Anthropologist Margaret Meade observed that, "a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world."
With your help, we can take a major step toward effecting change and reversing the troubling trend of voter apathy that pervades our great country and state.
Tomorrow evening, Leecia Eve--former counsel to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and a former candidate for Lieutenant Governor--will be announcing the formation of a new organization, SHOW UP New York, created to mobilize young people and people of color to become more involved in the democratic process.
But, in order to succeed, we need your help. To learn more about this critical endeavor, and how you can be of assistance, join the members of our Host Committee:
Hon. Charles Buchwald, Hon. Louise Dankberg, Hon. Eric Gioia, Hon. Carlos Manzano, Hon. Trudy L. Mason, Hon. Jim McManus, Hon. Adam Silvera, Hon. Steve Smollens, Hon. Frank Wilkinson
Adam Leitman Bailey, V.G. Bucu, Sylvia Di Pietro, Meredith Fine, Dirk McCall, Michael Miller
Daniel Finkelstein, Jonathan H. Newman, Robert Finkelstein, Lucas A. Ferrara, Robert C. Epstein, Melissa Ephron-Mandel, Suzanne R. Albin, Konstantinos Baltzis, Barry Gottlieb, Rebecca Hanlon, Matthias Li, Brian Zwaig
for a cocktail reception on:
Tuesday, July 18, 2006,
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
ALBELLA RISTORANTE
10 Reade Street
(Between Broadway & Centre Street)
1 block north of City Hall
Manhattan
Please RSVP to Ms. Chase Gordon at chase@leeciaeve.com or (718) 857-2006.
Contributions are welcomed, but not required.
To visit the SHOW UP New York website, please click on the following link: www.showupny.com
We hope you will attend and will contribute to the effort.
Fax this completed form to Ms. Chase Gordon at (718) 504-4329 or mail to the address below.
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All you have to do is: Show Up!