazing Gray and creative, hardworking, and innovative volunteers! Having met some of the state and national staff today at training, they are SUPER IMPRESSED WITH YOU GUYS! And again, if this is what we can do on a rainy, icky day in the beginning of March, imagine what we can do by the beautiful warm days of May!

A special thanks goes out to our wonderful phone bank volunteers who bring out our wonderful VRD volunteers!! Where would we be without you?

And Tariq, pressure’s on! I know you can do it! :) :) :)

So proud to be a tiny part of the North Raleigh uber team,
Ellen


Voter Registration Day


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This report was submitted by Ellen.

It was a cold and windy morning as Tariq arrived at their designated VRD location. But, being the fearless Voter Reg Captain that he is, he arrived with a cart full of supplies and a great attitude. The awesome North Raleigh volunteers looked wary as they approached the two small tables as Tariq and others tried frantically to, literally, hold down the fort. The huge wind gusts, cold, and hurried expressions of passerby didn’t bode well…

However, great attitudes, persistence, and smiles prevailed! Laughing while chasing down flying signs and forms and making sure every customer got asked “Are you registered at your current address?!?!” usually at least twice, the North Raleigh team didn’t let anything get them or their registration count down. Tariq continually rallied the troops, even playing Superman and providing waters, bananas, and crackers to the whole team.

However, the team didn’t meet their registration goal—they beat it by a huge margin.

This is simply AMAZING!!! North Raleigh kicked major butt and it’s all thanks to the amazing group of volunteers who came out and the excellent planning, execution, and attitude by Tariq. If you guys can accomplish this much on a day like today in February, IMAGINE what we can do on a beautiful day in May!

I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for all you guys did today and continue to do every day! Your enthusiasm and hard work inspires everyone downtown and keeps the whole thing moving. Just think of what your enthusiasm through this weather will do to inspire the voters we registered today!

A special gigantic thank you, and I’m sure everyone can join me in this, goes out to Tariq! I can second comments made today that this was an incredibly well organized event that not only handled adverse weather but also registered almost as many people as the rest of the county

Super fired up, super ready to go, and almost thawed from today,
Ellen

 

Here are a couple pics. The rest are on FaceBook.

We turned out a large crew for Voter Registration.

 

Tariq, left, was the captain for this event. Ellen, our regional organizer is on the right.


Follow us on Twitter


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Obama 2012 NCFollow Obama 2012 events in North Raleigh on Twitter using @OrganizingNR and  our hashtag #OFA_North_Raleigh if you like.

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