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Gubernatorial
Group circulated
petitions to get Jon Corzine on
the ballot, canvassed voters in
the region, wrote letters to the
editor, phone- banked and helped
with get-out-the-vote efforts on
election day. |
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Electoral
Group helped Paul Huggins win by
large margin in
Republican-stronghold Little
Falls and narrowed Avery Hart’s
loss in Morris County. |
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BluewaveNJ
organized a successful stem-cell
research forum, and ran two
compelling “Pro-Cure” TV ads
spotlighting the differences
between Jon Corzine’s and Doug
Forrester’s positions An
e-postcard campaign and
accompanying Internet presence
further delineated these
differences. The embryonic
stem-cell issue helped increase
Jon Corzine's margin of victory.
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Social
Security Group sent hundreds of
letters to the New Jersey
Congressional delegation urging
them to resist the President’s
plan, distributed hundreds of
Social Security fact sheets, and
held informational forums in
libraries, also joined other
groups to protest the
President’s visit to Westfield,
NJ. |
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Iraq Goup joined with other
local anti-war groups for a
march along Bloomfield Avenue in
Montclair. More than 250 people
took part, making it the largest
local anti-war march ever. With
other groups helped organize six
busloads of people to
participate in the national
anti-war demonstration in
Washington, D.C. |
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Media
Reform Group created a fact
sheet on the issue, constructed
progressive framing language for
use in the 2006 election,
investigated potential breaches
of WiFi rights, organized a
“Ten Friends” e-mail alert
initiative, and co-sponsored
distinguished speakers Amy
Goodman and Mark Crispin Miller. |
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Electoral
Reform Group initiated a
letter-writing campaign for
voter-verified legislation and
took part in an intense campaign
with Essex County Freeholders,
hoping to ensure that new voting
machines meet standards in
integrity and competency. |
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Daytime
Task Force (BlueWavers who are
home with young children)
participated in many BlueWave
activities. They organized a
radio call-in initiative for the
Corzine campaign, created “Top
10” reasons to vote for Corzine
and organized a “Phone Patrol”
to inform BlueWave members. |
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LGBTI
helped develop educational
programs, talking points for
straight progressives, and guest
speaker events. In conjunction
with Garden State Equality,
demanded an explanation from
Ocean County Freeholders for
their unjust policies towards
homosexual public officials. |
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Reproductive Rights Group
reached out to the ACLU, Planned
Parenthood, and NARAL to learn
and help educate the public
about the erosion of Roe versus
Wade in our state. |
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Health
Care Group (our most recent
addition) waded through
mountains of literature and data
to develop expertise and created
fact sheets on this important
subject. |
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