Anonymous ID: 80ac61 March 11, 2018, 5:36 p.m. No.633846   🗄️.is đź”—kun

https:// www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/01/10/young-people-as-change-agents-the-obama.html

 

Obama is training the "Resistance."

 

President Barack Obama asked me to lead the Obama Foundation because we both recognize that civic engagement—the ability to connect and work with people all around the world regardless of our backgrounds—represents our best hope at solving some of the biggest challenges we face.

 

(About the Author

David Simas is the CEO of the Obama Foundation. Based in Chicago, he joined the Obama Administration in 2009 as a deputy assistant to the president, served as the director of opinion research for President Barack Obama's reelection in 2012, and worked in the White House as director of the office of political strategy and outreach during Obama's second term.)

 

With that in mind, the foundation is now focused on inspiring and empowering the next generation of active citizens and leaders, together defining what it means to be a good citizen in the 21st century. We are training citizen leaders, giving them the tools necessary to create change in their communities and connecting them to their peers already working in this space. We want to emphasize the importance of listening to those we may disagree with. That enables us to truly understand where they are coming from and create the foundation upon which civic engagement and organizing are built.