Ethiopian-Americans campaign for Obama in Philadelphia

By Teddy Fikre

(ethiopiansforbarackobama.com) — Ethiopians for Barack Obama concluded our trip to Philadelphia to support the Barack Obama campaign. Eight of our fellow Ethiopian-Americans took it upon ourselves to be a part of the change and drove from Washington, DC to Philadelphia. While in Philadelphia, we made phone calls to residents of the great state of Pennsylvania to encourage them to vote for Barack Obama as well as calling our fellow Ethiopian-Americans to remind them to vote on April 22nd.

Ethiopians for Barack Obama concluded our trip to Philadelphia to support the Barack Obama campaign. Eight of our fellow Ethiopian-Americans took it upon ourselves to be a part of the change and drove from Washington, DC to Philadelphia. While in Philadelphia, we made phone calls to residents of the great state of Pennsylvania to encourage them to vote for Barack Obama as well as calling our fellow Ethiopian-Americans to remind them to vote on April 22nd.

On Sunday, we drove to Kidus Ammanual church in Philadelphia and took part in the Hosea mass. Afterwords, we set up a table across the street from the church and encouraged more of our fellow Ethiopian-Americans to vote for Barack Obama and raised a significant amount of campaign contributions. Due to the hard work and dedication of our fellow Ethiopian-Americans, we have raised over $1,200 thus far for the Barack Obama campaign. The enthusiasm for Senator Obama’s campaign within our community is awe-inspiring. We met Ethiopian-Americans in restaurants, markets, and on the street who could not contain their enthusiasm for Senator Obama. It is truly inspiring to see the amount of energy and willingness to get involved in our political process.

Check out tomorrow’s edition of ethiopiansforbarackobama.com to see a picture and a brief write-up about this week’s “Persons of the Week”. Let’s keep up the great work and keep getting fired up!!