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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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The Nation Fundraiser for SNAP

Posted by Noah Baron | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 22-02-2010

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This Wednesday, February 24, between 6PM and 8PM, The Nation and Katrina vanden Heuvel (the publisher of The Nation) are holding a fundraiser in support of Students for a New American Politics (SNAP). The event will be taking place at The Nation’s office in New York City: 33 Irving Place.

SNAP is a political action committee that is dedicated to engaging America’s youth in electing progressive leaders today, and to training the progressive leaders of tomorrow. The lessons we’ve learned since President Obama’s inauguration have taught us the necessity of having a firm majority of progressives in both houses of Congress — it is not enough to have a majority of Democrats.

Furthermore, the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court — the decision in which a small majority of the Court ignored precedent to allow unlimited contributions by corporations directly to political candidates for office — has underscored the need for an active, vibrant and well-funded progressive grassroots movement. Without such a movement, we will be unable to combat the influences of multinational corporations whose primary motivations are profit, not what is best for the American people.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Rhiannon Bronstein by e-mail (rhiannon.bronstein@snappac.org) or by phone (206-778-6404).

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