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| Fri, 09-05-2008 - 8:58am |
from wikipedia:
"Community organizers act as area-wide coordinators of all the programs of different agencies so as best to meet community needs for health and welfare services. They also facilitate self-help programs initiated by local common-interest groups, for example, by training local leaders to analyze and solve the problems of a community. Community organizers work actively, as do other types of social workers, in community councils of social agencies and in community-action groups. At times the role of community organizers overlaps that of the social planners."
"A career as a community organizer is an option for people who want to make difference, are concerned about political issues or social inequities, and are interested in community solutions and empowering people. People come to careers in community organizing from diverse professions and backgrounds. Many people discover community organizing through participation in some sort of organizing or activist effort in their own communities, and only afterward discover that there are actually jobs and a profession in community organizing. There are graduate and undergraduate programs which focus on community organizing at several colleges and universities in the U.S., such as the University of Maryland--seeand,and the University of Vermont."
at the top of the list of Community Organizers: The Founding Fathers of the United States.
I didn't know much about Community Organizer as a job description. Palin said. "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a `community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities." I'm not comparing community organizer to mayor, but I do wonder what these credentials mean.
what do you know and what do you think of the responsibilities? also, what does it say about a person when they choose this as a job?
Bea

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Oh, I completely agree that she should be questioned! :) I was just saying that what might have come off as smug or dismissive could have simply been her wish to defend herself and point out some of her qualifications. Both sides are always going to take pot shots at the other side. Obama was plenty pointed and nasty with Hilary...however it seems a lot of people have forgotten that.
An interesting side note: (And as a disclaimer, I'm not sure what I think about this yet. Just a question that has been rolling around in my head.)
Does anyone else think it's possible that Obama is having such an easy time keeping his mouth shut (re: Palin), because the media (MS and non-MS) is doing a lot of the leg work for him? I mean, the media has come out with claws drawn towards Gov. Palin. Obama hasn't needed to spend a single cent or breath to attack her. I mean, the editor of US Weekly made a $5300 contribution to his campaign and published this cover for him:
This is the cover Palin got:
He doesn't really need to say much, does he?
And, as far as smugness goes, it's one of the reasons I'm starting to take a much closer look at this election. As time has progressed, Sen. Obama has gotten quite a bit more smug, in my opinion. The Obama that I see these days is much different from the Obama I saw a year and a half ago. I'm wondering what four more years in the national political arena will do to him.
On the other hand, John McCain is the same as he was ten or twenty years ago. I'm not saying I like him, but at least he's been consistent in his political career. He's never been afraid to go against the grain. He's even knowingly sacrificed or risked campaigns to follow his instinct. That gives me a little bit of peace.
I think one of George Bush's biggest weaknesses was that he wasn't strong enough to go against his party's wishes at times when he probably should have. He also wasn't strong enough or brave enough to admit when he was wrong. It's arrogance of the worst sort...
and I see the slighest glimpse of it starting to show in Sen. Obama.
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I am not saying that it applies to all "community organizers", and I am not saying it applies to Obama.
MASSPIRG actually is a left wing group.
I'm not totally sure Palin or her supporters think she should be questioned on her experience.
I agree with you. This election has been very frustrating for me, because no is talking about issues. Obama's campaign is doing a really good job of pointing out the issues, but I still haven't really heard him say what he's going to do about any of it. McCain's campaign is doing a really good job of covering the issues from a couple of years ago, but again, I'm not hearing much on what's going to be done in the NEXT four years.
I'm really sick of hearing about how bad the past four years have been. I want to hear the candidates tell me how they're going to facilitate change, instead of just saying that we need it.
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Its a bad thing to register people to vote??
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