Erin and Sarah at the Michelle Bachelet breakfast sponsored by AMCHAM (American Chamber of Commerce) on Monday morning. Erin y Sarah asistiendo en el desayuno para Michelle Bachelet patrocinado por AMCHAM el lunes en la mañana.  

The Chilean presidential debates for the December elections appeared by way of CNN on a large screen in Plaza Italia on the night of Wednesday, October 19th, 2005. Los debates presidenciales para las elecciones en Chile en diciembre aparecieron via CNN en una pantalla grande en Plaza Italia el miercoles 19 de octubre, 2005.  

The young and old were out to support Bachelet for the debates on Wednesday night ... Ambos jovenes y ancianos emergieron a apoyar Bachelet para los debates el miercoles en la noche...  

The campaign of "Youth with Bachelet" was out strong with their t-shirts on... La polera puesta de la campaña de "Jovenes con Bachelet"...  

Adrien also took a moment to pose with her Bachelet flag during the debates on Wednesday night in Plaza Italia. Adrien también tomó un momento a posarse con su bandera de Bachelet el miercoles en la noche durante los debates en Plaza Italia.  

Sonya with her Bachelet flag during the debates on Wednesday night in Plaza Italia. Sonya con su bandera de Bachelet durante los debates el miercoles en la noche en Plaza Italia.  

Finally getting to meet Espejo! Por fin pudimos conocer el Espejo!  

Sonya and Adrien smiling with the "mirror" as he promoted the legislative campaign of a guy named Espejo-- at the citizen party in Renca on Saturday. Sonya y Adrien sonriendo con el "espejo" que estaba promoviendo la campaña a ganar diputado para un hombre que se llama Espejo-- en la fiesta ciudadana en Renca.  

Sonya playing with the children on Saturday at one of the "citizen parties" in Renca. Sonya jugando con los niños en una de las "fiestas ciudadanas" el sabado pasado en Renca.  

Michellet Bachelet campaign poster from the headquarters office in Bellavista.... 

GPB is off and rolling....

So, Sonya and Adrien went to their first volunteer recruitment meeting tonight at the new "Citizens Headquarters" for the Bachelet campaign on calle Bellavista 078. It was informative and a great place to network with some of the main people in charge of different areas -- We found out each Saturday there are groups of campaigners that go into various comunas in the city and sponsor service/entertainment parties to get to know the people and talk about Bachelet. There are also activities going door-to-door promoting Bachelet, as well as sitting at tables all over town to sign up volunteers...

On Wednesday night, Erin, Adrien and Sonya tried to go to the first Mujeres con Bachelet meeting, but it was instead held informally in Plaza Italia as a rally promoting Bachelet and celebrating the 17th anniversary of the "No" vote that brought down Pinochet in 1988. We got to know a few of the women from that network and are invited every Wednesday night from 7-9 to participate in their meetings...

FYI: we have this blogsite starting (more as an external promotional tool for those interested in what we are doing) as well as an email address to check for the activities that will be happening week-to-week... so everyone can access the email and be informed... or give it out to those who might be interested in joining up with us! It is: gpbchile@gmail.com