Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumNice story about phone banking for Hillary
This Saturday, as Nevada caucus results were coming in, I was at my local Clinton campaign headquarters at the Plumbers Union building making phone calls for our own upcoming caucuses. The packet of names given to me had a huge section of voters with the last name Mohammed. I was making my way through the list and was having some trouble communicating with one of the voters due to language differences. A Muslim woman, wearing a headscarf, sitting on the other side of the table said, "If you have trouble understanding anyone, I can take the call. I speak Somali." We decided to switch lists, since there were so many in my pack with Somali names.
I thought, it's really nice to work a campaign with such a diverse support base.
Later when the district field organizer heard her speaking in Somali, he invited her to participate in an upcoming Somali language phone bank. They'll be having others in Spanish. While those are only two of the many languages spoken in our area, it's nice to see not only the effort at outreach but that Clinton has enough volunteers from diverse backgrounds to be able to hold foreign language phone banks.
I did bring another volunteer who speaks her own language but also does quite well understanding English:
All paws on deck.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)sheshe2
(83,846 posts)Ha! And I love that puppies sweater with the Hill sticker on it. Sweet picture.
ismnotwasm
(41,998 posts)Treant
(1,968 posts)Cha
(297,496 posts)in your phone banking alone, BB!
Thank you so much for all the time and energy you put into getting Hilary elected Madam POTUS.
See your dog is staying nice and cozy and showing off for Hillary. Sweet!
BainsBane
(53,041 posts)and loves everyone at the headquarters.
Cha
(297,496 posts)Gothmog
(145,481 posts)She is one of my favorite people to work with.
My county has a number of Muslim precinct chairs and they are great people to work with.
BainsBane
(53,041 posts)Diversity is one of my favorite things about the Democratic Party.
mgmaggiemg
(869 posts)now the people who got calls know how nice the phone bankers are good post
BainsBane
(53,041 posts)That's another volunteer. I'm female.
mgmaggiemg
(869 posts)jsmirman
(4,507 posts)they're the best!
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)(and she's 60 lbs, lol - thank goodness she's cute!)
BainsBane
(53,041 posts)The lap sitting was for the photo.
She loves to lean against people to be close to them and get them to pet her.
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)I have photo after photo of her on strangers' laps!