This entry was posted on 4/11/2008 10:01 AM and is filed under Advocacy.
Are You READY?
The 2008 Presidential Primary is coming quickly to Pennsylvania. You would have to be almost dead not to realize how important a role Pennsylvania plays this year. I have asked many questions (those of you who know me will not find this a surprise) and I will not take it upon myself to sway you one way or the other.
But I will advise you on how to educate yourself so you may make the best choice while you are inside the voting booth.
Issue positions for all candidates can be found on the website. Print them off; place them one next to the other and read what's posted. Then, ask the hard questions.
The Nonprofit Primary Project is a Candidate Education Initiative of the Nonprofit Congress. They are recommending that you pose three basic questions to have answered by any of the candidates:
Give us a personal reflection on how you've interacted with a nonprofit or the role that a nonprofit organization has played in your life or career?
How would you strengthen the economic and social capacity of the sector?
How would you partner with us to achieve your vision for America?
Take it a step further. Take any and all issues that you are concerned about and insert it where nonprofit is placed. If you are concerned about the arts, ask about the arts? Education - insert the word education. Don't forget women's issues or small business initiatives. But don't forget to DO it. Don't just talk about it; DO IT!!
Then, don't be self-centered, look at the other issues - all of them: health care; foreign policy; workforce development; taxes, taxes, taxes; the economy and more. Find out who really is aligned with your heart and your spirit.
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