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Monthly Archive for June, 2009

Lynchburg Boot Camp July 12

Could your campaign use some help identifying and prioritizing community engagement goals? Does your candidate need coaching to find her most expressive, effective leadership voice? Then this workshop is for you!
THE FARM TEAM
and
Virginia Democratic Women’s Caucus
announce
LYNCHBURG, VA
BOOT CAMP: A HALF-DAY TRAINING FOR WOMEN INTERESTED IN POLITICAL ACTIVISM
Dawn McCoy
Flourish Leadership Group

&
Ann Timmons
Communications Artist

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One of the links in our blogroll to the right is Women’s Voices for Change.  With so much of Iran in the news, today that site features the life and poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad.
Poet, filmmaker and a national iconoclast until her death in 1967, Forugh Farrokhzād (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد)(also spelled as Forough) was arguably Iran’s [...]

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by Jessica Smocer
JOBS JOBS JOBS!
After talking to Carole Pratt for five minutes, it is pretty clear why she has been so successful generating support so early in her campaign. She’s straightforward, gutsy, incredibly qualified, knowledgeable about the issues, and cheerfully inexhaustible. Carole Pratt is the Farm Team endorsed candidate for the House of Delegates in [...]

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Reminder: Boot Camps this Sunday

Just a few slots remaining in this Sunday’s  Boot Camp sessions so if you want to attend, now’s the time! RSVP to Susan Platt with your name, campaign and preferred session today!
Can’t make the sessions this Sunday? We’re planning others across the state. Coming up on July 12 will be one in Lynchburg,  and one [...]

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Boot camp June 28

Could your campaign use some help identifying and prioritizing community engagement goals? Does your candidate need coaching to find her most expressive, effective leadership voice? Then this workshop is for you!
THE FARM TEAM
and
Virginia Democratic Women’s Caucus
announce
BOOT CAMP: A HALF-DAY TRAINING FOR WOMEN INTERESTED IN POLITICAL ACTIVISM

Dawn McCoy
Flourish Leadership Group

&
Ann Timmons
Communications Artist

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NEWPORT NEWS CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE
by Jessica Smocer
After 15 years experience in the Office of the Revenue, Newport News Chief Deputy Priscilla Bele is knowledgeable, articulate, and equipped with well formulated ideas as to how to efficiently move forward as Newport News Commissioner of the Revenue. Her first bid for elected office, Bele [...]

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Betsy Carr for House of Delegates

Go, Betsy, Go!!
“They’ll never out work me.” Those who know Betsy Carr know that not only does she work hard but she works at the right thing. It will never be said of Betsy that she climbed a ladder only to find out that it was leaning up against the wrong building!
Tuesday is Primary day [...]

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Vote Jody Wagner for Lt. Governor

by Mary Sue Terry
There is excitement in the air. Someone we know and someone who knows us –with OUR help—will be the Democratic Party’s nominee for Lt. Governor at the end of the day Tuesday.
But this is not just a question of knowing a candidate and being known as important as that is. And it’s [...]

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by Jessica Smocer
Farm Team endorsed Delegate candidate Gwen Mason is frank when speaking about the Virginia’s 17th District. “People want a drama-free government that can provide services in an efficient way.   Our citizens want and deserve elected leadership that provides funding for their schools, funding for services and they desire effective people in office representing [...]

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