by Larry Hamm
With chapters from Camden NJ in the south to Plainfield and Newark NJ in the north and New York City too, the Peoples Organization For Progress has established a solid tradition of educating and organizing African American communities against war, empire, privatization, and corporate power. At the 2010 Black Is Back national conference Larry Hamm explains what working for peace and justice in the age of Obama looks like.
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Larry Hamm, as he points out, was the youngest delegate to the 1972 National Black Political convention in Gary. In this address to the January 2010 Black Is Back Conference in St. Petersburg Florida, he outlines what real organizing for peace and justice in African American communties looks like in the age of Obama.
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