BBBwinsAugust Roundtables for Reform and the Evangelical Immigration Table Radio Ads News Clips Aug. 1, 2013 – Sept. 12, 2013 September 12, 2013 TO: Interested Parties FROM: Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum Action Fund RE: #BBBWinsAugust Impact Report In December of 2012 the National Immigration Forum Action Fund launched Bibles, Badges and Business for Immigration Reform, a network of thousands of local conservative faith, law enforcement and business leaders. Over the course of the August recess, our goal was to provide conservative support for Republican members of Congress by attending Town Halls, convening Roundtables for Reform and engaging local media. The verdict is in: Bibles, Badges and Business won the August recess. Working with a wide range of faith, law enforcement and business allies, over the course of the 5-week recess, the Bibles, Badges and Business for Immigration Reform network: Convened over 40 Roundtables for Reform in key congressional districts. Held 5 statewide telephonic press conferences in critical states. Organized 148 local faith, business and law enforcement leaders to headline the 40 events. Recruited conservative leaders to attend over 65 Town Halls. Generated 371 news stories, 80% of which were local headlines. Earned over 1,000 visits to our dedicated recess website, www.BBBwinsAugust.com. Generated over 1,000 tweets using the dedicated hashtag #BBBwinsAugust Reached over 1,150,000 people via Twitter and Facebook Roundtables for Reform Over the course of the August recess, the Bibles, Badges and Business for Immigration Reform network held 40 Roundtables for Reform in key congressional districts across the Southeast, South, Midwest and West. These roundtables served as press events where local conservative faith, law enforcement and business leaders offered their support for commonsense immigration reform. Locations included: Belton, TX Greeley, CO Duncan, SC Brigham City, UT Bloomington, MN Centennial, CO Pueblo, CO Turlock, CA Geneva, IL Orange Park, FL Glendale, AZ Dayton, OH Wausau, WI Omaha, NE Lafayette, IN Las Vegas, NV Rome, GA Elkhart, IN Ft. Wayne, IN Bloomington, IL Raleigh, NC Champaign, IL Nashville, TN Columbus, OH Raleigh, NC 2 Local Leaders Speak Out The Bibles, Badges and Business for Immigration Reform network brought together an unprecedented coalition of local moderate and conservative leaders in the faith, business and law enforcement communities to push for immigration reform throughout the August recess. The full list of the 148 local influencers that participated in our 40 Roundtables for Reform is pasted below. In the Media The #BBBwinsAugust campaign, coupled with the Evangelical Immigration Table, generated 371 news clips in local and national outlets. Our Top Seven clips are pasted below. Over 80% of the stories ran in targeted local news outlets as follows. AZ – 7 IL – 11 NC – 24 SC – 18 WI – 25 CO – 10 IN – 25 NV – 12 TN – 13 National – 71 GA – 5 MN – 4 OH – 9 TX – 41 Other States –96 Online A large component of the #BBBwinsAugust campaign was generating buzz on social media channels and online around the concerted Bibles, Badges and Business push for immigration reform. To that end, a campaign website, www.bbbwinsaugust.com, was launched to chronicle the Roundtables for Reform. Similarly, a dedicated hashtag, #BBBwinsAugust, was used at every single Roundtable to project the BBB message online. #BBBwinsAugust 44 posts to www.bbbwinsaugust.com leading to over 1,000 visits Live-tweeting from every single Roundtable for Reform Over 1,000 tweets generated Notable people using #BBBwinsAugust: Steve Case, Rep. Joe Heck and Rep. Todd Rokita. Total reach: 1,150,000 Twitter users. 3 ROUNDTABLE for REFORM PARTICIPANTS (Organized by Constituency) BIBLES Jason Adkins, Executive Director, Minnesota Catholic Conference Alex Alvarado, Iglesia Cristo la Roca, New Castle, Colo. Rudy Argueta, Centro Cristiano Getsemani, El Jebel, Colo. Jerry Baker, Intercultural Specialist and State Missionary, Georgia Baptist Convention Gary Cake, Open Bible Fellowship, De Beque, Colo. Mike Collison, Associate Pastor, Appleton Community Evangelical Free Church, Wisc. Jeff Cook, Associate Professor of Biblical Education and Urban Studies, Cedarville University; Member, Christian Community Development Association, Cedarville, Ohio James Cunningham, Executive Director, Nebraska Catholic Conference Rev. Lloyd (Sam) Cunningham, Catholic Priest/Spiritual Director, St. Patrick Catholic Church, Centro Arnoldo, Fort Wayne, Ind. Ian Danley, Program Director at Neighborhood Ministries. Phoenix, Ariz. Fred Everett, Director of the Office of Family Life, Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind. John Faison, CEO, Centro Internacional de Raleigh, N.C. Dr. Jim Goodroe, Director of Missions at the Spartanburg County Baptist Network, S.C. Stuart Hamblen, Chief of Police, Angola Police