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Inspiration An interview with Marlon Marshall BY ALICE MCALEXANDER
Part I “Organizing is simply about building relationships to make change in your community for a purpose, person, or cause—and that will never change.” Marlon Marshall, who currently serves as the director of state campaigns and political engagement for Hillary for America, has a long history of organizing. Through natural charisma, a seemingly endless amount of energy (I’ve seen him pretend-throw a chair across the room after a speech to fire up his staff on more than one occasion), leadership skills, and a lot of hard work, Marlon has become one of the most successful organizers in politics today. Marlon is the son of a St. Louis computer teacher and a former airman with the Air Force. His mother, a teacher who taught for 36 years in inner city St. Louis, is his constant inspiration to work as hard as he does. Growing up in a well-funded school district, Marlon noticed the significant disparity in resources between his school and the under-resourced school his mother taught at. Whereas he had access to computers, his mother’s students barely had enough pens and pencils. Watching his mom’s dedication to provide a quality education to disadvantaged kids, and particularly youth of color, Marlon became motivated to help improve the circumstances of children like those his mother taught. Following the path not often taken by ambitious and successful college students, Marlon chose a career in organizing. Through organizing, he fell in love with engaging and empowering people around the issues that matter to them. At the University of Kansas, Marlon’s classmate drew him into running for Student Senate. He immediately relished working with the student body around important issues at KU. Realizing how much he loved this type of work, he began volunteering in local races in 2002 and he’s been working in politics ever since. From his first “real” organizing experience on the John Kerry campaign in 2004 to working for President Obama on Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment, Marlon’s encountered the ups and downs that all organizers face. Talking with the man who now leads Hillary Clinton’s major primary state operations and all political engagement with federal, state, and local elected officials, it’s hard to imagine that Marlon was once a brand new organizer without a clue what he was doing, or why. Just like many first time organizers, he was given a volunteer prospect list and eight empty phone bank chairs to fill. Luckily, Marlon didn’t give up despite feeling lost, trusting the guidance he’d been given. As he continued to reach out to volunteers, he began to meet the people who were giving up time out of their lives to help move their country forward. He was so inspired to see those eight full phonebank lines quickly grow to 40 full phonebank
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