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Hello, my name is Shanna Sawatzki, I would be honored to have your support for National Delegate from the 7th CD. | |||
| I saw Barack Obama's Speech from the floor of the Democratic National Convention in 2004, where my husband, Jason, was a Delegate for Howard Dean. I was inspired! When he decided to run for President, I dove in, Head First, doing everything I could to get Obama Elected! | |||
 WA Volunteers with Michelle during her July visit to Seattle I'm in the bottom row, in the middle
| Activism with Obama Campaign & Democratic Party - Active leader within Washington for Obama Grassroots since February of 2007
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WHY I'M A DELEGATE FOR OBAMA:
Over 15 months ago, I started this journey, volunteering for the campaign, and taking a leadership role in the Washington State for Obama Grassroots movement that has worked tirelessly to bring the change we are looking for to the White House through Barack Obama. Against all odds, we have nearly won the Democratic Party nomination, and we must continue our efforts to secure the nomination and elect Barack Obama. When I was looking for ways that I could best help the campaign and grassroots movement, I realized I was one of the few early volunteers who were intimately familiar with the caucus process and WA Democratic Party organization in general. I immediately started working to get Obama supporters involved in the Democratic Party as PCOs, in order to help further his movement for change. I also educated organizers & volunteers on how the caucus process works, so they could help train others to be prepared for February 9th. We knew that being right on the tail of Super-Tuesday, we wouldn’t have a lot of advance time with the campaign, and we had to be ready in case it wasn’t over by then. It wasn’t, and we were ready. I put together this page to ask for your vote for one of the 4 female slots to the national convention. I also wanted to take the opportunity to make this page a call to action. Barack Obama has said, “In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.” One of the best ways for us to do that is by getting active in our communities, our government and local Democratic Party. If we want to change the politics of cynicism into the politics of hope, we can best do it from the ground up, from within our own party. I've learned I have a knack for making the Democratic Party more accessible to the average person, educating them about how the party structure is set up, connecting them to their LD meetings, and getting them engaged as PCOs within the Party. I want to take that to a broader level, getting our average citizens engaged in their government. It's going to take a lot to change politics in this country, and getting people active is step #1. Here is information on how you can be an agent of change as a PCO and how to get elected (or re-elected) to a Democratic Party PCO position. I hope you all read it and consider it as a way to be the change we seek: http://www.obamadelegates.org/page/Be+an+Agent+of+Change--Become+a+PCO The responsibility of a National Delegate is to 1) Cast an unwavering vote representing Washington State’s support for Senator Obama, 2) Work on garnering further support from Obama, be it from pledged delegates or unpledged superdelegates. 3) It is also an opportunity to attend optional trainings, breakouts, and caucuses to build coalitions, share ideas, and start MAKING CHANGE. When considering who to cast your vote for in the upcoming election, make sure you vote for someone who will take full advantage of the optional additional trainings at the convention, and bring those valuable new skills back to share with our group. If I am elected to a national delegate slot, I will return to the 7th CD, FIRED UP and READY TO GO, sharing my experiences, using those coalitions built in not only winning in November, but to BE the change we want to see, and working to bring others with me. I plan to use this to help be a leader in helping the newly active, especially young people like me, expand their civic engagement within their communities. I will continue building the Democratic Party, and building engagement in our government at all levels. |
MORE ABOUT ME
 Endorsements: Obama Campaign LeadersJayron Finan, Captain, 46th LD Mark Milodragovich, Captain, 11th LD, & Volunteer Coordinator, WA for Obama Grassroots Gaurab Bansal, Captain, 46th LD Chad Lupkes, Captain, 46th LD Artemis Oakgrove, Captain, 34th LD Peter Masundire, Captain, 37th LD Jen Hauseman, Captain, 43rd LD Lou Frillman, Obama National Finance Committee Member Marsha Skutvik, Captain, Snohomish County for Obama Debbie Pattin, Captain, Thurston County for Obama Stephanie Kontourous, Captain, Whatcom County for Obama Robert Jones, supervolunteer, 34th LD Robin Scola, supervolunteer, 5th LD Akilah Stewart, supervolunteer, 37th LD Howie Martin, superblogger, 34th LD Elected Officials Larry Phillips, King County Councilmember, 4th Dist Jeanne Kohl-Welles, State Senator, 36th LD Mary-Lou Dickerson, State Representative, 36th LD Tim Burgess, Seattle City Councilmember Gael Tarleton, Port Commissioner Democratic Party Leaders Javier Valdez, Chair, 46th District Democrats Peter House, Chair, 36th District Democrats Janis Traven, Vice Chair, 36th District Democrats Hillary Madsen, Chair, 43rd District Democrats Rob Holland, Chair, 37th District Democrats Bryan Kesterson, Chair, 47th District Democrats Rob Dolin, Vice-Chair, King Country Democrats, Chair, Seattle Generation Obama Tina Shamseldin, King County Legislative Action Committee Chair Alice Woldt, State Committee Member (36th LD), Washington State Democrats Janet Miller, State Committee Member (46th LD), Washington State Democrats Chad Lupkes, King County Representative, 46th LD Bernadette Laquer, Volunteer Coordinator, 46th LD Above Photos: Jason (my hubby) and I on the Oregon Bus Trip!!! 4 years ago, at the DNC (wearing an Obama Button!)    Logos I designed: Hope. Action. Change.; the LGBT logo that was adopted by the national Campaign, and our Bowling for Obama Logo |
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