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Progressive political organizations in SF (and other ways to get involved)

Googled "social democrats san francisco" but was disappointed, although apparently there used to be such a group.

Gonna start this as a list sans commentary but will come back and add notes.

Spur
The League of Pissed-Off Voters
Bay Area New Democrats
San Francisco For Democracy
California contact for Social Democrats USA
Democratic Socialists of America local chapters
Vacancies on SF boards, commissions and task forces (via a helpful friend who mentions you can audit their meetings (open by law) or peruse past meeting minutes)

I know nothing about some of these so if some of them are fronts for AppGooAmFace or NIMBYs don't get mad.

11/03/07

barcampLA 4: EmpowerThyself.com

EmpowerThyself.com is an activism engine - a social network, a community-edited site, and a game with achievement points. Contribute and learn about goals and tactics; recruit other activists; earn gold stars. Been around for a year now.

I've been wondering for a while how social network sites could be leveraged into real-world action - bingo! What an awful name though.

Man, two good talks in a row. Psyched.