DFA Campaign Academy: Precinct Organizing
Precinct Organizing on a neighbor-to-neighbor basis is how we will build the Democratic party between elections and in the long term. This DFA Campaign Academy session focuses on the importance of organizing at the precinct level as well as the strategies and tactics to effectively organize your neighbors.
Arshad is Executive Director of DFA, he joined DFA in early 2005 to develop and direct the DFA Campaign Academy. Before joining DFA, Arshad worked with MoveOn PAC during the 2004 Elections. Previous to his electoral experience, Arshad based his professional political career in environmental issue advocacy and organizing. Arshad traces his Dean roots to February of 2003 when he founded one of the nation's first organized Dean groups, Philly For Dean. Arshad was born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota and went to college at the University of Pennsylvania.
A veteran of training in the political and corporate worlds, Matt Blizek began organizing in student and local politics and was elected vice president of the University of Iowa Student Body. Since then he has has done field and fundraising work for numerous campaigns including the DNC, MoveOn.org, Russ Feingold, and Jon Tester. Matt joined Democracy for America in 2007.
