ON MY BLOG, SOMEONE ASKED ME FOR THIS DESCRIPTION


It's interesting to me that some things seem obvious to some people
and baffle others, (my husband cant wrap his head around fractions and
decimals while i can do them in my head) "community organizer" seems as
easy to understand as "baseball player" or "social studies teacher" but
its clear (from all the fun poked at Obama by Palin during this
campaigning season) that some people dont get it, i genuinely wonder if
people who've lived in metropolises inherently understand the concept
better than others... sounds like a blog? maybe... (but pls lets focus
on the question and not this comment... moving on)

no I'm not
from Chicago, i did go to undergrad, get married, and live there for 4
years, and plan on moving back eventually when i mature enuff to settle
down into a more "normal life" (I am from another beautiful Midwestern
place tho, care to guess? hint: i say "y'all" and "pop")

I'm going to resist my urge to go to Google, or my dictionary to get a trite definition and speak from the heart

(the short)
Someone who unites a group of citizens around a particular issue that serves the environment positively.

(the expanded)
Someone
making sure health codes are being met, or making sure that libraries
are abundant and sufficiently funded, or gets THE COMMUNITY TO BE
INVOLVED IN ITS OWN SUCCESS, or who works for the betterment of their
community (place they live, environment, neighborhood) either
financially, artistically, socially, or in any other way. Maybe they
form a local performance ensemble, or a youths sports team, they must
be a leader, and a positive roll model. Maybe they work on getting the
community to circulate money within the community. They must be devoted
and not abandon projects they start. They must realize the community
depends on them. That is a community organizer. Perhaps they own a
business, or work to get people healthcare. There are so many ways to
be a community organizer that it may be easier to explain what they are
not.

They are not a total tool. They are not scheming and conniving. They are not devoted to scamming the community.

No
i dont personally know, nor was i slyly trying to make an illusion to
your President :) but to further help you understand, yes, Obama =
community organizer, Blagoaviech, for example, does not

have a nice day, peace, and blessings

mai

http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/mai