Judith Freeman
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Judith Freeman is the co-founder and executive director of the New Organizing Institute, or NOI. She worked on the internet operations of the 2004 John Kerry presidential campaign
and has served on the new media team of Barack Obama
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. She served at the AFL-CIO
as senior political strategist. She has been a panelist for national technology and politics conferences, including Netroots Nation.
In 2004, she spearheaded the formation of the New Organizing Institute by organizing a retreat of several dozen interested individuals who shared a vision that, in Freeman's words, "we could train a whole new generation of organizers who understood technology, who care about campaign management and who want to integrate the best of our volunteer and field organizing strategies with how you do things online."
Recently, she was awarded the Most Valuable Visionary award at Rootscamp 2010, an annual conference organized by NOI in Washington, DC
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John Kerry presidential campaign, 2004
The Presidential Campaign of John Kerry, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and the nominee of the Democratic Party challenged Republican incumbent President George W. Bush in the U.S. presidential election on November 2, 2004. Ultimately, Kerry conceded defeat in the race in a telephone call to Bush...
and has served on the new media team of Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
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Biography
Freeman's prior experience includes a five year stint at the University of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. She served at the AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL–CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers...
as senior political strategist. She has been a panelist for national technology and politics conferences, including Netroots Nation.
In 2004, she spearheaded the formation of the New Organizing Institute by organizing a retreat of several dozen interested individuals who shared a vision that, in Freeman's words, "we could train a whole new generation of organizers who understood technology, who care about campaign management and who want to integrate the best of our volunteer and field organizing strategies with how you do things online."
Recently, she was awarded the Most Valuable Visionary award at Rootscamp 2010, an annual conference organized by NOI in Washington, DC
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
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