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Famous faces for voting
Elise Phillips, Assistant Pulse Editor
Issue date: 9/25/08 Section: News
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Through a registration rally sponsored by the statewide Barack Obama campaign, the ECU Democrats and ECU Students for Barack Obama, Jurnee Smollett (The Great Debaters) will be giving a speech and intermingling with students on the Mendenhall Brickyard Friday at 2:45 p.m.
"She's going to be talking about the importance of voting, registering to vote and Barack Obama," said Melissa Hege, the ECU field organizer for the Barack Obama campaign.
Sean Kingston was scheduled to attend the event with Smollett, but was overbooked and canceled this week, according to Hege.
Pizza will be provided and DJs will be in attendance at the event. "ECU for Obama" T-shirts will also be sold for eight dollars.
"She wants to reach to out college students," Hege said. "The campaign is [also] really trying to get the college students involved."
The event is free to students, faculty, staff and members of the community. A rain location is yet to be announced.
At 11 a.m. on Sunday, Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy) and Danielle Panabaker (Mr. Brooks, Yours, Mine & Ours, Sex and the Single Mom) will be in Greenville at a location yet to be disclosed by organizers, also stressing the importance of voting and registering to vote as a part of a state-wide initiative to knock on 100,000 doors for Obama this weekend. The two celebrities will also be mingling with participants, and everyone who attends can participate in canvassing Greenville for the campaign. According to Hege, Sophia Bush was originally scheduled to be speaking at the event, but also canceled this week because of illness.
"We're going to be sending out a canvas from their speech, going door-to-door after the rally," Hege said. "We're strategizing everyone to come and knock on doors for Barack."
The rally is free and open to public.
Both events were funded by the state campaign for Barack Obama and local donations and services.
Hege and the ECU Students for Barack Obama organization have been advertising both events on Facebook and encourage students to look there for updates about this weekend's activities.
The event on Friday is titled "Sean Kingston & Jurnee Smollett Registration Rally" and the event on Saturday is titled "Sophia Bush Canvass Kickoff" on the ECU Students for Barack Obama Facebook group page.
Any questions can be directed to Melissa Hege and mhege@ncforchange.com.
This writer can be contacted at editor@theeastcarolinian.com.
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CB
posted 9/25/08 @ 2:53 PM EST
It would be nice if, for once, we actually had an event talking about Senator McCain and his positions in the pursuit of fairness and equal time to all perspectives. (Continued…)
Hahahaha
posted 9/25/08 @ 8:06 PM EST
Famous faces? Hahahahaha! I don't recognize any of them so how can they be famous?!
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