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Bill Stewart published How Important Is Trust In Deciding Who To Vote For? in News 2024-09-12 11:47:33 -0400
How Important Is Trust In Deciding Who To Vote For?
Tuesday’s Presidential Debate was a spirited battle where each of the candidates had as their primary focus attacking their opponent. It has generated a lot of post debate analytics and opinions over who benefited the most and if there was a winner.
If there is one thing that we Americans need to count on from our leadership is that when the President addresses us, we can trust and believe in what he or she is saying. One of the things that makes the Forward Party totally different from the Republicans, Democrats, and other third parties, is that we do not believe in having a platform that defines our position on different issues. Our primary criteria for endorsing and supporting any candidate is that they have a documented high level of integrity and are willing to sign a commitment to adhere to our Candidate Pledge. We are not going to all agree on all of the major issues, therefore we believe that picking a candidate that we can trust to be truthful and trustworthy is more important than their position on different issues. What did Tuesday's debate tell us about how trustworthy these two candidates are?
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November All Volunteer Meeting
Join us to learn more about helping the Maryland Forward Party
And have some good discussion with other volunteers
When: Tuesday November 19, 2024 7:00 - 8:00 PM (Rescheduled from September 10)
Where: Virtual via Google Meet - meet.google.com/sdf-jard-zpt
WHENNovember 19, 2024 at 7:00pmrsvpWHEREVirtual - Google Meet
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Dialogue about Hogan Endorsement
Today the Maryland Forward Party made two major announcements:
Endorsing Governor Hogan For the Senate
Voting Against Trump For President
These have generated some concerns and negative comments that I’d like to address. I've removed their names to respect their privacy.
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Communications
Communications Volunteers Wanted!
Spread the Forward Message
All communications products should strive to meet one or more of our communications objectives:
- Recruit volunteers
- Build community
- Raise awareness
Visual Content Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Manage our Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts
- Explore expansion to other channels used by our target publics
- Develop image-based content to be shared across multiple platforms
- Produce video content
- Cover events, gatherings, and meetings
- Educate target publics on our principles and priorities.
Blogger
Responsibilities:
- Publish weekly or biweekly to our website
- Coordinate with social media manager to share on Twitter and Facebook
- Maintain consistent voice and structure
- Generate content to educate target publics on our principles and priorities
- Strive to make content relevant to Marylanders
Newsletter Editor
Responsibilities:
- Publish a monthly e-newsletter to our website
- Coordinate with social media manager to share on Twitter and Facebook
- Maintain consistent voice and structure
- Cover Maryland FWD events and gatherings
- Produce editorial on FWD priority (e.g. RCV)
- Generate long-form content on Maryland Forwardists
- Boost newsworthy items from FWD HQ
Book Club Captain
Responsibilities:
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Host monthly meetings
- Virtual meetings initially
- Explore branching out to in-person gatherings
- Select and read texts that advance the Forward Party's mission
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Facilitate discussion
- Delegate to involve others
- Cultivate a sense of community
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Help Us Collect 17,500 signatures
Add PledgeMoving Maryland Forward, One Signature At A Time
In order for the Maryland Forward Party to become official recognized in the state of Maryland, we need to collect signatures from citizen across the state.
THIS IS PETITION IS ONLY FOR FWD TO BECOME A RECOGNIZED PARTY!
Important Facts You Should Know
- Signing our petition DOES NOT CHANGE your voters registration party affiliation.
- WE WILL NEVER use any information you provide for any solicitation purposes, unless explicitly given permission to do so.
- All petition documents collected will be submitted to the state board of elections, for counting purposes.
It's that simple!
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Contact Us
To contact us you can use an email address from the Maryland map or you can use the form found further below. All comments, suggestions and inquiries are welcome.
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Bill Stewart
About Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart retired in January of 2021 after 50 years of experience with Information Technology solutions. Over 25 of those years were spent supporting the Federal government in operationalizing Big Data for information analytics, situational awareness, Cyber, and C5ISR, and mobile solutions to share that information securely and he held a TS/SCI clearance. He is the author of several white papers on the topic of standards for information sharing and using semantic analytics to support those standards and has spoken at several conferences on that topic.
Bill holds a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown and a Master’s degree from Columbia and is a Past President of the AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter.
He has been a lifelong Republican but could not support the reelection of Donald Trump in 2020 and has been highly frustrated by Congressional infighting being more important than passing needed legislation. He became aware of the Forward party in early 2022 and participated in several activities for getting signatures to get the Forward Party on the Maryland ballot. The discussions he had with people signing the petition made a significant impression that the frustration with our electoral processes spanned political affiliations, age, gender, and race. He volunteered to take on the Outreach role for the Maryland Forward Party, talking to people considering becoming a volunteer and helping them find roles that fit their interests and availability. He is now the Chair of our Outreach Committee.
Bill holds a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown and a Master’s degree from Columbia and is a Past President of the AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter.
He has been a lifelong Republican but could not support the reelection of Donald Trump in 2020 and has been highly frustrated by Congressional infighting being more important than passing needed legislation. He became aware of the Forward party in early 2022 and participated in several activities for getting signatures to get the Forward Party on the Maryland ballot. The discussions he had with people signing the petition made a significant impression that the frustration with our electoral processes spanned political affiliations, age, gender, and race. He volunteered to take on the Outreach role for the Maryland Forward Party, talking to people considering becoming a volunteer and helping them find roles that fit their interests and availability. He is now the Chair of our Outreach Committee.
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