Bim Ayandele

WInner and Associates

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Vice President at Winner and Associates, a strategic communications and public affairs firm in Los Angeles, California; former associate at the White House Office of Public Engagement during Obama's first 100 days; co-founder of 008 and Generation Obama, the volunteer arm of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign

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In a week's time, the video  Kony 2012  has jumped from zero to 76 million views on the Internet.  Produced by a group called  Invisible Children , its stated aim is to stop a brutal…

'Kony 2012' and Youth Activism

In a week's time, the video Kony 2012 has jumped from zero to 76 million views on the Internet.  Produced by a group called Invisible Children , its stated aim is to stop a brutal…

from Which Way, L.A.?

Kony 2012  went online just a week ago, and it's already chalked up 76 million views on You Tube, raising more than $10 million.

Can a Viral Video Change the World?

Kony 2012 went online just a week ago, and it's already chalked up 76 million views on You Tube, raising more than $10 million.

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The big story of the 2008 presidential campaign was the massive, grassroots army of some 13 million volunteers that Barack Obama recruited with the promise of change.

Can Obama Woo Back the Grassroots?

The big story of the 2008 presidential campaign was the massive, grassroots army of some 13 million volunteers that Barack Obama recruited with the promise of change.

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