Today in the nation’s capitol, over 2000 community organizers and labor leaders will gather to realize the promise the Community Organizer-in-Chief made a year ago.
At last year’s Heartland Presidential Forum, Barack Obama promised community organizers he would meet with them during the transition to help “shape the agenda” for his administration.
The President-elect is a little busy so he’s sending Valerie Jarrett, co-chair of the Presidential Transition Project, and Melody Barnes, director-designate of the Domestic Policy Council.
The event, "Realizing the Promise: A Forum on Faith, Community and Democracy," is presented by the Gamaliel Foundation and the Center for Community Change. Grassroots leaders from across the country " will share their stories and their ideas to make America finally work for all of us."
Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change, said in a statement:
The forum will be webcast live here from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST.
