NYU Students for Barack Obama held its first meeting of the spring semester yesterday evening, focusing on the current status of the president's candidacy for 2012.
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With the goal of promoting the re-election of President Obama this November, the club will work as a grass roots movement to inspire students.
CAS sophomore and NYU-SFBO media coordinator Mike Place stressed the purpose of the group lies in persuasion at the voter level.
"The overall mission of NYU Students for Barack Obama is to help re-elect the president through voter outreach, education and motivation," Place said. "Our efforts are not limited to solely this school or even the state, and we will be working to unite voices everywhere behind President Obama."
CAS sophomore Sara Moe, co-coordinator of NYU-SFBO and senior fellow for the New York City chapter of the Obama for America Campaign, said the club was strong in their fall semester efforts.
"We were able to compile a full leadership team, each person having a specific role, and we held several voter registration drives, phonebanks as well as trips to Philadelphia and Boston to help with other states' efforts in the Obama 2012 campaign," Moe said.
As for this semester, NYU-SFBO has a lot in store. On Presidents' Day in February, the club plans to travel to Philadelphia for canvassing.
CAS sophomore and club member Meredith Shevitz emphasized the importance of the trip in the meeting.
"We can't win the election without support in Pennsylvania," Shevitz said. "It is most definitely a crucial state."
The club plans to campaign throughout Hayden residence hall this Friday evening to register student voters.
"We believe that interest will grow as the GOP Primary season moves forward and we get closer and closer to the election," Moe said. "We plan to hold a phone bank and a voter registration, cavassing effort of some kind once a week for the rest of the semester and will continue to travel to Pennsylvania to help in an important battleground state."
Place said future plans will most likely include one or more trips to Pennsylvania, a possible trip to Boston, weekly phone banking, canvassing and leading student voter registration days. Any future Days of Action, which were inspired by the Obama for America Campaign, will also be part of the club's activities.
