Summary
From August to November 2012, our office has been working around the clock to make sure we got out the vote for students at UC Berkeley. In addition, ours well as pushed for Yes on Proposition 30, and No on Prop 32. We had our work featured in over five mainstream media outlets, worked with over 10 non-profit organizations and elected officials (YoungPeopleFor, Citizen Engagement Lab, Rock the Vote, Obama for America, Hip Hop Congress, Congressperson Barbara Lee, Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, the Greenlining Institute, and UAW Local 2865), and collectively outreached to over 3000 students throughout the election season. Check out our accomplishments below!
In the News
- In the New York Times:
- “Californians Back Taxes to Avoid Education Cuts”: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/us/politics/in-california-voters-approve-ballot-measure-that-raises-taxesin-california-approve-voters-ballot-measure-that-raises-taxes.html
- In the Huffington Post:
- “Votes Without Robots”: http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/508b0efb2b8c2a51ab0001d4
- “HuffPost Top Stories”: http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/506c6bf92b8c2a45b200052c
- Daily Cal:
- “Save the Future of Higher Education” Op-Ed: http://www.dailycal.org/2012/10/26/save-the-future-of-higher-education/
- “Rep. Barbara Lee visits campus for student town hall meeting”: http://www.dailycal.org/2012/10/27/rep-barbara-lee-visits-campus-for-student-town-hall-meeting/
- “ASUC Senate unanimously endorses Prop. 30”: http://www.dailycal.org/2012/09/13/asuc-endorses-prop-30/
- “Voter Registration Rally Held on Sproul Tuesday”: http://www.dailycal.org/2012/09/25/voter-registration-rally-held-on-sproul-tuesday/
- KTSF Channel 8 News:
- “全國選民登記日在柏克萊加大: National Voter Registration Day at UC Berkeley” http://www.ktsf.com/2012-national-asian-american-survey/
Bills:
- Co-Authored:
- Co-Sponsored:
- A Bill in Opposition to Measure S
- A Bill in Support of Berkeley City Measure R
Events
- Progressive Potluck Kick-off with Cal Berkeley Democrats
- August 24th, 2012 1pm-3pm
- Phone-Banking: Over 1,000 calls made for Prop. 30 and against Prop. 32!
- October 13th, 12-4pm
- October 19th, 5:30pm-9pm (w/ Hip Hop Congress & UAW Local 2865)
- October 23rd, 8-9pm
- November 1st, 5-7pm (w/ Senator Megan Majd’s office)
- National Voter Registration Day Rally w/ Senator Daley Vertiz
- Registered over 500 people
- September 25th, 2012
- Collaborated with Voto Latino, UC Student Regent Jonathan Stein, Greenlining Institute, CalSLAM
- BRIDGES One-Week: HHTV
- October 8th, Monday: Teach-In @ Senate chambers during BRIDGES meeting
- October 10th, Wednesday: Rally at Sather Gate (Voter Registration and CalSlam performance)
- October 12th, Friday: Community Dinner
- Town hall w/ Congresswoman Barbara Lee
- October 25th, 2012 7pm-8:30pm
- Collaboration with Cal Berkeley Dems, BSU, Berkeley Political Review & ASUC Office of External Affairs
- Prop. 30 & GOTV: Rally for Higher Education w/ Barbara Lee, Robert Reich, Nancy Skinner and Bill Lockyer
- November 5th, 2012 12pm-1pm on Sproul
- GOTV for API Campaign w/ Citizen Engagement Lab’s 18 Million Rising
- Workshops to Student Organizations
- October 14th w/ REACH 1pm-2pm
