Code Neon Blue!

This is the overview of my take on the Neighborhood Leader program, which I wrote up for our Prowers Dems e-newsletter yesterday:

The One Year Out House Party we held last weekend was one of many just like it being hosted all over the US this month. This presentation of the Neighborhood Leader program was my third exposure in some form or other, and I have to say, it’s growing on me!

We all know how tough it is to schedule time in our busy lives where we can meet together as a group. That’s one of the pluses of the Neighborhood Leader program – you don’t have to try to do that!

Signing up as a Neighborhood Leader doesn’t mean you are expected to host meetings or work at scheduled events. (Not that you can’t, if you want – it’s just not a requirement.) You are just saying you will try to talk to at least 25 people about Dem stuff at least three times each in the next year.

What makes it easy is that when you sign on, you will be given a list of people in your neighborhood, maybe even in your block or on your street, who are already registered to vote as Democrats. You don’t have to confront hard-core Republicans and argue with them, or go around on what salesmen refer to as “cold calls", hoping to get lucky and find a friendly face at the door.

All you have to do is go to the houses of the people on your list and let them know they are not alone. There are other people who care about the serious problems our country is facing, who want to join together to help fix things. You will ask them about what concerns them most. This info will be added to their entry in the voters’ database, so future contact can be focused to what they really care about.

A lot of people don’t get active and do things simply because they don’t know how to get started. Getting in touch with them, one on one, is the first step. And that’s what the Neighborhood Leader program shows you how to do!