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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Litman, Amanda, author.

Contributor:

Local Philadelphia: A Novel Idea Bookstore Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local government--United States--Citizen participation.

Local government.

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

Local elections--United States.

Local elections.

Campaign management.

Elections.

Local government--Citizen participation.

United States.

Genre:

Informational works.

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

xviii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Atria paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atria Paperback, 2017.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-221).

Other Format:

Online version: Litman, Amanda. Run for something.

ISBN:

9781501180446

1501180444

OCLC:

1003273232