NYU Students for Barack Obama

Check out these two articles about NYU SFBO released today from NYU Local and the Washington Square News. 

NYU LOCAL:

http://nyulocal.com/national/2012/02/01/nyu-students-for-barack-obama-hold-first-meeting-of-the-election-year-in-kimmel/

WSN: 

http://nyunews.com/news/2012/02/01/01obama/

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Our new infographic takes a look at the impact the GOP’s proposed Balanced Budget Amendment could have on you. Scheduled for a vote this week and endorsed by Mitt Romney and his fellow Republican candidates, the amendment could force cuts in everything from education and Medicare to nutrition and health programs for at-risk children. 

Last week, NYU Students for Barack Obama (NYU SFBO) sent volunteer leaders Meredith Shevitz and Mike Place to Washington, D.C. in connection with the Young Invincibles advocacy group. Participating in “Jobs for #Young America Day on the Hill,” our volunteers voiced the issues and struggles that face American youth today.

Joining 40 students from other universities, our SFBO volunteers spent a day speaking with congressional offices in an effort to enact change. Specifically, the coalition relayed concerns regarding potential cuts in student grants, defunding of Americorps programs, and the inflated unemployment rate among young Americans. Emphasizing skepticism about the future of our nation’s economy, volunteers asked Members of Congress to pass legislation from President Obama’s American Jobs Act, that will help lift the burden of a costly education.

Utilizing the reputation of the Young Invincibles, which showed incredible influence during the push for universal health care in 2010, volunteers displayed an effective presence for their day on the Hill. While college students are often an afterthought during harsh economic times, the voice of young America was well received as Senators Cardin (D-MA) and Wyden (D-OR) endorsed the Young Invincibles’ efforts. In a press conference with volunteers, the Senators addressed actions that their offices would undertake to help struggling students nationwide.

NYU SFBO is proud to have had our volunteers advocate for young Americans on Capitol Hill. This is especially true as we rally support behind the President’s jobs plan—which our country desperately needs. We also would like to thank the Young Invincibles team for facilitating this great experience. They have shown an outstanding level of commitment to providing a platform for all youth to be heard at the national level. NYU SFBO also recognizes that this event highlights what makes America so great—the ability to exercise the fundamental right to voice an opinion. Understanding this, “Jobs for #Young America Day on the Hill,” was an incredible opportunity to have a say in our future—the kind of opportunity that unites us as people.

To get involved, contact nyusfbo@gmail.com and watch our Facebook for upcoming events http://www.facebook.com/groups/nyustudentsforbarackobama/

-NYU Students for Barack Obama 2012

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“In the end we’re not fighting these battles for ourselves. We’re fighting for our daughters and our granddaughters. We’re fighting for the world we want them to have.”

—First Lady Michelle Obama

The First Lady helped launch Women for Obama yesterday, and she wants to know if you’re in. How about it? 

Yesterday, November 5, 2011, NYU Students for Barack Obama held our own student run volunteer training session led by campus coordinators, Sara Moe and Jordan Budd. Marking one year out from the 2012 election, this event provided student volunteers with a great foundation for the coming campaign. With SEUI’s Ryan O’Donnell and Delaware State Director Mike D’Armi, joining us via Skype from across the country, SFBO leaders and volunteers had a special opportunity to learn from veterans of the Obama for America campaign.

With a combination of peer-to-peer training and individual experiences, NYU SFBO was able to identify the personal challenges and choices that fuel our grassroots approach to re-electing the president. Understanding this, we discovered how an individual’s voice on a person-to-person level can spread the change we seek on a national level.

The session also provided volunteers with training on comprehensive campaign tactics ranging from building a volunteer base, to canvassing and Get Out The Vote (GOTV) techniques. Given the opportunity to learn from data specialist Ryan O’Donnell, we gained an important understanding of constituency data in an election. As we move forward, NYU SFBO will utilize these key concepts as we conduct our own campaign events and GOTV activities until Election Day 2012.

As students for Obama, we continually strive to build support for our president under the motto used frequently by the Obama campaign, “Respect, Empower, and Include.” This unified sentiment provides NYU SFBO with a powerful message as we encourage volunteers across our campus, state, and country.

One year from now NYU SFBO will have accomplished its mission of re-electing President Obama, and we will look back on this training and witness where change began. We ask those who, in the president’s words, “…have courage to remake the world as it should be,” to join NYU Students for Barack Obama as we organize for change

You can join NYU SFBO by attending our various upcoming events. These include; the Super Tuesday Politi-Party on 11/8 at the Maritime Hotel, and this week’s phone banks on Monday 11/7 and Tuesday 11/8. Contact nyusfbo@gmail.com for more details.

- Mike P., NYU Students for Barack Obama 2012

- Personal stories: How does re-electing Obama help you personally? What will he do for you if he stays in office? Mike D’armi from OFA Delaware tells us the value of telling your story to connect with other voters.

- Data: Ryan O’Donnell introduces the magic of data entry. Check out Vote Builder if you haven’t already.

- Canvassing: a personal way to reach out to voters. What do you mark when the person is deceased? What about if he or she is a convicted felon? Answers to every hypothetical.

- Phonebanking: do you know what DC, LM, MV, NH stand for? Phonebanking lingo for dummies.

- Policy: overview of Obama’s major accomplishments in civil rights, national security, social media, healthcare reform, health insurance reform, education, and economy.

- Media: contact MikeDPlace@gmail.com if you are a reporter. For now, campus reporting involves NYU Local and Washington Square News.

- Social Media: follow our Tumblr (of course), Twitter (NYU_SFBO), and Facebook. An official website is also in the works.

Campus Coordinator Jordan teaching us about the Snowflake Model

Pizza and Obama, our two favorite things!

Tumbln’ from the One Year Out training session.

“Greater Together”

Yesterday, November 2, 2011, marked the launch of president Obama’s “Greater together,” campaign and national effort to empower the youth vote in America. For NYU Students for Barack Obama (NYU SFBO), this event embodies the work we have done and will do in the future.

With a Skype broadcast from Obama for America headquarters in Philadelphia, campaign manager Jim Messina encouraged students to look upon past achievements, such as student loan reform and the repeal of “don’t ask don’t tell,” as encouragement for future leaders and volunteers. These words resonate soundly with NYU SFBO as we continue to recruit students on our campus and spread the word across states about Obama for America. As students, we feel that this message of unity across our nation will be the driving force to, in the presidents words, “come together and finish the work we have started,” in 2012.

-NYU Students for Barack Obama 2012