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Elaine Cartas (Roxanne Conlin Fellow)

Elaine Cartas reports in from the campaign trail. Here are some of her thoughts as the summer comes to a close, with a couple of pictures to give you a closer peek at what it’s like in the office (after the jump): Ten weeks. It doesn’t even feel like ten weeks. It feels like I’ve been a field organizer my whole life. Every morning, I wake up excited – thrilled to see our volunteers. It is the volunteers that make my 11 hour day go by quickly. Each one is filled with enthusiasm, a quirky personality, and great stories about why they support Roxanne Conlin. I’ve been able to start developing wonderful relationships with each of them. Then there’s the love and hate relationship I have with the VAN. I can assure you, it wasn’t love at first sight – but I am starting to fall in love with the benefits of the VAN. Within ten weeks, we’ve been able to reach 300 volunteers and each week our volunteers make thousands of calls. There’s still more to accomplish. Thus, I’ve decided to stay till November fighting for Roxanne Conlin, and more importantly for all Progressives.

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May SNAP Update

Posted by John Riley | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 16-05-2008

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Dear SNAP Supporters:

Endorsements

Students for a New American Politics PAC is excited to announce the endorsement of two, well-know progressive leaders to help build a progressive governing majority in the Senate. Along with the seven leaders we endorsed earlier, SNAP hopes to help take full advantage of the opportunities this cycle provides while providing unparalleled experiences for our fellows.

Former Governor Jeanne Shaheen (NH-D)
Jeanne Shaheen has been serving New Hampshire families for over a decade and would like to represent the state in the United States Senate. During her time as governor, she expanded kindergarten programs, worked to strengthen small business and fought for unemployed workers during the recession of 2002. Now, she is seeking to replace John Sununu, one of the most out of touch and fear-mongering Republicans in the Senate in order to work for those same values at the federal level. Jeanne Shaheen will bring real change and fair representation to the people of New Hampshire.

Al Franken (MN-D)
Al Franken, well know as comedian, author and Air American host, is now trying to extend Minnesota’s history of sending bold progressives to Washington to lead America in the face of challenges. He seeks to continue the tradition of Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone and Hubert Humphrey by being unabashed in his demands for a change of direction in Iraq, healthcare for all Americans, a reformed education system that fosters learning and opportunity, comprehensive immigration reform cognizant of the struggles of immigrant families, economic policies that benefit working families like the Employee Free Choice Act, and revitalizing and funding our commitment to our veterans. SNAP hopes to help Al Franken become a forceful and true voice of progressive change in the U.S. Senate.

How Can You Help?

We need your support to help SNAP reach it’s goal of sponsoring 40 to 50 fellowships this summer and to fund student GOTV efforts this fall in contested races. There are many ways you can get involved and help us lay the groundwork for victory in the coming elections.

The most important way you can help us is with your financial support of our fellowship program. Every contribution puts us that much closer to funding another student organizer, putting more in summer ‘08 and forging another future progressive leader. Please visit our ACTBLUE page and contribute today. Donate $50 to sponsor a student for one day, $250 for one week, $1000 for one month or $2500 to sponsor a student for an entire summer. The more you donate, the more candidates we can endorse and fellowships we can provide.

We are still accepting applications! Although the deadline has passed, SNAP will be willing to review applications for late summer and fall fellowships. Check out the application here.

Finally, please help us spread the word about SNAP by contacting your friends and family.Please send them an email, encourage them to visit our website and ask them to contribute. You can also do this by hosting a house party or reception in your community (please contact us if you would like to do so).

John Riley
SNAP PAC
Communications Director

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