Pushback Network

AG is stalling on definition of ‘political activity,’ Senator says

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:02:00 -0800

AG is stalling on definition of ‘political activity,’ Senator says:

[South West Organizing Project, “SWOP,”] was instructed by the secretary of state to register as a political action committee four months ago without any explanation for how our work constitutes political activity,” Robby Rodriguez, SWOP executive director, said in a prepared statement.

“We still do not know what this decision is based on so we would like to know, along with Sen. McSorley apparently, and, we suspect, the rest of the nonprofit community, how the state defines political activity when it comes to our legitimate efforts to educate the public about the job their elected officials are doing.”

Hunger for change.

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:58:30 -0800

Hunger for change.:

“We really owned what happened on November 4th. It was all about us, the big us. This election wasn’t about Barack Obama or John McCain. It was the American people and their hunger…

pushbacknetwork: hunger for change - after a week in New Mexico: http://is.gd/6Dkq

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:04:37 -0800

pushbacknetwork: hunger for change - after a week in New Mexico: http://is.gd/6Dkq:

pushbacknetwork: hunger for change - after a week in New Mexico: http://is.gd/6Dkq

pushbacknetwork: “Yes, for the first time in my entire life I felt empowered." http://is.gd/6v6f

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:04:01 -0800

pushbacknetwork: “Yes, for the first time in my entire life I felt empowered." http://is.gd/6v6f:

pushbacknetwork: “Yes, for the first time in my entire life I felt empowered.” http://is.gd/6v6f

pushbacknetwork: "Democracy doesn't end on Election Day." - getting back to work in NM http://is.gd/6v37

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:04:01 -0800

pushbacknetwork: "Democracy doesn't end on Election Day." - getting back to work in NM http://is.gd/6v37:

pushbacknetwork: “Democracy doesn’t end on Election Day.” - getting back to work in NM http://is.gd/6v37

“Yes, for the first time in my entire life I felt...

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:18:23 -0800

“Yes, for the first time in my entire life I felt empowered. I voted to make better lives for myself and others.

I have never voted anywhere in these United States. Today was my day. And what a great start to a new life!

Getting back to reality, my cell phone rings and its Amar, and then its Colette from KFTC, “Where are you”. Oh well, so much for my quiet time of reflection. Its back to community empowerment, the real work goes on!”

—Carl Matthews, a former felon who got his right to vote back just a few hours before out training!

New Mexico’s SWOP is already getting to work on it’s...

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:07:48 -0800

New Mexico’s SWOP is already getting to work on it’s post-election day organizing. Two excited new interns, Tracy Chacon and Cheyenne Saiz, get to work on the Campaign for a Better New Mexico. “In the next year,” say Chacon and Saiz, “we will be working on the Take Control Campaign where we left off this past summer…”

As SWOP Director Robby Rodriguez says, “Democracy doesn’t end on Election Day.”

pushbacknetwork: Good morning new America.

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:53:43 -0800

pushbacknetwork: Good morning new America.:

pushbacknetwork: Good morning new America.

New Mexico’s Trick-or-Vote Campaign!

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:18:22 -0800

New Mexico’s Trick-or-Vote Campaign!

“It’s where I needed to be.”

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:19:05 -0800

“It’s where I needed to be.”

Lisa Lee, a parent volunteer for Citizens for a Better...

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:04:00 -0800

Lisa Lee, a parent volunteer for Citizens for a Better Greenville, joined the organizing group after they worked with parents to start a support group for families of children with special needs.

“They supported us,” said Lisa Lee, talking with PBN News about why she was getting on the road to help get out the vote. “They needed a little extra help so I decided that’s what I needed to be doing.”

Pushback Network stresses ongoing, politically conscious base building. It is well established that direct voter contact by neighborhood-based messengers is the most effective tool to persuade and mobilize voters into action. Each PBN State Alliance develops multi-dimensional, multi-constituency, multi-issue strategies that build an on-going progressive, politically conscious base.

pushbacknetwork: Posted '"It's where I needed to be."' to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/1432341

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:53:12 -0800

pushbacknetwork: Posted '"It's where I needed to be."' to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/1432341:

pushbacknetwork: Posted ‘“It’s where I needed to be.”’ to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/1432341

Changing Tomorrow Today

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:19:04 -0800

Changing Tomorrow Today

pushbacknetwork: Beautiful pics from helping voters in NM's Pueblo To’hagiilee get to the polls and have their votes counted: http://is.gd/6lMP

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:53:11 -0800

pushbacknetwork: Beautiful pics from helping voters in NM's Pueblo To’hagiilee get to the polls and have their votes counted: http://is.gd/6lMP:

pushbacknetwork: Beautiful pics from helping voters in NM’s Pueblo To’hagiilee get to the polls and have their votes counted: http://is.gd/6lMP

See more beautiful photos from a day of helping rural voters in...

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:24:00 -0800

See more beautiful photos from a day of helping rural voters in New Mexico get to the polls and register their votes.

Pueblo To’hagiilee only had about 125 early voters. On November 3rd and 4th, 2008, PBN and SAGE Council worked together to mobilize and assist the other 800 Pueblo voters to get their votes counted.

Bringing Communities Together

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:19:03 -0800

Bringing Communities Together

Flushing the Vote: Election Day in NM

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:19:03 -0800

Flushing the Vote: Election Day in NM

pushbacknetwork: retwt @waynesutton - have you voted? shout it out! http://tinyurl.com/6cqfx8 (if not - get busy voting!)

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:53:10 -0800

pushbacknetwork: retwt @waynesutton - have you voted? shout it out! http://tinyurl.com/6cqfx8 (if not - get busy voting!):

pushbacknetwork: retwt @waynesutton - have you voted? shout it out! http://tinyurl.com/6cqfx8 (if not - get busy voting!)

pushbacknetwork: Confused by the dizzying array of California Propositions? We can help: http://is.gd/6lif

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:53:10 -0800

pushbacknetwork: Confused by the dizzying array of California Propositions? We can help: http://is.gd/6lif:

pushbacknetwork: Confused by the dizzying array of California Propositions? We can help: http://is.gd/6lif

pushbacknetwork: Election 2008: Waking Nevada’s “Sleeping Giant” -- A new wave of activism: http://is.gd/594N

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:53:10 -0800

pushbacknetwork: Election 2008: Waking Nevada’s “Sleeping Giant” -- A new wave of activism: http://is.gd/594N:

pushbacknetwork: Election 2008: Waking Nevada’s “Sleeping Giant” — A new wave of activism: http://is.gd/594N