Subject: We could meet this fall, John
From: Barack Obama <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:39:15 -0400

John -- 

I remember my first day as a community organizer like it was
yesterday. I was handed a long list of neighborhood
residents, and for the next three weeks, I went door-to-door
to meet with every one of them. We talked about their jobs
and their families, and we tried to come up with solutions
to the problems they were seeing in their neighborhoods.

It wasn't easy work. But those years in Chicago taught me
valuable lessons about the importance of organizing.

It starts with the basics -- we can accomplish some
incredible things just by starting conversations in our own
communities. Organizers around the country are bringing
folks together every day. That work is worth celebrating.

This November, OFA is doing just that at the Organizing
Summit in Washington, D.C. I'll be coming, too -- tell
them you're ready to fight for progress this fall, and
they'll automatically enter you for a chance to meet with me
there:

https://my.barackobama.com/Organizing-Basics

The fundamentals of organizing haven't changed much since
'85 -- and lately we're seeing them used to accomplish big
things, from affordable health care to marriage equality for
all.

With those fundamentals in our pocket going forward,
organizers can change the conversation around pressing
issues in communities across the country. OFA's Summit is
highlighting that work right now.

I hope we'll have the chance to meet this fall at the
Organizing Summit:

https://my.barackobama.com/Organizing-Basics

Thanks,

Barack Obama

No purchase, payment, pledge, or contribution necessary to
enter to win. Void where prohibited. Entries must be received 
by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 30, 2015.  
You may enter by telling us what you're excited to work on 
here https://my.barackobama.com/Organizing-Basics-This-Fall-Entry.  
Alternatively, to enter without telling us what you're excited to  
work on enter here:
https://my.barackobama.com/Organizing-Basics-Free-Entry 
One winner will receive the following prize package: round trip 
tickets for winner and one guest from within the fifty United 
States or Puerto Rico to the District of Columbia; hotel
accommodations for winner and one guest; admission for 
winner and winner's guest to the OFA Organizing Summit in
November 2015 (approximate combined retail value of all 
prizes $1,700.00).  Odds of winning depend on number of 
eligible entries received.  Promotion open to all U.S. citizens, 
or lawful permanent U.S. residents who are legal residents of 
the 50 United States and District of Columbia and 18 or older 
(or of majority under applicable law).  Promotion subject to Official 
Rules https://my.barackobama.com/Organizing-Basics-Official-Rules
and additional restrictions on eligibility. 
Sponsor: Organizing for Action, P.O. Box 618120, Chicago, IL 60661.

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