Some historical
perspective…

1954

Rosa Parks
and the
Montgomery
Bus Boycott
December 1955

4th grade
1963

Martin
Luther
King Jr.
I Have a
Dream
August 1963

President
Kennedy is
assassinated
November 1963

Civil Rights Act of 1964

8th grade
1968

MLK is
assassinated
April 1968

NY State Senator
Robert Kennedy
assassinated
June
1968

Democratic
Convention
Riot
August 1968

That’s just some of the
major history that took
place during my first 13
years of life.

Fast forward 40 years

Election
Day
2008

6:00 a.m.

7:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Drive from Rye, NY to
Hazleton, PA

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Canvas Training at Obama
Headquarters, Hazleton

11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
GET
OUT
THE
VOTE!
4 miles and 160 addresses

Hazleton Statistics
✦ population =
approximately
22,000
✦ our area was occupied mostly by
Hispanic/Latino families
✦ a number of first time voters, one
who just became a U.S. citizen

Hazleton Statistics
✦ 1/4 of the ✦ unemployment rate 6%
households earn
less than $15,000
✦ median household
income (half earn
more than this, half
earn less) is
$31,000
✦ food stamps are a way of life

✦ 1 room efficiency apartments were not uncommon