Hello OFA activists!

Hope you are having a good summer.

Thanks to all of you who regularly attend my weekly phone bank, and thanks to those who participated to the last OFA events, including our hot voter registration day on July 17!  Check the OFA blog about that event: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/ericasagrans/gGGjWf

I wanted to give you an update about events coming up:

• July 29 - Weekly phone bank: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpfdxy
• August 3 - Health Care Reform Town Hall meeting with PHAN and Joe Sestak:  http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6560/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?sig...
• August 4 - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BIRTHDAY. We switched our Thursday phone bank to Wednesday. We will each make 49 calls, then have a cake and maybe more…:  http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpfdgc
• August 6 - First Friday, our monthly tabling for voter registration, pledge cards, health care info and more. Join us at the corner of 2nd and Church from 5 to 9.
• August 12 - Weekly phone bank, my apartment
• August 15 - Faith day kick off: we are looking for houses of worship who will agree to have pledging cards and voter registration forms available for their parishioners. LET ME KNOW if you know of such houses of worship!
• August 19 - Weekly phone bank, my apartment
• August 21 - Canvass in Northern Liberty. TBA (check my.barackobama.com for event details)
• August 29, 6PM - monthly team meeting for Ward5 and 2 at COPACABANA. Come and tell us what you are doing, bring your ideas

Please email Christiane with any questions or concerns by following this link: http://scr.im/christiane

Hope to see you soon at some of these events,

Christiane
Your OFA Community Organizer

Hi everybody. Here is a message from Jeremy Byrd, OFA Washington:

"The weekend of July 17th, OFA volunteers across the country will be registering people to vote as part of our July 17th Day of Action.

They'll be gathering on street corners, at coffee shops, and in playgrounds and parks, asking people who walk by a simple question: "Are you registered to vote in the fall?"

It's a question that could have profound implications in the coming elections. And we need you to make sure it gets asked.

We've accomplished a lot in just the last 17 months, but there's still much left to do. In 2008, voter registration and turnout was key to our victory, with more than 15 million new voters entering the political process. Now, in 2010, voter registration will be key to ensuring that President Obama has as many congressional allies as possible next year.

And, for us at OFA, that means making the July 17th Day of Action as big as possible."

Here in Philadelphia, you can sign up for either one (or both!) of these events:

Reading Terminal: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpf83q
Penn's Landing: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpf83s

Get your Obama shirt and buttons out! See you on Saturday!

Christiane