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ATLANTA Organizing for Action, the successor to Barack Obamas presidential campaign that has been rebuilding itself as a Trump-era resistance machine, is launching a new effort to train more activists by connecting progressive groups with newly-trained organizers.

Aftertraining1,000 fellowssince the start of the year, OFA will work with the Wellstone institute, the woman-focused Emerge America, Run for Something, the African American-focused Collective PAC and the millennial-focused New Leaders Council to place fellows with the relevant causes.

OFA couldnt be more excited to launch this partnership program and work with these influential organizations to help elevate the next generation of progressive leaders leaders who reflect the youthful, diverse population at the heart of progressive movement, said OFA spokesman Jesse Lehrich. Now is the time to invest in the future, to encourage talented young activists to take the next step and run for office, and to provide them with the training and support necessary to be successful.

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The progressive groups six-week fellowship program, created by veterans of the Obama campaigns,has become an under-the-radar asset for activists who plunged into politics after the 2016 election.The free program has been turning out organizers for special elections, voter registration and protest campaigns especially the sustained protests against the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The surge of interest in such protests, and the parade of resistance groups launched after the election, has turned OFA into one of the lefts more senior, mainstream political outfits.Viewed suspiciously by Democrats during the Obama years,OFAloomed during this years race to chairtheDemocratic National Committee as an example of how Obama hadfailed toresolve divisions within the Democratic Party.

Six months later, OFAhas settled into the firmament of the progressive movement and byconnecting other groups to fellows, its trying to build a farm team that the Obama-era DNC never could.

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