03496cam a2200493 i 4500 118992 118992 19981122 BJBSDDR 20230805181423.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 170907s2017 nyu b 000 0 eng 2017027814 9781501180446 (pbk.) 1501180444 (pbk.) 9781501180453 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- JS 331 L776r 2017 324.70973 Litman, Amanda 29268 Run for something : a real-talk guide to fixing the system yourself / Amanda Litman. First Atria paperback edition. New York : Atria Paperback, 2017 xviii, 221 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Intro; Dedication; Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book; What's the Worst that Could Happen? by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton; 1. Why You Have to Run for Office; A Pep Talk by Emmy Ruiz; 2. Why Winning Isn't Everything (Or, an Excuse to Talk About the Utter Bullshit that Is the Uncontested Election); 3. Civics 101: How Government (Generally) Works at the Federal and State Levels (Or, Why You Should Run for Local Office); 4. Why You Can Actually Run for State Legislature; Running as a Progressive in a Red State by Jason Kander; Do Something by Senator Cory Booker; 5. How to Run for Office Running a Campaign: Tips from an Expert by Jen O'Malley Dillon6. Mobilization (Or, How You Reach Voters); 7. Message (Or, What You Talk to Voters About); 8. Money (Or, How to Raise What You Need); 9. Writing your Campaign Plan; Make Local Elections Great Again by Addisu Demissie; 10. So You're not Running for Office (Yet); Seven Questions with John Podesta; 11. Why I Made Campaigns a Career (and Why You Should Too); Campaigns Will Change Your Life by Marlon Marshall; Politics Isn't Broken by Teddy Goff; 12. How to Actually get a Job on a Political Campaign 13. Phone Calls and Tweeting and Marching, Oh My (Or, Activism 101)Conclusion; Appendix; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Notes; Copyright From the e-mail marketing director of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the co-founder of Run for Something; comes an essential and inspiring guide that encourages and educates young progressives to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives. Local government United States Citizen participation. Political participation United States. Local elections United States. Gobierno local Participación ciudadana Estados Unidos 29269 Participación política Estados Unidos 413 Elecciones locales Estados Unidos 29271 Elecciones municipales Estados Unidos 29270 Online version: Litman, Amanda, author. Run for something First Atria paperback edition. New York : Atria Paperback, [2017] 9781501180453 (DLC) 2017043309 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-04 0 JS 331 L776r 2017 00000163074 2023-04-04 00:00:00 1 2023-04-04 BK