To
underscore how important the vote of overseas
Americans is in the Presidential election, Diana
Kerry, John Kerry's sister, made a weekend visit
to Casablanca September 11-13. As Chair of Americans
Overseas for Kerry (AOK), Diana is globetrotting
to "Round up the Absentee Voters" and the highlight
of her Casablanca visit was an evening meeting
with Americans resident in Morocco held at Rick's
Café.
As AOK coordinator for Morocco, I volunteered
to host an event at Rick's
Café in Casablanca. The symbolism of Rick's
and the great tie-in with the Kerry campaign was
picked up right away by the AOK staff, and very
quickly plans were made for Diana, along with
AOK Executive Director Jim Brenner, to visit Morocco
after Spain. Rick's was "jammed" on Sunday, September
12, the day of the event. We had a draw of 40
Americans, had given out the www.overseasvote2004.com
website to countless others who could not attend
and many in the crowd stayed after 8pm to enjoy
Rick's Café's weekly
Jam Session.
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The
event drew Americans from all age groups and professions
- some of whom had never voted. Americans teaching
at the Casablanca
American School were especially enthusiastic,
encouraging us to hold events for the debates
and election night.
In this election truly every vote counts. As Americans
living overseas we feel the damage that's been
done by the Bush administration's policies, and
hopefully our outrage will translate into votes.
We've got some great photos and a video clip of
Diana's speech..
K.K.
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