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Obama Campaign: Announces Iowa faith steering committee
9/4/2007

Contact:
Josh Earnest: 515.883.2008 / 515.229.9571
Tommy Vietor: 515.883.2008 / 515.418.7972

DES MOINES - The Obama Campaign today announced that 32 Iowans of different faiths will participate on the Faith Steering Committee for Barack Obama's Iowa Campaign. Today's announcement comes as the Obama Campaign kicks off a 10-day faith tour to give Iowans an opportunity to discuss faith, values, and politics.

"One of the reasons I support Barack Obama is because of his unique ability to discuss faith in a unifying way that doesn't exploit religious differences for political gain," Rev. Matt Perkins of the United Church of Christ said. "His faith, compassion and commitment to bringing people together are exactly what we need in our next President."

The Faith Steering Committee will lead outreach efforts to religious communities across the state and discuss Senator Obama's commitment to challenging conventional thinking in Washington, D.C.

"Our campaign is committed to reaching out to people of all faiths as we build our grassroots movement to challenge the status quo in Washington, D.C.," Senator Obama said. "That's why I am honored to have the individual support of these leaders in the faith community who are dedicated to working in communities across Iowa to help us build our unifying movement."

On June 16th of this year, Barack Obama discussed his faith as he addressed the Iowa United Church of Christ statewide conference. Obama has been a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, a Protestant Church in Chicago, for almost twenty years. He, his wife Michelle and his daughters are active in the Trinity faith community.

The 10-day faith tour begins today, September 4th, and ends September 18th. At each stop, the Obama Campaign will lead forums entitled "What's faith got to do with it?" For more information on the Obama Campaign's organizing and outreach efforts in the faith community, click here http://faith.barackobama.com/page/content/faithhome. See below for the Faith Steering Committee members and details on the Obama Campaign's faith tour. Faiths and denominations are listed for reference purposes only; they do not indicate church or temple endorsements.


Rev. Dr. Floyd Brown
Sioux City
Baptist

Sister Gwen Hennessey
Sioux City
Catholic, Franciscan Nun

Sister Patricia Johnson
Sioux City
Episcopal, Deacon at St. Thomas

Jackson D. Hawks
Sioux City
Buddhist

Harlan Vanoort
Orange City
Reformed Church in America

Michael Larkin
Sioux City
Catholic

Rev. Howard Hunt
Webster City
United Church of Christ

Rev. Margaret Aiseayew
Ames/Ellsworth
United Methodist Church

Rev. Shara and Ken Adderley
Fort Dodge
African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Rev. Abraham Funchess
Waterloo
United Methodist Church

Rev. Joseph Baring
Waterloo
African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Rev. Wilson Rideout
Waterloo
African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Rev. Matthew & Amy Perkins
Decorah
United Church of Christ

Rev. Timothy Ensworth
Waterloo
United Church of Christ

Rev. Helen Seenster
Waterloo
Full Gospel Missionary

Rev. Frantz Whitfield
Waterloo
Baptist

Rev. Marvin Jenkins
Waterloo
Baptist

Rev. Morris Anderson
Waterloo
Baptist

Rev. Dr. Ken and Nancy Bickel
Dubuque
United Church of Christ

Rev. Gayle Strickler
Marshalltown
United Church of Christ

Rev. Katherine Mulhern
Davenport
United Church of Christ

Rev. Rogers Kirk
Davenport
Baptist

Rev. John & Jeanne Tyler
Keokuk
United Church of Christ

Rev. Keith Ratliff
Des Moines
Baptist

Rev. Dennis Eastin
Ankeny
United Church of Christ

Rev. Toussaint Cheatom
Des Moines
African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Rev. Henry Thomas
Des Moines
Baptist

Rev. Derek Bastian
Des Moines
African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

FAITH TOUR STOPS

*Note: Senator Obama will not be in attendance on the faith tour*

Tuesday, September 4th
Burlington, 7pm
Perkins Park Enclosed Shelter
Rm. #4 - Dill Street
Contact: David Sawyer at dsawyer@barackobama.com

Wednesday, September 5th
Clinton, 6pm
Clinton Public Library
Second Floor Meeting Room
306 8th Avenue S
Contact: John Keig at jkeig@barackobama.com

Thursday, September 6th
Dubuque, 6:30pm
Special Guest:
Father Michael Pfleger
Wartburg Seminary Auditorium
333 Wartburg Place
Contact: Nick Meyer at nmeyer@barackobama.com

Friday, September 7th
Iowa City, 6pm
Special Guest: Brian McLaren
Iowa Memorial Union -
Indiana Room
125 N. Madison St
Contact: Simeon Talley at
stalley@barackobama.com

Saturday, September 8th
Cedar Rapids, 10am
African-American Historical Museum & Cultural Center
Contact: Allison Pulliam at apulliam@barackobama.com

Sioux City, 12:30pm
Sanford Center
1424 Geneva Street
Contact: Thomas Zimmerman at
tzimmerman@barackobama.com

Davenport, 2pm
The Friendly House of the
Quad Cities
1221 Myrtle Street
Contact: Kevin Harris at kharris@barackobama.com

Council Bluffs, 3:30pm
Council Bluffs Public Library
Meeting Room 2C
400 Willow Avenue
Contact: Delane Adams at dadams@barackobama.com

Monday, September 10th
Mason City, 7pm
Elks Lodge
11 2nd Street NW
Contact: Lindsey Pagel at lpagel@barackobama.com

Thursday, September 13th
Des Moines, 7:30pm
Roosevelt High School
4419 Center St.
Contact: Nathan Blake nblake@barackobama.com

Friday, September 14th
Waterloo/Cedar Falls, 7pm
Allen Nursing School
Contact:
Shira Sternberg (Cedar Falls) ssternberg@barackobama.com or Maria Thomas
(Waterloo) mthomas@barackobama.com

Monday, September 17th
Waverly, 6:30 pm
1500 W. Bremer St.
Contact: Alek Wipperman at
awipperman@barackobama.com

Tuesday, September 18th
Fort Dodge, 4pm
Fort Dodge Public Library
424 Central Avenue
Contact: Heather Strachan at hstrachan@barackobama.com

Ames, 7pm
City Hall, Room 135
515 Clark Avenue
Contact: Melissa Ness at mness@barackobama.com



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