Political Education

Committee On Political Education (COPE)

Our Charge

* Educate members on important issues.
* Register voters.
* Raise and allocate political contributions.
* Endorse candidates who champion the rights and interests of working families.

Join COPE

For more information about COPE, please contact COPE Chairperson:

Kay Schechter
URA-AFT, 57 Paterson St, 2nd Fl.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

 

COPE Event Calendar – Fall 2012

URA dues members receive $50 per Saturday labor-to-labor walks. If participating in the Election Day GOTV walks you will need to take entire day off (not union release time) and you will receive $100 for the day.

Day/Date/Time

Event Type

Location
Tues, 9/25, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM Phone Banking Cook Campus Center, G. H. Cook Room
Wed, 9/26, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Voter Registration Rutgers Student Center, Atrium Hallway (front)
Thurs, 9/27, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM COPE Mixer (light dinner will be provided, please RSVP) Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose Room A
Thurs, 9/27, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Phone Banking Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose Room A
Tues, 10/2, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Voter Registration Busch Campus Center
Tues, 10/2, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM Phone Banking Cook Campus Center, M. V. Adams Room
Wed, 10/3, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Voter Registration Douglass Campus Center, Cafe
Wed, 10/3, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM Presidential Debate #1(Univ. of Denver, Denver, CO) Check your local television listing
Thurs, 10/4, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM Phone Banking Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose Room A
Sat, 10/6, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Labor-to-Labor Walk IBEW 456, 1295 Livingston Ave., North Brunswick, NJ
Tues, 10/9, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Voter Registration Livingston Student Center
Wed, 10/10, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Voter Registration Cook Campus Center
Wed, 10/11, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM Vice-Presidential Debate(Centre College, Danville, KY) Check your local television listing
Sat, 10/13, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Labor-to-Labor Walk IBEW 456, 1295 Livingston Ave., North Brunswick, NJ
Sun, 10/14, TBA Labor-to-Labor Walk Highland Park, NJ – details to be announced
Wed, 10/16, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM President Debate #2(Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY) Check your local television listing
Sat, 10/20, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Labor-to-Labor Walk IBEW 456, 1295 Livingston Ave., North Brunswick, NJ
Wed, 10/22, 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM President Debate #3(Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL) Check your local television listing
Sat, 10/27, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Labor-to-Labor Walk IBEW 456, 1295 Livingston Ave., North Brunswick, NJ
Sat, 11/3, Bus departs at 8:00 AM,                  returns at 2:00 PM Labor-to-Labor Walk (going to NJ Congressional District 3 in support of Shelly Adler) AFTNJ bus leaving from LEC, Cook Campus and a northern NJ location to be announced.
CANCELED - Sun, 11/4 AFT to AFT Labor-to-Labor Walk  CANCELED
Tues, 11/6, All Day Get Out The Vote (GOTV) IBEW 456, 1295 Livingston Ave., North Brunswick, NJ