Marta Evry

Former Regional Field Organizer, Obama Campaign

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Former Regional Field Organizer for the Obama campaign; volunteer community organizer with Venice For Change, an informal, independent political action group; film editor in Venice, California

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The big story of the 2008 presidential campaign was the massive, grassroots army of some 13 million volunteers that Barack Obama recruited with the promise of change.

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