The 2009 Latino Inaugural Celebration

In 2008, Latinos played an invaluable role in electing Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. The Latino community across the country was an integral part of the massive grassroots movement that changed the course of our nation's history.

The CasaBlanca Project and Latino Inaugural Celebration Committee formally invites you to celebrate the Latino community's participation in the U.S. presidential election! The event will take place at the Hall of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS) world headquarters in the heart of Washington's national monument district on the evening of Monday, January 19th, 2009. The celebration is being organized by representatives from national and local community based organizations, former campaign organizers, as well as the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI), The CasaBlanca Project and Latinas Unidas for Obama. Don't miss out on the premier Inaugural Event of Inaugural Week and join us for an evening to celebrate the significant impact of the Latino vote, the new change in U.S. politics, and the grassroots movement that brought this change about.

The cost per ticket to attend the celebration is $125 (plus a 3% Pay Pal processing fee). Tickets will go on sale on January 2, 2009, at 12 pm at www.LatinoGala.com. Limit six tickets per person. The evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. and end at midnight. Enjoy light appetizers and entertainment showcasing various Latin American countries. Black tie optional.

YES WE CAN ... AND WE DID!

67% of Latino voters chose Barack Obama. Our voices have been heard.

This is a truly historic moment. Your countless hours of volunteering and support made the difference as we turned the "Latin swing states" of Florida, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Virginia blue. Now the work and healing begins...

¡MIL GRACIAS POR SU APOYO!

Responsible Tax Cuts For Ordinary Americans

Barack Obama’s tax plan delivers broad-based tax relief to middle class families and cuts taxes for small businesses and companies that create jobs in America, while restoring fairness to our tax code and returning to fiscal responsibility. Coupled with Obama’s commitment to invest in key areas like health, clean energy, innovation and education, his tax plan will help restore bottom-up economic growth that helps create good jobs in America and empowers all families achieve the American dream.


Under the Obama Plan:
-Middle class families will see their taxes cut – and no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase. The typical middle class family will receive well over $1,000 in tax relief under the Obama plan, and will pay tax rates that are 20% lower than they faced under President Reagan. According to the Tax Policy Center, the Obama plan provides three times as much tax relief for middle class families as the McCain plan.


-Families making more than $250,000 will pay either the same or lower tax rates than they paid in the 1990s. Obama will ask the wealthiest 2% of families to give back a portion of the tax cuts they have received over the past eight years to ensure we are restoring fairness and returning to fiscal responsibility. But no family will pay higher tax rates than they would have paid in the 1990s. In fact, dividend rates would be 39 percent lower than what President Bush proposed in his 2001 tax cut.


-Obama’s plan will cut taxes overall, reducing revenues to below the levels that prevailed under Ronald Reagan (less than 18.2 percent of GDP). The Obama tax plan is a net tax cut – his tax relief for middle class families is larger than the revenue raised by his tax changes for families over $250,000. Coupled with his commitment to cut unnecessary spending, Obama will pay for this tax relief while bringing down the budget deficit.

McCain Wants to Tax Your Health Benefits

Call Undecided Voters on Behalf of Barack Obama

Your support is instrumental in rallying support in crucial battleground states like Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, and Nevada.

We have an exciting new tool called Neighbor to Neighbor that allows you to pick up the phone and talk directly to fellow voters.

Visit Neighbor to Neighbor today and help us win key swing states by reaching out to potential supporters. CLICK HERE.

Talking directly with voters about what is at stake in this election is the single most effective way to deliver the votes we need to win. It may be a tight race, but we have something John McCain doesn't: a whole lot of passion and enthusiasm for change. I've seen it in the towns and cities I've visited in every corner of the country. But it's up to each of us to make sure we turn this energy into votes on November 4th.

Don't let this election be decided by political stunts or distractions. Join your fellow supporters, roll up your sleeves, and help carry this campaign to victory.

Make a difference by calling potential supporters in Nevada, Florida, New Mexico, or Colorado -- states where the race is extremely close and your help could put us over the top. Supporters like you are the only reason we've come as far as we have. Now, we're counting on you to get us the rest of the way.

Thanks for everything you're doing.

The Economy Is Tanking and SHE Could Be Your Leader

SCARED YET? Please join us at BarackObama.com and help ensure that qualified and capable candidates are in the White House. The world is not a small town and requires big ideas to bring about REAL CHANGE.

For those with a short memory of what troubles the Republican party has led America into, here is a small list:

-a $1 TRILLION dollar disaster that is the Iraq War (a war based on lies and falsified intelligence about supposed weapons of mass destruction); no capture of Osama Bin-Laden in Afghanistan seven years after 9/11.

-a wrecked Economy

-Enron

-complete negligence following Hurricane Katrina

-lack of Health Care for 44 million American citizens

-Denial of Global Warming

-Failing educational standards and underfunding public schools

OBAMA-NOS LLAMA! Bilingual Volunteers from California: Spend a Weekend in Nevada (FREE)

If you are able to spend a weekend or two in Nevada (a SWING STATE), please be sure to sign up for the OBAMA-NOS LLAMA! CARAVANA TO NEVADA.

We need Latinos and other spanish-speakers in California willing to spend one or two weekends in Nevada campaigning for Obama....conducting voter registration and related efforts in the Latino communities in Reno or Las Vegas. Let's be clear: Latinos will win this election! You, and other California Latinos, are the link to make this happen. We will be organizing Latinos statewide, strategically by having Southern CA focus on the Las Vegas area and Northern CA focus on Reno and surrounding communities.

Although Latinos represent 23% of Nevada's population, many Latinos still need to get registered and encouraged to vote in this election. Without that Latino vote, Obama will lose in Nevada. So...it's up to us....all of us to make a difference now.

Transportation and housing will be provided to those Latinos willing to travel on weekends. The basic itinerary involves vehicles picking up volunteers on late Friday afternoon, transport them to Reno or Las Vegas that same night, train them and house them for the weekend work and return them home late Sunday evening.

SIGN UP FOR SEPT 26TH - 28TH VOLUNTEERING IN NEVADA