community organizing and the GOP convention

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Hi all,

As another example of organizer responses, David Chavis 
<dchavis at capablecommunity.com> sent a graphic of a button going around 
that says (the list doesn't allow attachments):

"Attention Sarah Palin:  Jesus Christ was a Community Organizer.  
Pontius Pilate was a Governor."



Randy Stoecker
moderator/editor, COMM-ORG
rstoecker at wisc.edu

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> [ed:  Thanks to Terri, Mark, and Mari for today's contributions.  it's 
> too late to catch the radio show, but interesting to know it occurred.  
> Maybe someone can report on it?]
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> From: "Terri McNichol" <tmcnichol at renassociates.com>
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> Hello,
> WNYC.org Station 93.9 is having a call-in show for community organizers 
> this morning.
> Terri McNichol
> Ren Associates
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> From: "Mark Sherman" <Mark at progressivetech.org>
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> I have to say that I agree with the thrust of    what Amy wrote.  
> Another organizer recently wondered why we are getting so upset - 
> Organizers are often attacked by targets.  Let's reframe and take the 
> organizer out of the focus of the discussion. Let's talk about corporate 
> welfare, health care, and the home mortgage defaults, etc.
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> In the memory of Paul Wellstone,
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> Mark Sherman
> Progressive Technology  Project.
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> PS apologies if this as already been said. I've been traveling and I 
> haven't read all the comments.
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> From: Mrs. Mari Vega <marilikesafari at gmail.com>
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> Some Twittering friends have started a list of famous patriotic 
> community organizers throughout history.
> Once we get a nice long list we thought we could make a nice CafePress 
> store and put it on T-shirts and Bags to raise $$ for.. communities or 
> Obama or something...
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> Go to http://hoperage.pbwiki.com/
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