TY  - BOOK
AU  - Litman,Amanda
TI  - Run for something: a real-talk guide to fixing the system yourself 
SN  - 9781501180446 (pbk.)
AV  - JS 331 L776r 2017
U1  - 324.70973 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atria Paperback
KW  - Local government
KW  - United States
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Local elections
KW  - Gobierno local
KW  - Participación ciudadana
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Participación política
KW  - Elecciones locales
KW  - Elecciones municipales
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Intro; Dedication; Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book; What's the Worst that Could Happen? by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton; 1. Why You Have to Run for Office; A Pep Talk by 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 by Jason Kander; Do Something by Senator Cory Booker; 5. How to Run for Office

Running a Campaign: Tips from an Expert by Jen O'Malley Dillon6. 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 by Addisu Demissie; 10. So You're not Running for Office (Yet); Seven Questions with John Podesta; 11. Why I Made Campaigns a Career (and Why You Should Too); Campaigns Will Change Your Life by Marlon Marshall; Politics Isn't Broken by 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; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Notes; Copyright
N2  - 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
ER  -