Although it's nonpartisan, the Virginia Organizing Project knocked on more than 140, 000 doors this summer to get out the vote.

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Pastor Gerald Taylor of the Texas Organizing Project, which is aimed at helping low- and middle-income families, would say the trade-off is rather one-sided.

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Staffers from the Virginia Organizing Project attended the Washington rally, and a dozen of them now sat at a table in a former daycare center planning their next moves.

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They visited the community based Alley Project to see Detroit organizing at work.

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We became familiar with multiculturalism, community organizing, public speaking, project planning and career development.

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The electricity-monitoring project is also consistent with Google's goal of organizing all the world's information, Cahill said.

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