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We all made this journey for a
reason. It's humbling, but in my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country can be. In the face of war, you believe there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a politics that's shut you out, that's told you to settle,
that's divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people,
reaching for what's possible, building that more perfect union.That's the journey we're on today. But let me tell you how I came to be here. As most of you know, I am not a native of this great state. I moved to Illinois over two decades ago. I was a young man then, just a year out of college; I knew no one in Chicago, was without money
or family connections. But a group of churches had
o�ered me a job as a community organizer for
$13,000 a year. AndI accepted the job, sight
unseen, motivated then by a single,
simple, powerful idea - that I might play a small
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We all made this
journey for a reason. It's
humbling, but in my heart I
know you didn't come here just for me,
you came here because you believe in what this country can be. In the face of war, you believe
there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a
politics that's shut you out, that's told you to settle, that's divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people,
reaching for what's possible, building that more perfect union.
That's the journey we're on today. But let me tell you how
I came to be here. As most of you know, I am not a native
of this great state. I moved to Illinois over two decades
ago. I was a young man then, just a year out of
college; I knew no one in Chicago, was without money or
family connections. But a group of churches had
offered me a job as a community
organizer for $13
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t hen, ju knew no one in Chicag o, was witho ut money or family conn ections. But a group of chu rches had o�ere d me a job as a community orga nizer for $13,00 0 a year. And I accepted the job, sight uns een, motiva ted then by a single, si mple, pow erful idea - t hat I might pl ay a small part in building a better America.
t hen, just a ye knew no one in Chicag o, was with ut money or family conn ections. But a group of chu rches had o�ere d me a job as a community orga nizer for $13,00 0 a year. And I accepted the job, sight uns een, motiva ted then by a single, si mple, pow erful idea - t hat I might pl ay a small part in building a better America.
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