Research Catalog

Title

Run for something : a real-talk guide to fixing the system yourself / Amanda Litman.

Author

Litman, Amanda

Publication

New York : Atria Paperback, 2017.

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Details

Description

xviii, 221 pages; 24 cm

Summary

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.

Subject

• Local government > United States > Citizen participation
• Political participation > United States
• Local elections > United States
• Local elections
• Local government > Citizen participation
• Political participation
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy
• United States

Genre/Form

Informational works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-221).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Why I wrote this book -- What the worst that could happen? / Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton -- 1. Why you have to run for office -- A pep talk / 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 / Jason Kander -- Do something / Senator Cory Booker -- 5. How to run for office -- Running a campaign: tips from an expert / Jen O'Malley Dillon -- 6. 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 / Addisu Demissie -- 10. So you're not running for office (yet) -- Seven questions / John Podesta -- 11. Why I made campaigns a career (and why you should too) -- Campaigns will change your life / Marlon Marshall -- Politics isn't broken / 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.

ISBN

• 9781501180446
• 1501180444
• 9781501180453 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2017027814

OCLC

• 1003273232
• SCSB-11150172

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library