Organizing for America (OFA) Update – Area Meetings

OFA is hiring staff in California and getting the infrastructure in place to provide support to the local OFA organizations. In Sacramento we have been working hard to develop a structure that will support what the national OFA organization is doing and will also continue to grow the grassroots movement at the local level. We are in the process of setting up Area Team meetings to kick the marrying of National OFA and SFO-OFA. They will be the week of June 15th – we will send that information out early next week.

What are we going to do at the Area Team meetings? This isn’t just a meeting for the sake of having a meeting is it?

No, this is the initial meeting of the Area teams to introduce the smaller working groups to each other and OFA, to establish some leadership for the Area Teams and to start working on projects that are consistent with the national goals while giving those goals a local influence and voice. The time for work is now!

How are the area teams set up?

We are working specifically on Congressional Districts 3 and 5. The area teams in CD 5 are going to be set up by Supervisorial Districts. So, if you live in Midtown or Natomas you are in CD 5 and will be on Area Team 1 (which corresponds with Supervisorial District 1), if you live in the Arden Arcade area of CD5 you are on Area Team 3 (corresponds with SD 3).

Health Care Organizing Kick-Off

On June 6th, thousands of people just like you are beginning to organize for health care reform by hosting or attending a Health Care Organizing Kickoff. No experience is required to host or attend–we’ll give you everything you need to make it a success. At these kickoffs, you’ll watch a special message from the President, meet like-minded supporters in your neighborhood, make plans for reaching out in your community–and start to put those plans in action. Together, we’ll win health care reform the same way we won the election: Building support one block, one neighbor, one conversation at a time. Please go to the following link to sign up to either attend or host a kick off meeting:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hckickoff

In sticking with the health care issue, OFA groups across the state will be hosting health care projects on June 27th. It is the goal of SFO-OFA to host a health care fair. If you are interesting in helping to organize this event and/or have a service that you can contribute to the event, please reply to this email.

Town Hall Meeting with Congressman Lungren – We Need To Represent!

Congressman Dan Lungren is holding a town hall in Folsom and we need Obama supporters to be there, to be heard. A strong OFA team presence will say to Congressman Lungren that he needs to work in the spirit of cooperation with the Obama Administration and that he represents ALL the residents of CD3, not just those who voted for him. Following President Obama’s example, we will engage the Congressman in a respectful dialogue to encourage him to find common ground with the President. Change will not come easy and we will not get there in a day, but we will remain engaged and we will get there! YES WE CAN! Wear your “I Voted For Change” t-shirt . Please sign up at this link:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpcpy8

Last but definitely not least…

CONGRATULATIONS SACRAMENTO FOR OBAMA!!!

Every year the Sacramento County Democratic Central Committee presents the honor of Grassroots Volunteer of the Year at their annual dinner. This year the recipient of the award is US – Sacramento for Obama! This is a huge honor and everyone on the Sacramento for Obama team worked very, very hard to make this a reality.

The award will be presented at the Central Committees Annual Dinner, here is the information if you would like to attend. Note – it is a fundraiser but we would sure like as many of you as possible there to accept the award.

Date: June 11th
Time: 6PM
Location: Citizen Hotel, 926 J Street, 7th Floor Terrace

Purchase Tickets at: http://www.actblue.com/page/sacdemsannualevent09

Thank you for all you do. As you can see by the length of this post we are getting up and running again and are ready to keep changing the world!

Sacramento for Obama – Organizing for America
Executive Committee