Staff and volunteer team leaders from across the country gathered early this morning for the kick off of the Organizing for Change Legacy Conference. This morning's discussions are focused around how we got here - what worked, what didn't work and the lessons we learned. Jon Carson, National Field Director, started the conference off with his story of how we changed the national map through our field operations.
After hearing the national field story, volunteers and staff broke into smaller groups by state to tell their own stories of how we won. Field Directors of battleground states started the conversation by talking about how they ended up on the campaign and how they saw their states grow during the general election.
Yohannes Abraham, the Field Director of Virginia, took the group of VA staff and volunteers for a trip down memory lane - back to the days in July when the press didn't think we could win Virginia, field offices didn't have phones or internet, and folks had to brave the Virginia heat on a daily basis to register new voters. The hard work paid off though and by the time the convention rolled around a strong grassroots organization had been built. On August 28, the night Barack Obama accepted the democratic nomination for president, there were over 1,000 house parties across the commonwealth of Virginia. The energy and organizing from those house parties created the back bone of the final push to victory in Virginia.
Stay tuned for more stories from the field about how we won and what our vision is moving forward.
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