MoveOn's 50 ways to love your country : how to find your political voice and become a catalyst for change /
MoveOn's 50 ways to love your country : how to find your political voice and become a catalyst for change /
50 ways to love your country MoveOn's fifty ways to love your country
MoveOn.
- Maui, HI : Inner Ocean Pub., c2004.
- xiv, 145 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction / power of connection -- Introduction / Create an effective online petition -- Spread the word about online petitions -- Sign a petition -- Share informed political recommendations -- Speak out online -- Email the president (and other politicians) -- Meet with your representatives -- Every vote counts -- Introduction / Vote, no matter what -- Mobilize underrepresented voters -- Register voters in unlikely places -- Organize an issue-specific voter registration drive -- Get your office to vote -- Maximize the vote on election day -- Make a personal request to nonvoters -- Participate in a phone bank -- many faces of the media -- Introduction / Read more, watch TV news less -- Write a letter to the editor -- Respond to biased reporting -- Alert the media to uncovered events -- Place an ad -- Reform the media -- Make your own media -- Write an op-ed piece -- Start a political book club -- MoveOn's suggested media sources -- Political action is personal -- Introduction / Write letters to Congress that work -- Talk to officials you didn't elect -- Support clean elections -- Volunteer for campaigns -- Help run a campaign -- Hit the streets for your candidate -- Run for office to challenge incumbents -- Donate money -- Host a house party -- Petition effectively -- Attend a meetup -- Serve as an elected official -- Act outside the box -- Personal action is political -- Introduction / Serve your community -- Defy City Hall -- Respond locally to national issues -- Attend a rally -- Instigate protective laws -- Initiate a constitutional amendment -- Get a socially responsible job -- Take action with your family -- Host a political salon -- Let your money speak -- Help others express their political views -- Express your views through art -- Advertise your political vision -- Afterword / Acknowledgments -- Index -- MoveOn Information. John Blades Wes Boyd, MoveOn -- Peter Schurman, MoveOn -- Al Gore, former vice president -- David Fenton, Fenton Communications -- Nancy Pelosi, House democratic leader -- Gail Sheehy, author and journalist -- Eli Pariser, MoveOn -- and 1. The 2. 3. The 4. 5.
193072229X (pbk.)
2005299282
Political participation--United States.
Political science--United States.
Nationalism--United States.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
JK1764 / .M68 2004
323.042/0973 M935 2004
Includes index.
Introduction / power of connection -- Introduction / Create an effective online petition -- Spread the word about online petitions -- Sign a petition -- Share informed political recommendations -- Speak out online -- Email the president (and other politicians) -- Meet with your representatives -- Every vote counts -- Introduction / Vote, no matter what -- Mobilize underrepresented voters -- Register voters in unlikely places -- Organize an issue-specific voter registration drive -- Get your office to vote -- Maximize the vote on election day -- Make a personal request to nonvoters -- Participate in a phone bank -- many faces of the media -- Introduction / Read more, watch TV news less -- Write a letter to the editor -- Respond to biased reporting -- Alert the media to uncovered events -- Place an ad -- Reform the media -- Make your own media -- Write an op-ed piece -- Start a political book club -- MoveOn's suggested media sources -- Political action is personal -- Introduction / Write letters to Congress that work -- Talk to officials you didn't elect -- Support clean elections -- Volunteer for campaigns -- Help run a campaign -- Hit the streets for your candidate -- Run for office to challenge incumbents -- Donate money -- Host a house party -- Petition effectively -- Attend a meetup -- Serve as an elected official -- Act outside the box -- Personal action is political -- Introduction / Serve your community -- Defy City Hall -- Respond locally to national issues -- Attend a rally -- Instigate protective laws -- Initiate a constitutional amendment -- Get a socially responsible job -- Take action with your family -- Host a political salon -- Let your money speak -- Help others express their political views -- Express your views through art -- Advertise your political vision -- Afterword / Acknowledgments -- Index -- MoveOn Information. John Blades Wes Boyd, MoveOn -- Peter Schurman, MoveOn -- Al Gore, former vice president -- David Fenton, Fenton Communications -- Nancy Pelosi, House democratic leader -- Gail Sheehy, author and journalist -- Eli Pariser, MoveOn -- and 1. The 2. 3. The 4. 5.
193072229X (pbk.)
2005299282
Political participation--United States.
Political science--United States.
Nationalism--United States.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
JK1764 / .M68 2004
323.042/0973 M935 2004