Sam Adams Alliance
{{Short description|Former non-profit public interest organization}}
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| type= 501c3 non-profit
| founded = {{Start date|2006}}
| founder = Eric O'Keefe
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| location=Chicago, Illinois
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| dissolved = {{End date|2012}}
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Sam Adams Alliance (SAM) was a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois.{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Kate|title=The Sam Adams Project|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/the-sam-adams-project/|accessdate=11 August 2014|work=New York Times|date=2008-07-19}} It was founded in 2006 and disbanded in 2012. The president was Eric O'Keefe.
SAM launched three wiki-style websites: Judgepedia, Ballotpedia, and Sunshine Review. SAM also helped launch American Majority and the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity.{{cite news|last1=Hillyer|first1=Quin|title=After the Tea Parties|url=http://spectator.org/articles/41570/after-tea-parties|accessdate=11 August 2014|publisher=American Spectator|date=June 2009}}
Activities
=The Sammies=
Begun in 2007, the Sammies was an annual national awards program designed to recognize "outstanding citizen leadership and creativity."{{cite news|title=Six local liberty activists recognized with Sammies award|url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/six-local-liberty-activists-recognized-with-sammies-award/article/10848|accessdate=11 August 2014|publisher=Washington Examiner|date=2007-12-18}} John Stossel of FOX Business was the keynote speaker at the 2011 Sammies ceremony.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}
=Market research=
In March 2010, Sam Adams Alliance released the first of a series of "Activist Insights Reports" titled "Early Adopters: Reading the Tea Leaves," a study of leaders in the Tea Party movement.{{cite news|last1=Harper|first1=Jennifer|title='Tea party' leaders use survey to strike back at critics|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/03/tea-party-leaders-use-survey-to-hit-critics/|accessdate=11 August 2014|work=Washington Times|date=2010-03-03}} The study surveyed 50 active leaders in the movement on their motivations for becoming involved. It found that about half of Tea Party movement activists had never before been involved in politics, and that many became involved out of fear of passing on larger government and insurmountable debt to their children and grandchildren.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/us/politics/13tea.html | work=The New York Times | title=Tea Party Avoids Divisive Social Issues | first=Kate | last=Zernike | date=March 12, 2010}}[https://archive.today/20120708062355/http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=4FB3D910-18FE-70B2-A855734169AC4037 Tea parties stir evangelicals' fears - POLITICO.com Print View]
In August 2010, a follow-up report exploring the Tea Party movement was released titled "Next Wave: A Surf Report."{{cite press release|last1=Ratcliffe|first1=R.G.|title=Alliance study finds Tea Party activists leaving GOP|url=http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2010/08/alliance-study-finds-tea-party-activists-leaving-gop/|accessdate=11 August 2014|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=August 5, 2010}}
In September 2010, Sam Adams Alliance released their first "Market Insights Report" titled "Surface Tension: Tea Parties and the Political Establishment."{{cite press release|title=Study Reveals Conservative Establishment and Tea Party Activists Differ on Movement's Ability to Succeed Politically|url=http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=13314691|accessdate=11 August 2014|publisher=Fox 19|date=2010-10-13}}
=Health Administration Bureau=
On July 16, 2009, Sam Adams Alliance released a YouTube video named "Health Rations And You."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrwdZ2bX-oc&feature=player_embedded Health Rations And You video] Michelle Malkin featured the project on her site.[http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/16/video-health-rations-and-you/ Michelle Malkin]
=Chicago Tea Parties=
In February 2009, a blog posting on the Playboy website suggested that Sam Adams Alliance was involved in Rick Santelli's call for a "Chicago Tea Party." The article pointed out that the ChicagoTeaParty.com domain name where Santelli's rant was posted hours after it aired was actually purchased in August 2008 - five months before President Obama began his term. The Playboy blog making this allegation was removed without explanation within two days of its publication.{{cite news|last1=Brant-Zawadski |first1=Alex|last2=Teo|first2=Dawn|title=Anatomy of the Tea Party Movement: Sam Adams Alliance |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-brantzawadzki/anatomy-of-the-tea-party_b_380662.html|accessdate=11 August 2014|publisher=Huffington Post|orig-date=March 18, 2010 |date=May 25, 2011}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/20-5792227/sam-adams-alliance.aspx Profile] at GuideStar
- [http://www.ballotpedia.org Ballotpedia]
- [http://www.judgepedia.org Judgepedia]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080820004150/http://www.sunshinereview.org/ Sunshine Review]
Category:2006 establishments in Illinois
Category:Libertarian organizations based in the United States
Category:Organizations disestablished in 2012
Category:Organizations established in 2006