About OFC
Turning passion into action.
Organizing for Connecticut (OFC) is a statewide, non-partisan, grassroots organization that is 100% volunteer. We work on issues at the local, state and federal level, and train volunteers in community organizing. Our activities include:
* Help pass legislation (state and federal) through grassroots efforts, i.e., letters and phone calls to lawmakers, and testify at public hearings
* Train volunteers on community organizing, running for public office (local and state)
* Train volunteers on the use of social media tools
WHAT WE DO
Work on local issues. We are actively engaged in forming groups across the state that tackle issues of concern, locally and federally. These groups include:
Community Service members volunteer at homeless shelters and soup kitchens, organize seasonal clothing and food drives, and raise funds for food pantries. Through the spirit of ‘each one teach one,’ members help neighborhood youth organize children’s book drives.
Contacts: Holly Soutter hhsoutter@gmail.com (New London/Mystic area), Diane Peterson peterson6@optonline.net (4th Congressional District).
CT Green Energy Economy (“Green Economy”) group is comprised of a number of teams that address green job creation, environmental issues and energy consumption (including a weatherization program targeting low-income housing) in a variety of efforts. They build awareness to these issues through innovative efforts including the Earth and Energy Book club that meets monthly.
Contacts: Melissa Patterson mpatterson@snet.net, Michael Cohen mrc06405@gmail.com and Maureen Carney bmolly927@aol.com
Education Group is comprised of teachers, activists, students, parents, child psychologists, retirees and concerned citizens who are dedicated to help build a sustainable education system through grassroots efforts.
Contacts: Cassandra Butler cassandrabutler@mac.com and Angela Griffin amsgriffin@sbcglobal.net.
Health Care for All currently works together with other like-minded organizations for passage of SustiNet, a comprehensive health care bill that is currently before the state legislature. They contact lawmakers to support the bill, write blogs and letters to the editor to build awareness and testify at public hearings. Follow this link to the SustiNet Proposal Sustinet Proposal.pdf
Contact: Sam Schoenburg sam.schoenburg@gmail.com
Legislative Watch has two missions. First to assist our issue groups with the legislative process (monitor legislation, contact lawmakers, write blogs and letters to the editor ). Second, to work on transparency at the state level so that citizens are aware of how stimulus funds (and the state budget) are allocated and what entities are earmarked to receive funds before they are dispersed.
Contacts: Bryan Anderson bandersonrealtor@yahoo.com and Andi Wilson afscme.andi@gmail.com
Political Watch. With various elections on the horizon, members of this group are setting up “Meet the Candidate: An Open Dialogue.” Citizens meet candidates face to face in an informal setting to discuss issues of concern.
Contact: Val McCall mccall.val@gmail.com.
Training Group. One of the most powerful tools to self-empowerment is training. This group is committed to providing community organizing and leadership training to as many people in our state as possible. Our goal is each one bring one, each one teach one.
Contact: Diane Peterson peterson6@optonline.net and Val McCall mccall.val@gmail.com
Every day, new groups form, enabling ordinary citizens to take an active role in creating change where they live, work and play. If you have an issue or concern and want to create a group, please do so. In this manner, we can create change all across our state.
Leadership and People Empowerment. We develop leadership in order to empower people. This is done by geographic area (precinct, town and district), by issue, and by community outreach - African Americans for Change, Latino Outreach, Muslim Americans for Change, Students, LGBT and so on. In order to empower ordinary citizens to become a part of the process, we host a series of community organizing training and leadership-training sessions across the state. Check our calendar often for a current schedule
Partnership with Others. We collaborate with other organizations, non-profit agencies and the faith community to unite together around a common cause. We encourage people to become a part of the process by running for public office in all levels of local government, attend town committee meetings and take an active part in addressing community needs.
We meet primarily by issue groups, with each group setting their own schedule, at members’ homes, coffee shops, libraries, union halls and local community rooms at various churches. Every two months, we host a statewide meeting that generally falls on the 2nd Saturday (10AM to 12PM) every other month (February, April, June, August, October and December). The statewide meeting provides an opportunity to hear about group activities across the state, meet new volunteers, and sign up for new projects and efforts. In addition, a guest speaker from an organization or agency with similar goals is invited to give a brief presentation on their organization’s efforts in the community. Anyone interested in speaking before our members or in collaborating with us, please contact Val McCall at mccall.val@gmail.com.
Join us Online. In order to maximize our exposure and our ability to communicate, we have two main sources of Internet exposure: a group page on Face Book entitled, Organizing for Connecticut, and our social network of the same name at http://www.ctobama.org.
Our Face Book page gives us access to approximately one million (and growing) Connecticut Face Book users. Our social network allows us to create individual groups within our network; post network and group calendars, documents, our own blogs, forums, music, videos and more, that can be shared anywhere on the Internet through Face Book, Twitter, YouTube and other similar networks.
Join us, and together let’s realize the dream we shared on November 4, 2008.
