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Sex and the City…and a Side of Voter Registration, courtesy of Mobilize.org


This post at Absurdities does a good job describing the incredibly cool, day-long evolution of a voter registration effort that will start tomorrow, geared toward Millenials and particularly women.

Hmm – if that sounds familiar, here’s what I can tell you:

Here’s the group’s website. You can check out all the staff, board, advisors and partners here, and draw whatever conclusions you want (I read all the names and bios but didn’t run anyone through the FEC etc. to see who was Clinton or Obama, Dem or GOP). I hadn’t heard of the group before today, I received as good assurance as possible that there wasn’t anything WVWV-like lurking, googled them on news, regular search and blogs and found nothing objectionable. Their partners include the Sunlight Foundation, Common Cause and the Carnegie Foundation.

Does that mean this won’t come back to bite me again? Can we ever really know? Still, Mobilize.org has many very well-known and transparent partners. So I’m going for it.

I never really watched the show and don’t expect to see the movie – but I think it’s a great way to try and get people where they go re: voter registration.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Christina Gagnier, Chief Information Officer

Mobilize.org

(510) 717-3022
MAY 29, 2008

Sex and the City…and a Side of Voter Registration

Youth civic engagement organization to use big weekend

at the box office to register female voters under 30

Washington, D.C.— With hordes of young women lining up at their local theatre across the country this weekend for the much awaited premiere of the movie “Sex and the City,” the staff of youth civic engagement organization Mobilize.org decided to stand in line with these ladies, clutching what is to become the new fashion staple this election season: clipboards with voter registration forms.

Mobilize.org announced today their “Sex and the City…and a Side of Voter Registration” campaign to encourage young women to register to vote in this critical election. According to “Every Woman Counts,” in the 2008 election, young single women are poised to be a huge voting bloc. Ninety-three percent of the women polled said they planned to vote in the 2008 Election, and sixty-two percent of women polled believe voting in this election is more important than in previous elections.

Starting tomorrow, May 30, Mobilize.org’s network of young volunteers will be standing in line at the movies registering youth under the age of 30 for the 2008 election. The organization rallied its thousands of members this morning to connect with their counterparts online across the country, part of Mobilize.org’s Democracy 2.0 campaign to empower Millennials to develop creative strategies to effectuate change at the local level. “Sex and the City…and a Side of Voter Registration” is a simple way for young women to engage members of their own community in the democratic process.

“One of the things that has rivaled my passion for politics and activism this election year is the question of whether Mr. Big and Carrie get married, and I am thrilled to ‘marry’ my two passions this weekend in our ‘Sex and the City…and a Side of Voter Registration’ campaign. This is an exciting opportunity to reach out to women and convince that last 7% of them to come out and vote, an easy task given the high percentage of woman who already have committed to voting in the next Presidential Election – 93%,” commented Chief Executive Officer Maya Enista on the campaign.

Recognizing that many young females are not only looking up to female politicians, but celebrity icons like the women from Sex and the City, Mobilize.org, led by female CEO Maya Enista, CIO Christina Gagnier, and VP of Grassroots Organizing Katelyn Archer, and Program Associates Katie Taylor and Kaelan Kennedy thought this campaign would be a creative way to engage their Millennial counterparts.

For further information, please visit Mobilize.org’s website at http://www.mobilize.org or contact Mobilize.org’s Chief Information Officer, Christina Gagnier, at 510.717.3022.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:59 pm May 29th, 2008 in Politics 

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  1. 1 The Girl Effect « absurdities! on June 5th, 2008 2:19 pm

    [...] at all of the Sex and the City Premieres last weekend, I got some blog love from Jill Zimon at Writes Like She Talks, as well as Spout.com – both who helped to promote the idea in a big 2.0 [...]

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