This event looks good! 7PM THIS WEDNESDAY …-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*GET OUT THE VOTE 2004: EDUCATION, REGISTRATION, and MOBILIZATIONA Speaker’s Panel7:00 PM – Wednesday, Sept. 22Angel Hall Aud B Featuring keynote:– JARVIS HOUSTON – People for the American Way Foundation to speak on Election Protection 2004 Speakers:– CHRIS KOLB, MI State House Rep. on students’ stake on the […]
Last-Minute Changes at the Secretary of State?
With just two weeks to go before the deadline to register to vote in Michigan (Oct. 4), eerie things are happening on the Michigan Secretary of State’s website. First, a little background. In a callow move in 2000, Republicans in the state of Michigan passed a law requiring college students in Michigan have one address […]
Election Protection 2004
“More than 80 percent of the population of Detroit is black. This is very well understood by John Pappageorge, who is white and a Republican state legislator in Michigan. “If we do not suppress the Detroit vote,” said Mr. Pappageorge, “we’re going to have a tough time in this election.” Oops! Republicans aren’t supposed to […]
A Few Thoughts on Voting
University of Michigan students should register and vote in Ann Arbor whether they are from Michigan or any other state. The deadline to register to vote in Michigan is October 4th. Why? First, voting is your right as an American citizen. If you think you might be registered in Michigan somewhere else, register again, there’s […]
Work!
Through the November 2 election I’ll be working with People for the American Way (PFAW) in Washington D.C. on their Save the Court and Right To Vote campaigns. PFAW and many other organizations are also doing excellent work with their Election Protection program, which is an effort to register, educate, and mobilize voters, work with […]
‘You have to reframe the issues before the facts can become meaningful and powerful.’
These excerpts are from an interview of George Lakoff, a UC Berkeley linguistics professor who wrote “Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think,” and is working on a forthcoming book titled “”Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate.” “In another chapter I tell progressives how to talk to conservatives. This […]
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