Organizing for Connecticut (OFC) is a statewide, non-partisan, grassroots organization that is 100% volunteer. We work on issues at the local, state and federal level, and train volunteers in community organizing. Our activities include:
* Help pass legislation (state and federal) through grassroots efforts, i.e., letters and phone calls to lawmakers, and testify at public hearings
* Train volunteers on community organizing, running for public office (local and state)
* Train volunteers on the use of social media tools
WHAT WE DO
Work on local issues. We are actively engaged in forming groups across the state that tackle issues of concern, locally and federally. These groups include:
Community Service members volunteer at homeless shelters and soup kitchens, organize seasonal clothing and food drives, and raise funds for food pantries. Through the spirit of ‘each one teach one,’ members help neighborhood youth organize children’s book drives.
Contacts: Holly Soutter hhsoutter@gmail.com (New London/Mystic area), Diane Peterson peterson6@optonline.net (4th Congressional District).
CT Green Energy Economy (“Green Economy”) group is comprised of a number of teams that address green job creation, environmental issues and energy consumption (including a weatherization program targeting low-income housing) in a variety of efforts. They build awareness to these issues through innovative efforts including the Earth and Energy Book club that meets monthly.
Contacts: Melissa Patterson mpatterson@snet.net, Michael Cohen mrc06405@gmail.com and Maureen Carney bmolly927@aol.com
Education Group is comprised of teachers, activists, students, parents, child psychologists, retirees and concerned citizens who are dedicated to help build a sustainable education system through grassroots efforts.
Contacts: Cassandra Butler cassandrabutler@mac.com and Angela Griffin amsgriffin@sbcglobal.net.
Health Care for All currently works together with other like-minded organizations for passage of SustiNet, a comprehensive health care bill that is currently before the state legislature. They contact lawmakers to support the bill, write blogs and letters to the editor to build awareness and testify at public hearings. Follow this link to the SustiNet Proposal Sustinet Proposal.pdf
Contact: Sam Schoenburg sam.schoenburg@gmail.com
Legislative Watch has two missions. First to assist our issue groups with the legislative process (monitor legislation, contact lawmakers, write blogs and letters to the editor ). Second, to work on transparency at the state level so that citizens are aware of how stimulus funds (and the state budget) are allocated and what entities are earmarked to receive funds before they are dispersed.
Contacts: Bryan Anderson bandersonrealtor@yahoo.com and Andi Wilson afscme.andi@gmail.com
Political Watch. With various elections on the horizon, members of this group are setting up “Meet the Candidate: An Open Dialogue.” Citizens meet candidates face to face in an informal setting to discuss issues of concern.
Contact: Val McCall mccall.val@gmail.com.
Training Group. One of the most powerful tools to self-empowerment is training. This group is committed to providing community organizing and leadership training to as many people in our state as possible. Our goal is each one bring one, each one teach one.
Contact: Diane Peterson peterson6@optonline.net and Val McCall mccall.val@gmail.com
Every day, new groups form, enabling ordinary citizens to take an active role in creating change where they live, work and play. If you have an issue or concern and want to create a group, please do so. In this manner, we can create change all across our state.
Leadership and People Empowerment. We develop leadership in order to empower people. This is done by geographic area (precinct, town and district), by issue, and by community outreach - African Americans for Change, Latino Outreach, Muslim Americans for Change, Students, LGBT and so on. In order to empower ordinary citizens to become a part of the process, we host a series of community organizing training and leadership-training sessions across the state. Check our calendar often for a current schedule
Partnership with Others. We collaborate with other organizations, non-profit agencies and the faith community to unite together around a common cause. We encourage people to become a part of the process by running for public office in all levels of local government, attend town committee meetings and take an active part in addressing community needs.
We meet primarily by issue groups, with each group setting their own schedule, at members’ homes, coffee shops, libraries, union halls and local community rooms at various churches. Every two months, we host a statewide meeting that generally falls on the 2nd Saturday (10AM to 12PM) every other month (February, April, June, August, October and December). The statewide meeting provides an opportunity to hear about group activities across the state, meet new volunteers, and sign up for new projects and efforts. In addition, a guest speaker from an organization or agency with similar goals is invited to give a brief presentation on their organization’s efforts in the community. Anyone interested in speaking before our members or in collaborating with us, please contact Val McCall at mccall.val@gmail.com.
Join us Online. In order to maximize our exposure and our ability to communicate, we have two main sources of Internet exposure: a group page on Face Book entitled, Organizing for Connecticut, and our social network of the same name at http://www.ctobama.org.
Our Face Book page gives us access to approximately one million (and growing) Connecticut Face Book users. Our social network allows us to create individual groups within our network; post network and group calendars, documents, our own blogs, forums, music, videos and more, that can be shared anywhere on the Internet through Face Book, Twitter, YouTube and other similar networks.
Join us, and together let’s realize the dream we shared on November 4, 2008.
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