By Gabe Bullard
Filed Friday, September 07, 2007 at 1:04 PM
The Missouri Women for Obama will hold two simultaneous community organizing meetings on Monday, September 10th from 6 to 8 PM.
The meetings will be at the Mad Art Gallery (2727 S. Broadway, St. Louis) and the Jefferson County Library (5678 State Road PP, High Ridge).
"We look to empower women to participate in the presidential election and support Barack Obama," says Anna Jinkerson who is volunteering as the coordinator for Missouri Women for Obama.
Women for Obama is an official grassroots organization, sponsored by the Obama presidential campaign. The Missouri chapter is organized on a local level and plans on sponsoring house parties, voter registration drives and book clubs, all in support of Barack Obama.
Jinkerson acknowledged Hilary Clinton’s campaign, but said that her organization’s vote goes beyond gender.
“Women in Missouri need a candidate who’s electable in the general election,” she says. “We feel that Barack Obama brings the right type of experience and electability to the presidential elections.”
The meetings on Monday will establish community groups of women to support the organization. More meetings locally and in Kansas City and central Missouri are in the works.
2 Comments:
I wonder if Missouri Women for Obama will see their numbers swell because of Oprah's recent interview with and open endorsement for Barack. I don't know the St. Louis viewership numbers for the Oprah show, but it would be interesting to ask newbies at the upcoming meetings why they decided to come.
9/08/2007 9:31 AM
I wonder if Oprah has ever interviewed Sister Soljah, who was used so effectively by Bill Clinton to establish his "centrism" back in 1992.
I wonder if Oprah has ever interviewed Juanita Broaddrick.
9/08/2007 7:55 PM
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