Don’t forget…tonight is our “Weekly Strategy Call!” If you’re new to BWFO, join us for our strategy call and listen in to learn more about the work we’re doing around the country to help re-elect President Obama in 2012!
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On Saturday, July 28th, The Georgia Chapter of Black Women for Obama held its first-ever town hall meeting, and it was an amazing success!!!
Dignitaries from the DNC were in attendance, including Chairman Mike Berlon, and Political Director Rashad Richey. A number of candidates attended and discussed their candidacies with attendees as well, including Jennah Es-Sudan Gwinnett School Board Candidate, Renita Hamilton, District 105 State House candidate, any many others! The event was hosted by WAOK’s Sidney Wood, the voice of Atlanta, and introduced a number of the Black Women for Obama National Leadership Team to the crowd.
The Executie Director, Patricia Wilson-Smith also debuted her new book, “Believing in Obama:Essays from the Historic 2008 Election and Insights for 2012″ at the event. The meeting was informative, energetic, and inspiring – kudos goes to State Chapter Director Judy Jones and her team for the fantastic job they did on an incredible event!
In 2008, they were motivated, optimistic, and ultimately elated. Black women here and around the country weren’t just behind President Obama, they made history: among all racial, ethnic and gender groups, African-American women had the highest voter turnout rate, the first time that has ever happened. About 69 percent of voting-age black women cast ballots, nearly all for Obama.
Four years later, the mood has changed. The ground troops here haven’t lost their enthusiasm, but they admit the road ahead will be tougher. They see “doom and gloom” among some fellow Obama supporters that worries them.
“It’s hard to re-create the kind of excitement and energy of a first-in-history kind of scenario, but I think that support exists nonetheless,” said 47-year-old Valaida Fullwood of Charlotte, who volunteered extensively for Obama’s campaign in 2008.
Fullwood, a writer and consultant in philanthropy, added, “I don’t have the disposable income to commit in the ways I did before, taking off days and weekends and renting vans.” But she said she is still committed to the get out the vote in the general election. “Because of the emotional roller coaster that the last campaign brought, I know how to pace myself a little better. . I’m saving up for some endurance to help out in the final stretch.”
Don’t forget…tonight is our “Weekly Strategy Call!” If you’re new to BWFO, join us for our strategy call and listen in to learn more about the work we’re doing around the country to help re-elect President Obama in 2012!
To Join The Call:
Congratulations, and WELCOME to BWFO’s newest State Chapter Director:
| State | Chapter Director |
| Natasha McKenzie | New York |
We still need YOU or someone you know! There are still a number of states without a Chapter Director, and time is running out! Please contact us at 770.596.1252 if you’re interested in serving in your state, or if you know someone who is, or email us at statechapters@blackwomenforobama.org, or click ‘JOIN BWFO’ and fill out the form to let us know you’re interested!!!
Don’t forget…tonight is our “Weekly Strategy Call!” If you’re new to BWFO, join us for our strategy call and listen in to learn more about the work we’re doing around the country to help re-elect President Obama in 2012!
To Join The Call:
“The Obama Effect”, is coming to a theater near some this Friday!
The movie, features Charles Dutton as John Thomas an insurance salesman in his 50′s who suffers from serious health issues. Motivated by a misguided obsession with getting Barack Obama elected, John takes an overwhelming involvement in the Presidential campaign. While John becomes obsessed with the ideal of change that Obama represents for Americans, he has in turn neglected to create positive change in his own life, particularly with regard to his health and family relationships. John hides his health problems from his strong, yet supportive wife, Molly (Vanessa Bell Calloway), creating a strain on their marriage. When Molly discovers that John has been hiding his health scares from her, she urges him to take positive action to improve his bad habits. John works to get back on the right path with his health and family as Obama soars to success in the campaign.
Black Women for Obama will support the movie, and can’t WAIT to relive the 2008 election!
Miss our most recent strategy session? Now you can listen to the replay! Click the ‘play’ button below to hear the entire meeting from 7.3.2012.
Black Women for Obama is a grass roots organization dedicated to the re-election of Barack Obama in 2012. In the 2008 election, we played a pivotal role, especially in the southeast, canvassing and volunteering, and we plan to do so nation-wide in the months leading up to the 2012 election as well.
Joining the organization is free - click here for more information, or call us at 404.692.5251.
We are the voice of black women around the nation, who believe that America needs President Obama to stay right where he is.
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