Over 80 Arizona Democrats spent a weekend in March learning how to run a winning campaign. Democracy for America’s nationally recognized Campaign Academy was brought to Phoenix by Maricopa County DFA to try and take back Arizona and restore sanity in Congress. Our trainers, Monique Teal, Michael Cook, Mary Rickles and Victoria Cepeida-Mojarro have all [...]
DFA-MC is scheduling a Campaign Academy for anyone who would like to run or work on a campaign. With the redistricting nearing an end, please think of running for office. We need good Democratic candidates to run in all races. The dates for the two day academy will be announced soon.
In two nights a number of activists learned techniques for victory. Led by Democracy for America’s Jay Henderson, the group learned about developing goals, targets and tactics that will help when working on such issues as Clean Elections, Redistricting, voting rights, getting people to the polls, etc. Anyone interested in learning about the topics discussed [...]
The DFA Action Summit brings local activists, advocacy organizations and community leaders together for 2 nights of intensive issue advocacy training. Professional trainer will help you plan and execute a winning grassroots strategy! Date: July 13th & 14th 5pm- 9pm Location: Arizona Democratic Party Headquarters 2910 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85012 Cost: $20 (regular)/ [...]
Last December, when President Obama made a deal with Republicans to continue the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, I said there was no shared pain in the agreement. I called it the easy way out for everybody. And I emphasized it’s not fiscally responsible in addressing the deficit, the biggest long-term threat to [...]
Karl Rove announced that he would spend $750,000 in corporate money bashing unions and supporting Governor Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans. Well, we flipped that on its head — smashing Karl Rove with people-power. As Politico reported, Democracy for America and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee “have raised $750,000…for a television campaign against GOP state [...]
TAKE ACTION: SIGN THE PETITION Last Monday, local DFA members hosted a press conference to bring media attention to the fight to save the lives of the 98 Arizonans who need transplants now being denied by Governor Brewer. As it currently stands, Governor Brewer’s cuts to Medicaid will prevent 98 patients from receiving the organ [...]
One of a number of videos from the DFA Rally/Press Conference on 2/28/2011. On YouTube see DFAMaricopaCounty: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Rep. Anna Tovar, Dr. Mike Newcomb, and Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch speak to Restore the Funding for Transplant patients.
This is going to be a big week in our fight to protect middle class families and jobs. First up: we’re launching robo-calls in the districts of five Republican state senators today, asking voters whether they would support recalling their senator from office for supporting Gov. Walker’s war on working families. This is the kind [...]
Thank you to everyone who gathered together to show your support on Monday. Speakers included Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Rep. Anna Tovar, and Dr. Mike Newcomb.
