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The Women’s
Vote Task Force
The Women’s Vote Task Force is beginning an
important phase of their
2008
GOTV strategy for women and they
need your help. If you are available on the
following dates, please consider giving us a few
hours of your time to complete the telephone calls.
If we can secure
25
volunteers who can work 2 shifts each,
the polling can be completed before the holidays!
Training and scripts will be provided on alternate
Tuesdays and Mondays prior to the phone calling.
Each survey will take approximately 5 to 7 minutes
to complete.
We
will be working from the Harris County Democratic
Party headquarters, 1445 North Loop West, Suite 110
(near corner of 610 & Ella Blvd, next to the IBEW
Hall) on the following dates:
| Tue. |
Nov. 13 |
7-9 PM (includes
training) |
| Thu. |
Nov. 15 |
7-9 PM |
| Mon. |
Nov. 26 |
7-9 PM (includes
training) |
| Wed. |
Nov. 28 |
7-9 PM |
| Tues. |
Dec. 4 |
7-9 PM (includes
training) |
| Thu. |
Dec. 6 |
7-9 PM |
| Mon. |
Dec. 10 |
7-9 PM (includes
training) |
| Wed. |
Dec. 12 |
7-9 PM |
We
would prefer that our telephone surveyors be female,
but our ROADmen need not worry, we’ll have plenty of
things for them to do, too.
Refreshments & light snacks will be provided.
Please send an email to
Take5Houston@gmail.com indicating which shifts
you are available to work. We will send out
reminder emails prior to each shift.
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One
Vote Video This thought provoking film explores
the reasons that many single women did not vote in the last
Presidential Election. The real women interviewed in the film come
from a variety of backgrounds and age groups, yet all their
interviews share a common theme: a feeling of disenfranchisement
and the belief that their one vote would not have made a difference.
The filmmakers go on to provide some real life electoral examples
of how one vote can change the outcome of an election and the world
in which we live.
As ROADwomen embarks upon a program for increasing the votes of
unmarried women in Harris County, we must address these feelings of
hopelessness and irrelevance. We must find a way to communicate to
these women that they matter and that their "one vote," when
combined with the votes of many other women, can and will change the
political reality of Texas and will ultimately change their lives
for the better.
In order to do that, we must engage them in ways that prior
candidates and political campaigns have ignored.
Please watch this film and then join ROADwomen as we begin the
dialogue of empowerment with the women of Harris County.
Check back often for details on how you
can help.
Click here to view video.
It’s a man’s world, unless women vote.
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Mission:
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To empower the women
of Houston, Harris County, and
Texas—politically, socially, and economically—by |
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Providing voter
registration and education programs for women |
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Identifying and
motivating non-voting women to get them to the
polls |
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Electing more
Democrats to public office by increasing overall
voter turnout |
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Vision:
The
Women’s Vote Task Force seeks a Houston , Harris County,
and Texas where
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There is Equal Pay
for Equal Work
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Every child is
wanted, loved, and cared for |
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An injury or illness
does not necessarily mean economic disaster
because of lack of access to health care |
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A college education
is not simply a dream, but a reality |
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The government is
truly responsive to the needs of the people |
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All persons are
valued regardless of gender, race, religion,
color, creed, or sexual orientation |
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