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Journey to Change America:
Organizing for America
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| Founded | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Members | 13 million email addresses from Obama campaign, unknown membership |
| Country | United States |
| Affiliation | Democratic |
| Key people | Mitch Stewart, director |
| Office location | Washington, D.C. |
| Website | http://my.barackobama.com/ofa |
Mission
The mission as stated is to help the President pursue his agenda. Thus, many[who?] view the organization as primarily a political organization and not a social movement. However, given the unparalleled roots the organization has in human resources- literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of volunteer activists- many experts[who?] maintain that it can't be viewed as a mere political organization, rather somewhat of an omnibus organization - a huge mass of citizens fighting for further power of a political individual, in the hopes that this individual, with expanded power, can bring the change they want.
Political Activities
Organizing for America has been an active participant in pushing Obama's health insurance reform plan, using its members to persuade locals to support Obama and his three principles for health insurance reform. [4]
History
President-elect Barack Obama announced the creation of Organizing for America on January 17, 2009.[5]
The group officially began its activities on the third day after the Obama's inauguration, January 23, 2009.[6] On the same day, it was announced that Mitch Stewart would serve as the first Director. [7]
External links
Video of David Plouffe and Mitch Stewart announcing Organizing for America.[1]
References
- ^ "A project of the Democratic National Committee" http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
- ^ "DNC Announces Key Staff for Organizing for America" January 23, 2009 DNC press release http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/dnc-announces-key-staff-organizing/story.aspx?guid={7E3D7A29-68BB-4D48-ACC5-CAFA4F6CD84C}
- ^ Sourcewatch.com http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Organizing_for_America
- ^ http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-health-grassroots10-2009aug10,0,3292929.story
- ^ url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/obama_announces_organizing_for.html?hpid=topnews
- ^ url=http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-23-2009/0004959654&EDATE=
- ^ url=http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-23-2009/0004959654&EDATE
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