Postcard parties and local activism.
Guest Amanda Metzger
Great interview with Amanda talking about how she got involved after 2016. You can watch the 45 minute video below or check out each segment individually.
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Postcard Party
Amanda Metzger is a political activist that first got involved with Democratic politics after the 2016 election. She has been organizing monthly postcard parties on the South Shore to help campaigns all over the country. In this interview we talked about her first experience working on a local campaign, getting involved with political organizations, and how she runs postcard parties.
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Getting involved after 2016 election
Amanda Metzger and I talked about how she got involved with Democratic politics after the 2016 election campaign. She walks me through the postcard party process and explains how people can get plugged into the system. Amanda also talks to me about her involvement in local campaigns during 2018 election cycle. We finish off by how to get plugged into your local Democratic political organization. The interview runs about 45 minutes long.
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How do postcards parties work?
Postcard parties are the latest tool in the grassroots activist's toolbox. I talked with Amanda about her work with Tony the Democrat writing postcards to help election campaigns all over the country.
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Working on local campaigns
In addition to Amanda’s national effort with postcard writing groups, she got involved with local campaigns on a grassroots level. We talk here about her experiences on those campaigns.
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Committee and activist groups
In the short time that Amanda has been working in politics, she has worked on a range of campaigns from the local level to nationally. She has also joined her local Democratic Town Committee and some very active progressive groups. We talk about each one of these groups as well as a new one that has just started up.
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Two question for all campaigners
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Name’s favorite campaign moment?
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Name's advice for first time campaigners?
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