Organizing for America officials offered a look at some of their metrics they say has helped the fledgling group be successful. Read TPMDC’s story here and here’s a transcript of the interview with directory Mitch Stewart and deputy director Jeremy Bird.
Since it’s inception Organizing For America has grown in size:
– OFA volunteers active in all 50 states and all 435 Congressional Districts.
– Staff on the ground in 49 states with all 50 states covered shortly.
– OFA has introduced itself to local communities across the country with listening tour events in 400 unique towns and cities.
– Implemented full Volunteer Community Organizer and Neighborhood Team Leader training program, with more than 200 local trainings, many two-day Camp Obama-style trainings.
– Ran full Summer Fellow program for hundreds of organizers throughout the country.
– Engaging new participants – 24.7% of online donations are new donors (people who never gave during the campaign).
OFA’s evolution also can be seen in the health care debate:
– Over 2.2 million supporters have taken action in the health care campaign.
– OFA has collected over 1.5 million declarations in support of the President’s health care priorities and plan and has gathered over 238,000 personal health care stories.
– On the October 20 National Day of Action, OFA volunteers and other organizations made over 315,000 calls to Congress. Since then, that number has grown to nearly 500,000 calls to Congress.
– In a single week in August, 65,000 supporters of health insurance reform visited their local Congressional offices to have their voices heard on reform.
– Supporters submitted over 233,500 Letters to the Editor in publications across the country including over 76,000 since Saturday.
– Supporters made 152,000 calls to Congress between Tuesday and Saturday morning on health care, including 550 to Rep. Joseph Cao’s office on Saturday alone.
– OFA has organized over 23,000 local events in all 50 states and all 435 Congressional Districts since June 6 when President Obama started his health care push.
– In the final week of August and first week of September alone, 110,000 people attended pro-reform events, including 20,000 supporters at the 18 stops of the Health Insurance Reform Now Bus Tour.
