About 5 years ago, I remember sitting in a University of Iowa computer lab and getting an email from Howard Dean issuing the 'Cheney Challenge'.
Dick Cheney and his oil buddies were having a $2,000 per plate fundraiser that weekend, so Gov. Dean had a $5 sandwich online fundraiser and asked, "could supporters raise more money than Cheney by the time Cheney's luncheon took place?" The luncheon event raised $250K from a couple hundred people while the online campaign (an idea which originated from a post on the Blog for America)pulled in over $500K from nearly ten-thousand donors.
Since then, the internet has fundamentally changed politics as tens of thousands of house parties, phone banks, and door-to-door canvasses have been organized. Nationally and locally online organizing has built communities of activism throughout the country and will continue to do so for years to come.
Join DFA tonight at 8:30pm EDT as DFA Night School returns for an hour with one of the pioneers of the Netroots movement: Zack Exley.
www.democracyforamerica.com/onlineorganizing
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