DFA Raised $8.2 million for change in 2012 and can be a model for the new Obama organization

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4. The DC Chapter

It's pretty active in the local political scene as well as national pushes. I've only been working with them for about a year (I was out of the country before that), and I haven't made it to any trainings yet, but I'll be sure to try to make it to one before too long.

You're absolutely right about needing to get people to organize their communities. One thing I've noticed is that people often get distracted by high level national political horse races and miss a lot of what's happening in the community around them. There's probably a lot we can do locally that we can't do right now on a national level (single-payer, infrastructure, gay marriage, marijuana legalization, etc.), and it also provides the political infrastructure for higher level pushes.

Which chapter have you been working with?