Comments on: Jim Diers of West Seattle and Obama Share Common Ties

By: Anti-Communitarian League: Join The Quiet Revolution « Snakzrats

Anti-Communitarian League: Join The Quiet Revolution « Snakzrats — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:34:50 +0000

[...] Notes: * “Galluzzo (Director of the Gamiel Foundation) trained college-grad Diers in how to organize a fractious community. They formed SESCO, the South End Seattle Community Organization. It was a powerhouse, one of the most successful neighborhood groups in city history. It killed the incinerator.Diers went on to head Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods and write a book on bottom-up organizing, called “Neighbor Power.” (Jim Diers also served on the Urban Policy Committee for Barack Obama’s campaign) Galluzzo stayed in Seattle for four years, then moved to Chicago. Not long after, he trained another raw college grad looking for a purpose, named Barack Obama.” http://whitecenternow.com/2008/11/24/jim-diers-of-west-seattle-and-white-center-advising-obama-on-ur... [...]

By: ian

ian — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:35:35 +0000

FYI – Jim is also a board member of the White Center Community Development Association.

By: Ron Richardson

Ron Richardson — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:38:54 +0000

Jim Diers and Barack Obama have a common link as successful community organizers. To check it out read the column by Danny Westneat in the Seattle Times this summer. A reminder of why Obama and Diers are winners.
The link is: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2004456334_danny04.html