Youth Campaign to Launch
09/19/2006
Youth Campaign to Launch
Students Crushed by Debt Respond
Record Turnout in Primary at U of M
Who: Young Democrats, DFL officials and candidates
What: The launch of the DFL’s first youth-run electoral campaign
When: Wednesday, September 20th 11:00AM
Where: State Office Building Press Room 181
Increase in # of ballots cast in targeted student precincts for the primary election
U of M - Coffman Union
(WARD 2 P 4)
800%
U of M – West Bank
(WARD 2 P 9)
150%
U of M - “Superblock” Dorms
(WARD 2 P 11)
300%
Young Minnesotans are being crushed by debt. Instead of investing in our future, our leaders are hampering it. George Bush and Mark Kennedy made the largest cut in the history of the federal student loan program, while Tim Pawlenty proposed a 9% cut to higher education. Their cuts force the average Minnesota student to graduate with $19,468 in crushing debt–and nationally, they closed the door to college to over two million students last year.
We are tired of our leaders’ willingness to burden us with debt and their failure to invest in our future - so we are launching standupnow.mn, the DFL’s first ever youth-run campaign to engage
young voters and advocate for the issues that affect us.
In two months, we’ve:
Recruited more than 800 volunteers
Called more than 3,000 young voters
Used social networking sites to connect with more than 5,000 young voters
Passed out thousands of “Debt on a Stick” at the State Fair
Hired field staff covering 22 campuses statewides
Increased primary election turnout at the University of Minnesota by 400%
On Wednesday, a coalition of youth leaders will launch a campaign that will use groundbreaking tools and a grassroots network to reach thousands and boost voter turnout on campuses across the state, proving that the youth vote matters.
from the blogosphere
from http://www.blanked-out.com, September 12th 2006:
5th CD tie-breaker on campus?
I went to the University of Minnesota campus to meet a friend for lunch… it looks like campus was plastered with Keith Ellison literature
from http://www.mnpublius.com, September 12th 2006:
3:34pm (this is Matt posting) I went over to the U to see how the college Dems were doing and let me just say this: wow… Hats off to these guys and it sounds like their organization is going to be making some big announcements next week.