Subject: progressives network
From: Amitabh Desai <[email-masked]>
To: "Strive Masiyiwa ([email-masked])" <[email-masked]>, Delegation 28 <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Cc: Matt Browne <[email-masked]>, Tina Flournoy <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:44:08 -0400

Dear Strive and Rumi, following-up on our discussions about progressive African elected officials and the needs/opportunities to cultivate an off-the-record network for them with progressive electeds from the US, Europe, Latin America, Asia, etc., I spoke with Matt Browne who runs a network of progressive electeds in Europe/US, and we agreed it might make sense for us all to discuss the idea further. With that in mind, and copying John Podesta, should we try to convene a conference call later this week or next week, to discuss the possibilities and determine if it makes sense to operationalize this idea? It would be useful to get folks' thoughts on how many / who from Africa would be included, where/when an initial networking meeting like this would be most appropriate/beneficial, how it could be framed for Europeans/Americans/Latin Americans, etc. Hope everyone's well rested. Sincerely, Ami