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Barack Obama: Campaign Fellow ?

I don’t want any answers bashing Obama, or any answers bashing McCain. I’m not even going to say who I am voting for, (I don’t mind if you want to share but, don’t spew random crap.)

On facebook,
a guy I’m interested in has her occupation listed as,
“Campaign Fellow”
employed by “Obama for America”
now, what would a campaign fellow be ? D:
so, are they those people with signs and junk in the city, on corners and such ?

“Q. You recently talked about a fellowship program where you will train some of the young grassroots activists that have joined your campaign. Can you talk more about that?

A:Basically what we’ve done is we’ve been attracting so much volunteer talent, so many young people who have gotten involved in the campaign, that we wanted to give a handful of them an opportunity to have some more intensive training. So we’ve asked them to apply for fellowships. I think they’re called Obama Fellows. They will get intensive training, and they will be put on staff and will have an experience, starting in June.”

DailyKOS is not a source I trust, but Obama seems to like them.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/6/11170/54536

Here’s from Obama’s official page. http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/fellowsapp

“This summer we are looking for students and recent graduates who want to be a part of a new generation of leadership that believes, like Senator Obama, that real change comes from the ground up.

Fellows will be trained on the basics of organizing & campaign fundamentals and then placed in a community to carry out grassroots activities. Fellows will be asked to commit to a minimum of 30 hours per week and will:

participate in training on field organizing, messaging, and other activities
organize in a community, working in conjunction with grassroots leaders and campaign staff
continue to build the movement”

Here is a FAQ link http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fellowsfaq/

“Is this a paid position?
This is an unpaid position. However, those fellows who exhibit exceptional organizing skills and want to continue working with the campaign will be given top consideration for paid positions.”