http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/group_rss/HighDesertCourageTeam Organized by volunteers, Courage Campaign's High Desert Team is made up of activists empowered with the tools and skills necessary to effectively organize our community to identify undecided voters, recruite an army of marriage equality activists, and take part in coordinated statewide events. When Field Rep Phyllis Lozano began pressing me to organize a phone bank to 'get out the vote' in my area I knew what I wanted to do right way ... RUN LIKE HELL! Having had no experience at phone banking, my mind conjured up images of high pressure telemarketers on one end, angry radical right conservatives on the other with my team and I in the middle. These notions couldn't have been farther from the truth.j The greatest challenge to a successful phone bank is fear of the unknown by those who've never done it. If you can get volunteers to overcome the fear with just enough courage so that they show up on the day of the phone bank, the rest is easy. It only takes a few quick calls for phone bank volunteers to realize ... http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/mikelipsitz/C23H http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/mikelipsitz/C23H/commentary#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 11:24:13 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/mikelipsitz/C23H Courage Campaign Team Morongo Basin http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/14912de3e0f1a2670a_w6fmv2vyb.jpg Courage Campaign Team Morongo Basin 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C23H/ Just arrived in Maine to work on the No on 1 campaign. The energy is amazing. Although Im exhausted from an insane flight, I am excited to be here on the battle ground for equality. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/phyllislozano/C2ZB http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/phyllislozano/C2ZB/commentary#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:47:48 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/phyllislozano/C2ZB Phyllis Lozano SoCal DFO http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/cead7838a7314d7fdf_58homv796.jpg Phyllis Lozano SoCal DFO 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2ZB/