a real-talk guide to fixing the system yourself Litman, Amanda creator text bibliography nyu 2017 First Atria paperback edition. monographic eng

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xviii, 221 pages ; 24 cm. 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. 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 Amanda Litman. Includes bibliographical references. n-us--- Local government United States Citizen participation Political participation United States Local elections United States Gobierno local Participación ciudadana Estados Unidos Participación política Estados Unidos Elecciones locales Estados Unidos Elecciones municipales Estados Unidos JS 331 L776r 2017 324.70973 Litman, Amanda, author. New York : Atria Paperback, [2017] First Atria paperback edition. (DLC) 2017043309 9781501180446 (pbk.) 1501180444 (pbk.) 2017027814 DLC 170907 20230805181423.0 19981122 eng