Amalgamated Transit Union - Local 1733

Living our Jewish and democratic values for mending the world by seeking a two state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Promote the General Welfare. Provide for the Common Defense. Secure the Blessings of Liberty. Ecology. Declare Climate Emergency. Provide remedy. Stop toxic cancer-causing pollution in our air and water.Universal Healthcare (Everybody in, Nobody out) Free at the point of service. No premiums. No co-pays. No deductibles. Healthcare dollars for healthcare, not CEO and shareholder wealth. Money out of politics: end the two-faced sham of legalized bribery in electoral politics. No wars, no prison state for profit.

Proud that we have expanded on our Rides for Seniors program and made our food pantry experience more dignified and efficient for citizens while reducing our Property Tax Levy 5%.We did this by streamlining best practices, finding alternate revenue streams, and improving transparency and accountability.

Write-in candidate for Congress also on the slate of delegates for Bernie Sanders to the Democratic National Convention. Fighting for the soul of the Democratic party. Endorsed by Our Revolution Buffalo Grove, Local Berniecrats and Healthcare For All #H4A.

We are building a movement of individuals and organizations to promote and campaign for a single-payer health care system and participate in its oversight.We educate the public about the medical, financial, and societal benefits of a single-payer system.We educate and work with legislators and community leaders to develop strategies for achieving a single-payer system.We work with organizations throughout Illinois and the nation to mobilize support for a single-payer system.

Illinois lead on Midwest Regional team. Research, editing, and production for television, radio, print and digital media. Holding politicians accountable when what they say doesn't match what they do. Field tracking and opposition research of GOP candidates and rightwing extremists across the nation. Worked extensively covering the 2015, 2016 Iowa caucus campaigns. Kept my go bag ready for multiple events in New Hampshire, Nevada, Arizona, California, Oklahoma, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Progressive-Reform Candidate promoting election integrity. Endorsed by Chicago Tribune and Daily Herald.

Legendary service, sweet velvet foam, searching for the perfect shot of espresso.Most memorable quote from a shift manager: "I love you, Adam, because you care too much, but I hate you for the same reason."

Lead recruiter, trainer, and organizer for the Campaign For Change in the 17 Wards of Danville, VA. Responsible for creating and managing the volunteer organization that registered, identified, persuaded, recruited, trained, and mobilized voters to elect Barack Obama, Mark Warner, and Tom Perriello.Worked relentlessly to redefine the electoral landscape of southside "real" Virginia and unseat an incumbent GOP Congressman in Virginia's 5th US Congressional District.Helped create the margin of victory that made Barack Obama the first Democratic Presidential candidate to carry the Commonwealth of Virginia since LBJ in 1964.

Volunteered for HQ Operations: moving furniture and helping to set up HQ; front desk reception for greeting and logging VIPs and volunteers, assisting with enacting and following security procedures, directing calls for HQ Staff and responding to calls from general public, processing incoming and outgoing mail, selecting responses for correspondence, and assisting on bulk mail campaigns; identifying websites for banner ad placement.Volunteering for a week in Iowa.Learning and teaching the Voter Activation Network, the online campaign database, for inputing data and applying it for voter contact identification, targeting, recruitment, the construction and production of walk packs, maps, and phone lists.As a field organizer in Louisville, Kentucky, vast turf encompassed over 100 precincts and covered the entire southside, both far east and far west precincts, filled "150%" of quota for GOTV shifts, recruited precinct captains and community leaders from all demographics, secured donated office space, was regional organizer for Veterans For Obama.

I began with SCG in 2000 as a student organizer living off the land on a $100 per week stipend, learning the basic elements of voter contact: identification, persuasion, and mobilization. I attended symposiums by progressive experts in field, GOTV, message, fundraising, and Voter Registration while working as a field organizer in a Chicago Democratic primary race for US Congress. This led to my initial and subsequent professional opportunities in politics, notably two high-level positions on US Congressional races, consultant and operative on numerous township and issue-based campaigns, and especially as Regional Director to create and manage a Voter Registration program for Florida Consumer Action Network Foundation which resulted in over 19,000 voter registrations in Jacksonville as part of a national progressive VR campaign in 2004. The bottom line results reflected the relentless work ethic which is the calling card of Chicago's School of Community Organizing.

Owner/operator of independent limousine company in Greater Chicagoland's corporate/airport limousine market.

Shift manager responsible for operation of Good Samaritan House emergency shelter and halfway house. Intakes. Security. Reporting. Outreach.