Department, Ind. Raudel Hernandez, Pastor, Summit en Español John Huebscher, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Catholic Conference Troy Jackson, Director, Ohio Prophetic Voices Rev. Joe Johns, Director of Missional Living, Fellowship Missionary Church, Fort Wayne, Ind. Pastor Jose Jones, Hispanic Ministry Program Coordinator, College Hill Community Church, Dayton, Ohio Scott J. Jones, Bishop of the Nebraska Conference of the United Methodist Church Gary Kinnaman, Senior Pastor at Word of Grace Church in Mesa, Ariz. Mike Langer, Pastor, Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church, Ill. Father Anthony Lee, Reverend Father, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Bloomington, Ill. Father Joe Mattern, St. Mary’s Parish, Omro, Wisc. Mike McClenahan, Pastor, Solana Beach Presbyterian Church, Solana Beach, Calif. Father Michael McKinney, All Saints Parish, Logansport, Ind. Rev. Dr. Yohannes Mengsteab, Director of Ministry Programs, the Lutheran Foundation, Fort Wayne, Ind. Tim Moore, Senior Pastor, Walk Worthy Baptist Church, Texas Frank Mulcahy, Executive Director, Georgia Catholic Conference Carl Nelson, President, Transform Minnesota: The Evangelical Network Dr. Suzii Paynter, Executive Coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Eddie Poole, Lead Pastor, MJLife Church of Mt. Juliet, Tenn. Pastor Drew Poppleton, Heartland Community Church, Lafayette, Ind. Janet Rasmussen, Pastor, First Mennonite Church, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. 4 Dave Scharfenberger, Justice for Immigrants Coordinator, Archdiocese of Cincinnati Dr. Rich Schenck, Director of Urban Initiative and Leadership Team Member for Community Based Ministries at Indiana Central District of the Wesleyan Church; Pastor, Lakeview Wesleyan Church, Marion, Ind. Cathy Shanklin, Executive Director of the Dayton Dialogue on Race Relations, Dayton, Ohio Michael Sheedy, Director of Public Policy, Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops Rosemary & Carlos Sluder, El Buen Pastor, Delta, Colo. Sister Maria Stacy, Director of the Dayton Catholic Hispanic Ministry and Committee Member for Welcome Dayton: Immigrant Friendly City, Dayton, Ohio Tony Stieritz, Director, Archdiocese of Cincinnati Catholic Social Action Office David Tarkington, Lead Pastor, First Baptist Church Orange Park, Fla. Glenn Tebbe, Executive Director of the Indiana Catholic Conference Jose Vega, Senior Pastor, Renacer Iglesia Bautista. Jacksonville, Fla. Robin Vega, Iglesia Cristo La Roca, New Castle, Colo. Michelle Warren, Christian Community Development Association, Colo. Hans Weston, Jubilee Family Church , Grand Junction, Colo. BADGES Sgt. Sara Balmes, Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Ill. Richard Biehl, Director and Chief of Police, Dayton Police Department, Dayton, Ohio Secretary Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary of Homeland Security, BPC Immigration Task Force Member Mark Curran, Sheriff, Lake County, Ill. Jerry Demings, Sheriff, Orange County, Florida Jason Dombkowski, Chief of Police, West Lafayette Police Department, Ind. Hon. Alberto Gonzales, former U.S. Attorney General Jack Harris, Retired Phoenix Police Chief Charlie Norman, Regional Director for Southwest Ohio, Ohio Attorney General’s Office Rudy Olivo, Former Columbus Police Officer, Columbus, Ind. Scott R. Parks, Marathon County Sheriff , Wausau, Wisc. State Senator Ronald Rabin (R-NC 12th District), Retired Colonel, U.S. Army Dan Reynolds, Police Chief of the City of Greer, S.C. CJ Stephens, Retired North Carolina State Highway Patrol Officer and Member of the State Employees Association of North Carolina Chief Kevin E. Wilkinson, Neenah Police Department, Wisc. BUSINESS Scott Allison, CEO of Teamly, Las Vegas, Nev. Linda Andrews, Legislative Director, North Carolina Farm Bureau John Augustine, Arizona Nursery Association Pat Bane, Pork Producer, McLean County Farm Bureau, Ill. Ken Barbic, Western Growers Association 5 Dave Bender, Executive Director, American Council of Engineering Companies; Chair, Logan County Republican Party; Co-Chair, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition Mikel Berger, Brewster Bevis, Senior Vice President, Associated Industries of Florida Bill Blazer, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Business Development, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Wes Blumenshine, Associate General Counsel, Caterpillar Inc. Karen Bremer, Executive Director of the Georgia Restaurant Association David Z. Brown, Managing Partner, Brown Immigration Law, LLC, Lincoln, Neb. Jonathan Bushhouse, Chief of Staff, Campbell University College Republicans, N.C. Tariq Butt, Deputy Medical Officer of ACCESS Community Health Network, Chicago, Ill. Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution; Co-Founder, America Online Shelly Carlin, Senior Vice President, Human Resources