DNC Announces Hiring and Training Initiatives

Roll Call ^ | July 5, 2018 | Eric Garcia

[2ndDivisionVet]

One will match volunteers with the right campaign and the other will focus on organizing organizers

The Democratic National Committee announced two new initiatives to hire and train organizers for the 2018 midterm elections.

The first initiative, called the DNC Talent Bank, will allow anyone interested in working on a campaign to submit their resume and fill out a questionnaire to be matched with an appropriate campaign.

“We would be working with state parties where capacity is needed,” a DNC aide said.

But while the aide said there would be people hired to specific campaigns in certain states, “we want to put people on the ground not just on one campaign but up and down the ticket.”

The committee also announced two “Organize to Win” day-long training sessions that will give attendees insights into campaign strategy.

“Additionally, these trainings seek to connect individuals directly with organizing opportunities in targeted races, engage and empower partners as co-hosts and equip individuals with an organizing foundation to win this November,” a DNC memo reads.

The first event will be in Minneapolis on July 14 and a second will be in Salt Lake City on July 21. Three more are scheduled to take place in the West, Midwest and South.

The aide said the events will also push to hire as many diverse recruits as possible.

“We are actively encouraging diversity and diverse candidates,” the aide said. “We want to build that pipeline and have that relationship.”

[2ndDivisionVet]

They're just now getting things together for an election three months from now? Shouldn't they have done that a year or two ago?

[kanawa]

Influx of cash?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Probably. A little late.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Hmmm... I'm looking for a job... 😏

[BenLurkin]

Riots can be organized quickly. Certainly in a mere three months.

[2ndDivisionVet]

That’s what we need to do, infiltrate their campaigns. You know they do it to us.

[catnipman]

“organizing organizers”

well, that’s all fine and dandy, but who’s going organize the organizers’ organizers?

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Community Organizers, I imagine.

[Steely Tom]

well, that’s all fine and dandy, but who’s going organize the organizers’ organizers?

The Organization of Community Organizers (OCO), which is basically a community of organizers who work to organize other community organizers.

[wmileo]

I thought they already had Antifa. What more do they need?

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

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[Liz]

The Democratic National Committee announced an election initiative called the DNC Talent Bank.........

I hear the DNC Talent Bank is "in the red"........smirk.

[cgbg]

we want to put people on the ground not just on one campaign but up and down the ticket

Somebody better let them know about their typo.

They said "up and down the ticket" and they meant "circling around the toilet bowl"). ;-)