Hope.Action.Change Community Kickoff Events to Occur in Each of Iowa’s 99 Counties
DES MOINES – U.S. Senator Barack Obama’s Iowa campaign announced today that Hope.Action.Change Community Kickoff events will occur in each of Iowa’s 99 counties this Saturday. From Lyon to Lee, Iowans will join together in their communities to discuss the need to change the way we do politics in Washington so that we can transform our country.
“My years working as a community organizer taught me that change doesn't come from the top, it comes from the bottom, from everyday people working together,” Obama said. “So I’m inspired that just 50 days into this campaign, Iowans in 99 counties came together to begin the process of building a bottom-up organization dedicated to changing this country."
At 3:00 on March 31, Senator Obama will attend a community kickoff event in Onawa. It will be broadcast live over the internet at www.barackobama.com. More than 5,000 Hope.Action.Change Community Kickoff events will take place simultaneously in homes across the country.
Barack Obama started his political career over two decades ago working as a community organizer in some of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, motivated by the idea that he could play a part in building a better America. He is taking that idea to living rooms and community halls this weekend by engaging thousands of people across the country and calling them to action.
