As the Training Director at Democracy For America, I get to meet some amazing people at our trainings. Men and women of all backgrounds and colors come to our trainings because they want to make a difference in their communities. Some are candidates, some are looking for a job on a campaign, and some just want to be a better volunteer or party activist.
DFA is organizing 19 different trainings in 16 states in 2009. We're going off the beaten path this year. Most of these places have never had professional campaign training in their area before, but all of them have hundreds of local activists eager to learn how to elect more and better Democrats in their area.