Organizing for America Office Visits

“Let’s be the generation that finally frees America from the tyranny of oil” – Barack Obama

This is a critical time for both the President and the planet.

In 2008 Barack Obama raised the bar for America, showing leadership in demanding solutions for the climate crisis and condemning the stranglehold oil money puts on American politics.

Since then the President has fallen short of the high expectations he set – expectations that led many of us to volunteer for his election, donate our time and money, and even take leadership roles in the campaign.

President Obama needs to hear from the people who worked hard for him in 2008 so that he knows we still expect him to live up to the dreams he described. Our goal is not to un-elect the President. Our goal is to find someone who will be a climate leader – someone who looks a lot like Barack Obama in 2008.

Inspired by spontaneous events that have already started popping up around the country (video here), we’re encouraging folks to visit local Organizing for America and Obama 2012 campaign offices to send a message to the President that we expect him to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and start living up to the promises he made.

The plan is simple: find a local office in your community, gather with friends and allies, and make visit to be heard. It’s up to you to decide what you do when you’re there – read some of the great speeches Obama gave in 2008? Deliver a letter signed by everyone in your community against the pipeline? Sing? – but the message should be clear: it’s far past time for the President to be a leader on this issue.

To find an office Click here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/NEoffices

And then replace “NE” in “NEoffices” with your state’s postal code – i.e. “NEoffices” for Nebraska, “TXoffices” for Texas, “ILoffices” for Illinois, etc.

Don’t be afraid to assert yourself. Don’t leave until you’re sure your point is made. Always maintain the composure and seriousness that distinguished the Tar Sands Action in DC, but don’t shy from expressing dismay and anger about the future of our planet.

Feeling ready? Sign up below to lead an office visit. We’ll be in touch soon to talk about how to get started and to connect you with other folks in your community who are down to help.

http://bit.ly/dwprofile poetspirit

How do I find the local Obama campaign office? I live in McAllen Tx. Thanks
http://twitter.com/lleels Linda Settle

Can’t find an address for OFA office in Ga or N.C.
- Anna
  
  Linda, try Chattanooga. If there’s one there, I can join you.
Senna90280

I live in san bernardino, california. I was just wondering where there’s an office in or near sb.
Barbara

Visiting Obama campaign offices isn’t going to be an effective means of getting more attention for our cause. Sorry, but the media will never cover such actions & the campaign offices don’t have to relay our message to the president. What we need is to camp out on the mall and REALLY have a sit in. During training I thought we were told that we’d save not getting up willingly when they came for us, for a later action. Well, maybe it’s time to have a REAL sit-in where the police have to carry us out. Time to step it up not down!!
- Anonymous
  
  Barbara-
  
  The media often covers events like these, and the Seattle office event is already making waves. This is a way to take the fight local, before we escalate again nationally. Very few people were prepared for an indefinite occupation and couldn’t afford the time and energy this would require.
  
  We’re not taking anything off the table for future actions though – hope to see you in the streets!
- Anna
  
  Barbara, Before you go to the office, you have to give at least a few days notice to the press in your area. If they are like the press in my area, they will probably jump on it because it is against the President, and the press in my area is pretty clearly pro-Republican.
http://twitter.com/lleels Linda Settle

Re previous comment I should have said Asheville or Atlanta. From what I can
tell in these red states they have no brick and mortar.
http://twitter.com/lleels Linda Settle

Found Atlanta campaign office. Working on a date and trying to find
someone to take video. If you are in the area – @lleels
Chrissie

Having trouble with the Obama website to find one in Missouri!
- Anonymous
  
  Click here, there are a bunch to choose from! http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/MOoffices
http://www.facebook.com/michelle.barlondsmith Michelle BarlondSmith

Help me find a Michigan Location …please..
- Anonymous
  
  Also lots in Michigan! http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/MIoffices
Pattiradillo

Go to your Congressional Representatives Headquarters! And State Senator and Rep’s too. Stand outside with signs, and sing protest chants. I will post one in a minute. Call all the press and media, and they WILL be there…and have folks on hand to video and upload to youtube and send to whitehouse.gov, all tar sands protest sites, etc.

We don’t have a local Obama for America HQ yet.

Every letter to editor (free and great coverage with number to White House, etc.), every event we plan, we send to whitehouse.gov–we go to site and put it all in a contact email, so they know we are active and protesting!

OR get a permit for a peaceful gathering at a park on a main road, or in front of a courthouse during busy hours…we plan to do this every week….we are NOT going away!

LAST THING…We are generating ACTION….folks calling White House, folks going to all Protest Tar Sands Petitions (and there are a lot of them..we need to compile in one document and send out through emails, facebook, contacts, etc) write letter to White House, and keep up momentum of coverage in every town in America! That is the only thing that will get his attention.

So far, change.org, friends of the earth, credoaction, tarsandsaction.org, sierra club, avaaz, and many more organizations are creating and sending out protest tar sands petitions.

Make a handout with these links, plus White House phone number, email address, also whitehouse.gov contact link, and mailing address (tell them to send certified receipt requested) because if they have to sign for each and every letter, they get your attention!

Let’s keep it rolling, everyone!
- admin
  
  While that often is a helpful tactic, in this case it’s only the President’s decision what happens with the pipeline. The important person to reach is Barack Obama, not the Republicans in Congress – it’s his call, and only his call.
Paul Loeb

I’d suggest we invite the staffers to publicly sign the petition against the Tar Sands pipeline… It’s a powerful way of showing Obama that those who support him want him to lead
Peg Mitchell

I have tried to find the local OFA offices in California but the link (NEoffices) substitued with CA shows nothing and searching the OFA website doesn’t yield anything. Do you know of any offices already established in Southern California?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1644274182 Eva Wojcik

Here’s some places that might be easier for some folks to find–the public hearings to be held regarding the pipelline–information regarding dates, places, times, states curtesy of the Indigenous Environmentl Network:
http://www.ienearth.org/keystone-xl-pipeline.html

Guess what I’m thinking….
LC Mattox

I’m not seeing any events for Pittsburgh. I want to be a part of this, but being a leader isn’t one of my best qualities. Anyone hear anything for the Pittsburgh region that I could join?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Michelle-Puckett/1176874892 Michelle Puckett

looking for something in northern california – link shows no offices. any ideas?
Greg Kimber

Anyone in Maine want to work on an office visit? I just posted to the moving planet site if you want to get in touch. http://www.moving-planet.org/events/us/unity/2052