November 9th, 2008
Posted by Drew at 2:22 am
…in a profile piece about our good friend, Craig Robinson. We wish Craig all the best, and we miss seeing him in Providence.
CORVALLIS, Ore. — With a hint of 5 o’clock shadow and small bags under his eyes, Oregon State Coach Craig Robinson took the basketball court on Wednesday to start a campaign that is nearly as daunting as the one he just helped to complete.
For the past 20 months, Robinson assisted his brother-in-law Barack Obama’s bid for the presidency. Robinson stumped in Iowa, gave speeches in Washington State and did interviews about his childhood on Chicago’s South Side with his younger sister, Michelle, who is married to Obama.
All that work culminated in one magical Tuesday for Robinson and his family as they ate dinner at the Obamas’ house on election night and later exchanged congratulatory hugs onstage at Grant Park in Chicago.
“I’ve been so busy, I haven’t been able to process it yet,” Robinson said less than 24 hours later as he sat on the bleachers at Gill Coliseum after practice. “It’s wild. I don’t know what to say.”
Now that the Obamas are preparing to enter the White House and Robinson can devote all his energy to his first season at Oregon State, Robinson and the president-elect can debate about whose task is tougher.
The article continues:
Robinson’s players at Brown said he went out of his way to separate politics and basketball. He would walk a block from his office on Hope Street and duck into the Blue State Coffee shop to talk politics. (Jesse Agel, Brown’s new coach, said he would send Robinson a pound of Blue State Coffee, with its “drink liberally” slogan, to congratulate him.)
Read the rest of the profile here, and read an interview with Craig, which also mentions BSC, here.
Also, Craig spoke at Blue State Coffee for a “Barack the Mic” event last year. See it here.
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November 5th, 2008
Posted by Drew at 1:52 am
Blue State Coffee extends the most enthusiastic congratulations to our next President. We’re inspired. We will work our hardest to make sure that Blue State Coffee continues to meet his vision of a caring, hopeful, progressive America. After all, as President-elect Obama suggested tonight, this is just the beginning.
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November 3rd, 2008
Posted by Alex Payson at 11:19 am
You need to vote.
To find out where- check out this Voting location finder.
Exercise your democracy.
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November 2nd, 2008
Posted by kreardon at 9:08 pm
The folks at Politco are saying that there is a chance that Blue State Coffee’s favorite: former senator/customer/republican party rebel/Obama supporter Lincoln Chafee has a shot at becoming appointed the director of the E.P.A. in an Obama administration.
Read the article here.
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October 18th, 2008
Posted by Alex Payson at 9:13 pm
Curious about just how much the Obama tax plan might save/cost you?
Wondering if your plumbing job is safe from new taxes?
Check out this quick little calculator and spread the word- the time to get involved is now!
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October 14th, 2008
Posted by Alex Payson at 1:24 pm
So it is official, we have partnered with the Brown University bookstore to operate the cafe that they are building!
There will be many details to come- but for now- we will have all the same great organic, fair trade coffee, still be donating to important progressive causes, and open for business in January of 2009!
Read about the new store in this recent Brown Daily Herald Article.
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October 14th, 2008
Posted by Alex Payson at 1:14 pm
We are happy to be partnering with GotPoetry to host a weekly poetry series at our store at 300 Thayer Street in Providence, RI.
This series starts October 14th and runs from 8-10PM every Tuesday night.
Check out their website and stop by the store to hear some great poetry!
Only 21 more days ’til the election- get out the vote!
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October 10th, 2008
Posted by Alex Payson at 7:07 am
Our next artist will be holding an art opening tomorrow evening (Saturday the 11th of October) at 6:30 in the evening. Haley Witman is currently a sophomore at Umass Amherst enrolled in the design program.
Have a great long weekend!
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October 5th, 2008
Posted by kreardon at 1:54 pm
The election is fast approaching and as always RI is locked up. It will go for Obama and that is great. So what do you as a Rhode Islander have to worry about you’ve done all that you can right? Wrong!
Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, and North Carolina are all battleground states that are crucial for those pesky electoral college votes. So here’s what head on down to the RI Obama HQ (321 South Main Street, Suite 101 Providence, RI 02903) hop on the phones and call undecided voters in those “battleground states”.
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October 3rd, 2008
Posted by Alex Payson at 4:21 pm
Seriously. Just do it.
Rhode Island voter registration closes October 4th (Saturday).
In case a celebrity telling you to vote helps- watch this video this video.
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