Author: Heather Roberson
Summer Social — Thursday, July 14th
Join ACT NOW and our friends at Greater NYC for Change as we take a break from the campaign trail and party down at our mid-summer mixer! We’ve worked hard over the past several months and now it’s time to celebrate recent victories like the Kathy Hochul race and Marriage Equality, and to dream big dreams of what we can do together in the months to come. So come join us, and bring your party hat! Two-for-one drinks from 6-9PM. Light snacks … Read More
What Victory Means
Thanks to you and other progressives throughout New York, Democratic underdog Kathy Hochul defeated her Medicare-threatening Republican opponent in the conservative 26th Congressional District. This victory sends a powerful message: when progressives fight, we can win. It also exposed the flimsiness of Republican claims to a radical “mandate” from the American people. Yesterday, we all stood up and said “no more!” We have so much more work to do, both this year and next — more volunteers, more buses, more … Read More
GOTV Phone Banks for Kathy Hochul
Today is the big day in NY-26 and your help is needed to Get Out the Vote for Democrat Kathy Hochul. Please give all of the time you can give today to reach the maximum number of voters. Where: OFA Office, 25 East 21st Street (Park + Broadway), 4th floor When: All day until polls close at 9PM What to bring: You cell phone and charger! Then what: After-party at Dewey’s Flatiron mere blocks away (5th Avenue between 25th and 26th … Read More
Phone Banks for Kathy Hochul
ACTivists, with just four days, the race for NY-26 is really heating up! Our Democratic House candidate, Kathy Hochul, is maintaining a very small lead – no easy feat in this traditional Republican stronghold — and now is the time to seal the deal. Election Day is Tuesday, May 24th! Please RSVP, indicating which phone bank you will be attending. Land-lines are available, but please bring a cell phone and your charger.
Phone Bank to End Gerrymandering
Join ACT NOW and our partners at ReshapeNY this week for a round of targeted phone banking for non-partisan redistricting in New York State. We are in the crunch-time for this essential reform and that means we need to reach out to as many people as possible and urge them to contact their legislators. Calls from constituents are the most essential component of getting non-partisan redistricting passed, and we’re making it happen every Tuesday and Wednesdays in May and most of … Read More
Lobby Day to End Gerrymandering
Please join ACT NOW and our coalition partner ReShapeNY as we head to Albany on Wednesday, June 1st to lobby on behalf of non-partisan redistricting, an essential reform that will end rampant gerrymandering in New York State. Don’t know about non-partisan redistricting? Look no further than Part One and Part Two of our helpful Q&A. Think you want to join us in Albany? RSVP now and secure you seat on the bus from Manhattan.
Kathy Hochul Phone Bank
Join ACT NOW and our friends at Greater NYC for Change as we reach out to voters on behalf of Democratic House candidate, Kathy Hochul. Election Day is May 24th and every vote is going to count in this incredibly close race. Right now, Hochul has a very small lead — an incredible feat in a district that traditionally trends Republican – but special elections are all about turnout, turnout, turnout. That means working tirelessly to Get Out the Vote!
Phone Bank for Kathy Hochul
This Wednesday, join ACT NOW and our friends at Greater NYC for Change and the office of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, as we help elect Democrat Kathy Hochul to New York’s 26th Congressional District. Hochul is running in what is traditionally a Republican stronghold, but she is now just five points behind and edging ever closer to Republican Jane Corwin. Every vote will count in this nail-biter, and we need your help to make sure our voters are well-informed and ready … Read More
Rally to End Gerrymandering — Greg Ball Edition
Please join ACT NOW and our partners at the New Roosevelt Initiative for a rally to end the practice of gerrymandering in New York State. We’ll be targeting Republican State Senator Greg Ball, who ran as a “Hero of Reform,” pledging to support non-partisan redistricting. He has since gone back on his pledge, apparently hoping that no one will notice. So let’s get out there and make some noise! Saturday, May 14th is the big day and we really want … Read More
Gerrymandering: The Movie (Special Event)
Please join ACT NOW and our friends at Living Liberally and Tribeca for Change on Saturday, April 23rd, for a FREE screening of the informative and entertaining documentary, Gerrymandering: The Movie. If you have ever wondered why politicians get to draw their own electoral districts, and what we can do to stop this corrupt practice, you must see this film! The film will be followed by Q&A with filmmaker, Jeff Reichert.
