Yesterday Barack Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, died peacefully in her sleep in her home in Hawaii. Mrs. Dunham was 86 years old. She did cast an absentee ballot before her death and it will be counted in Hawaii. [You go girl!] She joins the ancestors to guide Barack and the rest of us through the [...]
The Eclectique Citizen will be LIVE blogging election watchnight from Busboys and Poets at their 14th Street location here in Washington, D.C. from 8 PM until…. No Oktoberfest Sam Adams, Cosmos, or wine, even though I may be just a few feet from the bar. More coffee please with lots of hot milk. I like [...]
Tomorrow’s election may be the most important and meaningful election in U.S. history. It will be a defining moment for the country in terms of who we are as a society and where we’re going in the decades ahead. Right now I’m very concerned that we make our votes count. Each state has their own [...]
Over the past several weeks I’ve been sharing Voter Updates with friends and family on my personal distribution list with the intention of getting the world out about Voting rights and Protection. The Eclectique Citizen is now part of this blog with the intention of making the information more available. I do verify web links [...]
After receiving several failed delivery attempt messages, I decided to update my Group list and give my friend Phillip Rodriguez a call. I saw that he was the director and producer of a new documentary Latinos ’08 airing on most PBS stations tonight. I’ve been writing and advocating for effective and meaningful outreach to Latino [...]
