Young Lawyers for Obama
Young Lawyers for Obama
Report - July 10, 2007
Since its launch in March 2007, Young Lawyers for Obama (YLFO) has raised over $108,000 and recruited over 1,300 members nationwide. YLFO currently has a presence in over 25 cities and states across the country.
Our Coordinators/Chapters & Our System: Since March, we have recruited coordinators to start chapters in the following cities and states: Atlanta, GA; Baton Rouge, LA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Kentucky; Los Angeles, CA; Maryland; Miami, FL; Michigan; Milwaukee, WI; Minnesota; New Jersey; New York, NY; Northern Virginia; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Shreveport, LA; South Dakota; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC; and West Virginia. Once we recruit coordinators, we send them our Chapter Start-Up Guide, connect them with the finance and now field staff in their area, and provide them with a web page on our web site (www.younglawyersforobama.org) on which they can publicize their events. To ensure we are producing for the campaign, we have developed a set of benchmarks of success for each chapter—including (1) the amount of money raised and (2) the number of lawyers organized—and we hold biweekly conference calls and ask chapter coordinators to submit biweekly reports to discuss our progress in these areas.
Fundraising Highlights: Our focus has been fundraising. Our strategy mainly has been to work with finance staff to identify upcoming campaign fundraisers and to recruit attendees. Some of the finance staff have found our work so helpful that they have begun recruiting coordinators themselves to start up chapters; in addition, Finance Manager Mackey Dykes and some other staff have asked to sit in on our calls. As of early July, here are the amounts our most active YLFO chapters have raised (through their members and coordinators):
Washington, DC Chapter $50,050
New York Chapter $27,300
Maryland Chapter $12,000
Minnesota Chapter $8,250
Philadelphia Chapter $5,000
Atlanta Chapter $4,250
Assisting Legal, Field, & Policy Staff, and in the Early States: In addition to fundraising, we also have been assisting the campaign in other ways. We helped recruit attorneys to assist Jeff Berman, the National Director of Delegate Operations, and his legal staff in researching state-based ballot access and delegate selection statutes and rules, and we will be helping on the ground with the petitioning, caucus, and early voting processes in a variety of states. In addition, we are now starting to connect our chapters with regional field staff to assist with field work more generally. In terms of policy, we have begun plugging our most active members with policy backgrounds into the policy committees. We also have developed a program targeted just at the 4 early primary and caucus states, and have begun working with staff in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina (and will be doing so shortly in Nevada), to organize young lawyers there. In addition, from raising money for Generation Barack Obama events in major cities (including Chicago, New York City, and Washington, DC), to helping staff to build the Obama committee in states where there had not yet been an organization (in West Virginia, for example), our coordinators have worked to address the campaign’s needs in their specific city or state.
Our Relationship with Generation Obama & Lawyers for Obama: Given the network we have developed in the past few months, we are now helping the campaign identify individuals who are interested in starting up broader Generation Obama young professional groups in their cities. In addition, we also have recently connected with David Jacobson, the National Deputy Finance Chair of the campaign, and will be working with him on a broader Lawyers for Obama effort.
Hearing more: If you have any questions, or would like to join our coordinators’ list-serve and/or our biweekly calls, contact David Burd at davidsburd@gmail.com or 914-552-3660.
Report - July 10, 2007
Since its launch in March 2007, Young Lawyers for Obama (YLFO) has raised over $108,000 and recruited over 1,300 members nationwide. YLFO currently has a presence in over 25 cities and states across the country.
Our Coordinators/Chapters & Our System: Since March, we have recruited coordinators to start chapters in the following cities and states: Atlanta, GA; Baton Rouge, LA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Kentucky; Los Angeles, CA; Maryland; Miami, FL; Michigan; Milwaukee, WI; Minnesota; New Jersey; New York, NY; Northern Virginia; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Shreveport, LA; South Dakota; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC; and West Virginia. Once we recruit coordinators, we send them our Chapter Start-Up Guide, connect them with the finance and now field staff in their area, and provide them with a web page on our web site (www.younglawyersforobama.org) on which they can publicize their events. To ensure we are producing for the campaign, we have developed a set of benchmarks of success for each chapter—including (1) the amount of money raised and (2) the number of lawyers organized—and we hold biweekly conference calls and ask chapter coordinators to submit biweekly reports to discuss our progress in these areas.
Fundraising Highlights: Our focus has been fundraising. Our strategy mainly has been to work with finance staff to identify upcoming campaign fundraisers and to recruit attendees. Some of the finance staff have found our work so helpful that they have begun recruiting coordinators themselves to start up chapters; in addition, Finance Manager Mackey Dykes and some other staff have asked to sit in on our calls. As of early July, here are the amounts our most active YLFO chapters have raised (through their members and coordinators):
Washington, DC Chapter $50,050
New York Chapter $27,300
Maryland Chapter $12,000
Minnesota Chapter $8,250
Philadelphia Chapter $5,000
Atlanta Chapter $4,250
Assisting Legal, Field, & Policy Staff, and in the Early States: In addition to fundraising, we also have been assisting the campaign in other ways. We helped recruit attorneys to assist Jeff Berman, the National Director of Delegate Operations, and his legal staff in researching state-based ballot access and delegate selection statutes and rules, and we will be helping on the ground with the petitioning, caucus, and early voting processes in a variety of states. In addition, we are now starting to connect our chapters with regional field staff to assist with field work more generally. In terms of policy, we have begun plugging our most active members with policy backgrounds into the policy committees. We also have developed a program targeted just at the 4 early primary and caucus states, and have begun working with staff in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina (and will be doing so shortly in Nevada), to organize young lawyers there. In addition, from raising money for Generation Barack Obama events in major cities (including Chicago, New York City, and Washington, DC), to helping staff to build the Obama committee in states where there had not yet been an organization (in West Virginia, for example), our coordinators have worked to address the campaign’s needs in their specific city or state.
Our Relationship with Generation Obama & Lawyers for Obama: Given the network we have developed in the past few months, we are now helping the campaign identify individuals who are interested in starting up broader Generation Obama young professional groups in their cities. In addition, we also have recently connected with David Jacobson, the National Deputy Finance Chair of the campaign, and will be working with him on a broader Lawyers for Obama effort.
Hearing more: If you have any questions, or would like to join our coordinators’ list-serve and/or our biweekly calls, contact David Burd at davidsburd@gmail.com or 914-552-3660.
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