03 May 2010

7 Days Before the 2010 National Elections

This is ATF2010’s First Newsletter. :)

Be updated with ATF2010’s upcoming activities. Watch out for our next newsletters within the week.

What is the Ateneo Task Force 2010?

Watch the video in entitled Ateneo Task Force 2010 video.

Atenista! Make a difference in the May 10 Elections!

Join NON-PARTISAN WORK to help with Voters' Education and Poll Watching, or PARTISAN WORK to promote your candidates.

For questions or to sign-up and become part of history, visit us at MVP 220 or email us at ateneotaskforce2010 @gmail.com.

“For the love of the ballot”

The Ateneo Task Force 2010 was featured in the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Lifestyle Section, page E1) last Saturday, May 1. The project

leaders talked about ATF2010 and its goal of involving the youth in the 2010 National Elections. Read the full article in the lifestyle section of

Inquirer.net.

Visit our Facebook Page: Ateneo Task Force 2010

Date Time Event Venue

April 15 -

May 15

9:00-12:00;

12:00-3:00;

3:00-6:00;

6:00-9:00

Gabay Halalan CTC313

May 3

(Mon)

10:00 AM ASoG Pre-Election Summit Astoria Plaza, Pasig

May 4

(Tue)

3:00-4:30;

4:30-6:00 PM Voters’ Education Orientation

(OSCI)

Social Sciences

Conference Rooms 1

and 2

May 4 (Tue) -

8 (Sat)

Room to Room Promotions

Caf Raids

Public Announcements

Dorm Rooms,

Classrooms, Org

Rooms, JSEC, Caf,

SEC Walk

May 5 (Wed)

–

8 (Sat)

Voters’ Education at Partner

Communities

Assigned

May 5 (Wed) TBA PPCRV Orientation TBA

May 7 (Fri) Whole Day Wear Your Candidate’s Color

Day

May 8 (Sat) 4:00-7:00 PM Ateneo Voters’ Education and

Registration Exhibit, Prayer

Concert and Mass for the 2010

Elections

Church of the Gesu

May 10

(Mon)

TBA PPCRV Mobilization;

2010 National Elections

TBA

ASoG Pre-Election Summit

Exactly 7 days before elections, the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) is organizing a Pre-election summit of eminent election

monitoring bodies to provide a venue for them to discuss their unique monitoring contexts to the public.

Registration will begin 10:00 am of Monday, May 3, 2010 at the Astroria Plaza, 15 J. Escriva Drive Ortigas Business District, Pasig City.

Former COMELEC Chair and OneVoice Chairperson Christian Monsod will provide analysis of the status of the 2010 automated polls

(specifically the AES) and provide the backdrop to the climate of politics that confront election monitoring organizations. Social Weather

Stations President, Dr. Mahar Mangahas will follow with a presentation of a Pre-Election Survey. In the afternoon a panel of key election

monitoring groups shall discuss their unique monitoring contexts and the challenges they face on the ground to ensure credible elections.

To confirm attendance, please email Michelle Avelino at michelle.avelino@gmail.com or send an SMS confirmation to 09194614233.

Room to Room Campaign and Promotions

May 4-8 marks the final week before Election Day. Thus, ATF2010 will maximize its efforts in encouraging youth involvement and

accountable voting through different promotional methods, such as Room to Room Campaign, Caf Raids, and Public Announcements, in the

Ateneo Loyola Schools Campus, including the Ateneo Residence Halls.

Voters’ Education

In cooperation with the Office for

Social Concern and

Involvement (OSCI), the

ATF2010 invites you to learn

more about responsible voting

and social involvement by

attending the Voters’ Education

Orientation on May 4. This will be

held in the Social Sciences

Conference Rooms 1 and

2 at3:00-4:30 PM and 4:30-

6:00 PM. To accommodate as

many people as possible, you

may choose to attend any of the

two time slots.

Wear Your

Candidate’s Color Day

Let’s paint the true blue Ateneo

campus with more colors! Be

proud and show your support to

your candidate by wearing your

bet’s color on Friday, May 7. Get

to know other Ateneans who are

with you and your candidate.

Ateneo Exhibit, Concert and Mass for the 2010 National Elections

On May 8 (4:00-7:00 PM), join the Ateneo community in prayer for the 2010 National Elections. An exhibit on Voters’ Education and

Registration will be opened, followed by a prayer concert in Church of the Gesu. The event will be culminated by a mass to be presided by

Bishop Teodoro Bacani.

Mobilization (PPCRV Poll

Watching)

ATF2010, in partnership with the Parish

Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting

(PPCRV), will send volunteers to different

poll stations to ensure clean, honest, and

peaceful elections on May 10.

Kindly visit MVP 220 for further information

on how to be an eye of the Filipino

community by being an active participant of

this event.

May 10 is Election Day

Be a responsible voter! Know your candidates. Know

who and, more importantly, what you are voting for.

Attached is an Election Primer which includes PDF files

of National Candidates Profiles

(Presidentiables, Vice Presidentiables, and

Senatoriables), Party List, and a Voter Guide.

These can also be found in the Ateneo Task Force

2010 Facebook page.

It’s YOUR country, YOUR elections, and YOUR time to

build the nation. VOTE on May 10.

It's YOUR country, YOUR elections, YOUR time to build the nation.

Facebook Page | Watch the ATF 2010 Video | ATF 2010 Inquirer Article

Visit our partners!

Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan (SLB) | Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) | Office of Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI)

| Ateneo School of Government (ASOG)

and the

Commission on Elections