One question we get a lot here at Wellstone Action is - how do we know that running a grassroots, people-powered campaign is an effective method of winning? There is a method to beating powerful, more traditionally well-equipped opponents.
As Congress and State Legislatures around the country debate critical issues, many of our partners and alumni are engaged in heated citizen lobbying campaigns to a progressive policy agenda forward.
Camp Wellstone participants in the candidate track get the opportunity to try their hand at one of the first challenges of running for office -- boiling down your message into a one-minute speech.
We're rolling out a new slate of summer camps, and we're pleased that
two of them are being coordinated with the efforts of our great
alumni. Take a look at our upcoming camps and see what these alumni
have been up to.
Wellstone Action's signature weekend training program provides hands-on, practical training in grassroots politics for citizen activists, campaign workers, and people interested in running for office.
Jeff Blodgett believes the President Obama's election has created a new era of
energy in the progressive movement.
He calls this renewed era of activism "the Obama bubble."
Camp Wellstone, Campus Camp Wellstone, and Camp Sheila Wellstone are all going strong. Our 50th camp was held in Seattle, WA. Here's what people have been saying about past camps.
It won't just be once a year that the Wellstone approach is remembered. It now lives on through the Camp Wellstone political training program coming to a city near you in 2004.
If you are working or
volunteering on a campaign this year, chances are you've been asked to
doorknock. That's because the more
personal the contact with voters the better, and having conversations with them
at their door the most effective tool for getting the votes you need to
win.