Cville ~ Albemarle Obama Org

Charlottesville Area Volunteers
OBAMA for PRESIDENT 2008

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We don’t have an option now... If I’d lost Iowa, it would have been OK… One of the other Democrats would have emerged and they would have carried the banner and we would have moved forward… and the country would move in a better direction… But because we’ve won, we have no choice. We have to win. Now everybody’s counting on you, not just me. I know that’s a heavy weight, but also, what a magnificent position to find yourselves in: where the whole country is counting on you to change it for the better. Now those moments don’t come around very often. Here you are, five months away from having transformed the country and made history and changed the world. We’ve got to seize it.
- Barack Obama
from a recent talk with campaign staff

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last updated 7-05-08

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We are on the Obama map! Staff and Organizing Fellows have been rolling into Charlottesville and surrounding counties to bring the Obama campaign to a wide swath of central Virginia. The General Election campaign is beginning in earnest. You'll get lots of chances to meet them and work with them in the coming months. We'll be opening a Charlottesville office soon, so watch this space for updates. The campaign is counting on volunteers (that's us!) to help Obama carry Virginia - and the nation - in November. It's going to take a lot of work - but we're planning to have a lot of fun doing it. Jump in where you can! Invite your friends and colleagues to join you.

Dear volunteers -

Celebrate Independence Day by exercising your right to express your political opinion! Volunteers are needed to march, register voters and pass out leaflets at the following public Fourth of July Independence Day events, along with our usual City Market and Weekend Voter Registration Canvass. Continue the celebration on Saturday and Monday with leafleting and voter registration for the Pavilion concerts in downtown Charlottesville.

FRIDAY, July 4:
Charlottesville - McIntire Park
Meet at the concession/restroom building near the playground at 4 p.m. to get clipboards and Obama gear. Register voters and leaflet the crowd - then stay and watch the fireworks at 9:15. Contact Jim Nix, 434-987-3321, jim-nix@comcast.net.

Scottsville July 4 Celebration Parade, in downtown Scottsville at 10 a.m. Meet at 9:30. Contact Jim Nix at 434-987-3321, jim-nix@comcast.net.

Earlysville 4th of July Parade. Meet at Sal's Pizza in Earlysville Green Shopping Center at noon to leaflet and register voters. Contact Jonathan Stevens at 434-953-9203, jonathanmstevens@yahoo.com.

Fluvanna Freedom Fair Voter Registration/Obama Volunteer Table, 5-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Contact Van Griffith, 434-996-5252, van.griffith@gmail.com.

Nelson - If you're a Nelson County Democrat, join the Lovingston 4th of July Parade. Wear your Obama button or shirt if you have one. The Dems will be the 16th unit in the parade, meeting at 10 a.m. at the Fisher Auto Parts parking lot.

SATURDAY, July 5
...and on July 5 (Saturday), Crozet celebrates Independence Day with a carnival. Obama tablers meet at 2 p.m. in the Morningside Highrise Parking Lot to register voters and sign up volunteers. Contact Nancy Chappell at 434-906-4837, n7154@yahoo.com

Louisa Independence Day Parade on Saturday, July 5, at 7 p.m. Contact Van Griffith, 434-996-5252, van.griffith@gmail.com.

Charlottesville City Market - 7:30-noon at the corner of Water and 2nd. Look for the Obama signs. Distribute bumper stickers, signs, buttons and - new addition! - fans.

Albemarle Voter Registration Drive - Bring new people into the democratic process! Meet at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. to go out two by two in neighborhoods that have lots of unregistered voters. Short training available. Meet at the corner of Greenbrier and Commonwealth Dr., just of Route 29 north of Charlottesville. Contact Jonathan Stevens at 434-953-9203, jonathanmstevens@yahoo.com.

Pavilion Concert Voter Registration: The Black Crowes. Meet at 6 p.m. in front of the old A&N Store on E. Main and 4th Streets on the Mall to register voters and leaflet folks attending the concert. Contact Andrew Winerman, 987-4542, creweeny@gmail.com

SUNDAY, July 7
Albemarle Voter Registration Drive - Bring new people into the democratic process! Meet at 2 p.m. to go out two by two in neighborhoods that have lots of unregistered voters. Short training available. Meet at Darden Towe Park on Route 20 N. Contact Jonathan Stevens at 434-953-9203, jonathanmstevens@yahoo.com for exact location.

TUESDAY, July 9
Pavilion Concert Voter Registration: Phil Lesh & Friends. Meet at 6 p.m. in front of the old A&N Store on E. Main and 4th Streets on the Mall to register voters and leaflet folks attending the Contact Andrew Winerman, 987-4542, creweeny@gmail.com

Campaign News
The campaign is speeding up now that we have staff in the area. As of yesterday, we have a field director, five field organizers, and nine organizing fellows serving an area that stretches around Charlottesville/Albemarle from Front Royal through Harrisonburg, over through Staunton and Nelson County, up through Buckingham, Fluvanna, Louisa, Greene and Culpeper. The regional office will be in Charlottesville - in the old A&N building on the downtown mall. We got the keys today, and a crew will be working hard to make it habitable over the next week or so. Stay tuned for news of the Grand Opening!

- Kristin.

Kristin Szakos
1132 Otter Street
Charlottesville, VA 22901
434-984-4022
Co-chair, Charlottesville Area Obama Volunteers

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What a great Unity Picnic we had last Saturday,

It was wonderful to see many of you at the Obama picnic yesterday. I hope you enjoyed it, and feel fired up to work to elect a president we can be proud of. About 125 people came. Of those, 56 were new to the campaign. Almost everybody volunteered for something. Thanks for all you did to help make the picnic a success.

- Kristin

- Thursday (every Thursday) at 12:30 p.m. - Voter Registration training at the Charlottesville Office of Voter Registration in the City Hall Annex near the Downtown Pavilion.
- Saturday (every Saturday) 7:30 a.m.-noon - Charlottesville City Market Obama Table, in the parking lot at Water Street & South First. Spread the word about Obama, register voters and sign up new volunteers. A great place to get your Obama gear - bumper stickers, buttons & yard signs. Contact Iney Byfield at iney@earthlink.net to help
The Coordinated Democratic Campaign staff led by Rebecca Slutzky have arrived in town and are helping with canvassing and data entry support for the campaigns of all the Democratic candidates: Barack Obama, Tom Perriello (Congress) and Mark Warner (Senate). We look forward to working closely with them in the months ahead.

Thanks! - Kristin.
Co-chair, Charlottesville Area Obama Volunteers

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