Laura Dawn

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Laura Dawn is a political activist and singer/songwriter. She has been the Cultural Director for MoveOn.org and the MoveOn PAC since March 2004.

[edit] Work with MoveOn

Laura co-conceived and co-created the Bush in 30 Seconds Ad Contest, co-organized the online contest and national media campaign, and produced Bush in 30 Seconds LIVE.^[1]^[2] She has created national campaigns and organized artists, musicians, & filmmakers extensively for MoveOn & all MoveOn PAC projects, such as the Bake Sale for Democracy, the Fahrenheit 9/11 Campaign, the Virtual Garage Sale, the "50 Million Women Count" media campaign, the MoveOn CD with Barsuk Records, the Kerry Kit, the Vote for Change Tour, a benefit concert for Voices for Working Families that raised $750,000 dollars for African-American voter outreach in one night, and most notably the 10 Weeks: Don't Get Mad, Get Even! Ad Campaign and live event.^[3]^[4]

Laura was the executive producer for all of the celebrity directed commercials for the 10 Weeks Campaign, conceiving and creating the campaign and working on every aspect from the initial outreach to directors, writers, and actors, to the conception, execution, and airing of each commercial. She also organized the national press outreach on the campaign and produced the 10 Weeks: Don't Get Mad, Get Even! live event which garnered national press coverage. Laura organized 13 Super Rallies in 13 swing state cities that took place in a day of 100 rallies the Saturday before the 2004 election, utilizing celebrity appearances and rock concerts to promote higher ground volunteer turn out. Originally from Pleasantville, Iowa, Laura is also a singer/songwriter who appears on Moby's latest album Hotel, and she toured the world with the vegan pop star for 7 months in 2005.

Most recently, Laura compiled and edited the book It Takes a Nation: How Strangers Became Family in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, the story of MoveOn.org Civic Action's Hurricane Housing program, featuring a forward by Barack Obama. Using the innovative online organizing techniques that MoveOn.org is famous for, MoveOn Civic Action members housed over 30,000 evacuees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.^[5]