A week or so ago –
Halloween weekend, actually – The New
York Times stepped up its holiday spirit with a very
scary story. The kind you tell while aiming a flashlight
at your face.
Wellstone Action's work is all about helping new waves of progressive leaders-leaders who reflect our values--win elected office and start turning this country back around.
Last month I wrote about the 2010 legislative and governor takeovers in many states by conservative forces. They've wasted no time pushing their ideologically extreme agenda. Count on the forces to overreach, as they've already begun to, and invite a backlash by a public that does not buy in to their radical agenda.
The conservative movement is significantly upping its investment in building the skills of activists and candidates. This is a clarion call to the progressive movement to match the other side's commitment to building leaders!
Wellstone Action's signature weekend training program provides hands-on, practical training in grassroots politics for citizen activists, campaign workers, and people interested in running for office.
Rena is committed to social justice for all of humanity and hopes to one day become one of Minnesota most effective organizer and leader representing her community, her city and the state of Minnesota.
Last weekend, nearly 90 campaign activists from across the state gathered at Georgia State University for a nationally-recognized political training workshop.
Jeff Blodgett believes the President Obama's election has created a new era of
energy in the progressive movement.
He calls this renewed era of activism "the Obama bubble."
Camp Wellstone, Campus Camp Wellstone, and Camp Sheila Wellstone are all going strong. Our 50th camp was held in Seattle, WA. Here's what people have been saying about past camps.
It won't just be once a year that the Wellstone approach is remembered. It now lives on through the Camp Wellstone political training program coming to a city near you in 2004.
But what do you do in the months and years that lead up to a run for office? How can you set yourself up well to have a broad base to turn to when you announce your candidacy? This organizing tool looks at how to build your base as you get ready to run.
If you are working or volunteering on a campaign this year, chances are you've been asked to doorknock. That's because the more personal the contact with voters the better, and having conversations with them at their door the most effective tool for getting the votes you need to win.