Kathi Kinnear Hill

It was Kansas City, Kansas, the year 2012. And it was the reelection campaign for President Barack Obama. I was working it. And one wonderful day, I walked into the office, and I'm not going to lie, I was thrilled to find out that we were going to Skype with the president. He popped up on that screen and he gave us a pep talk. You know that Obama kind of pep talk?

It was Kansas City, Kansas, the year 2012. And it was the reelection campaign for President Barack Obama. I was working it. And one wonderful day, I walked into the office, and I'm not going to lie, I was thrilled to find out that we were going to Skype with the president. He popped up on that screen and he gave us a pep talk. You know that Obama kind of pep talk?

It was Kansas City, Kansas, the year 2012. And it was the reelection campaign for President Barack Obama. I was working it. And one wonderful day, I walked into the office, and I'm not going to lie, I was thrilled to find out that we were going to Skype with the president. He popped up on that screen and he gave us a pep talk. You know that Obama kind of pep talk?

And he thanked us for all of our hard work. And then he said, get out of Kansas. We're wasting our time. For those of you who could do this, take this campaign to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Take this campaign to Iowa. And I am asking you to please deliver Iowa to me, to us. Well, yeah, I'll do that. I'd already worked his election campaign a few years before.

And he thanked us for all of our hard work. And then he said, get out of Kansas. We're wasting our time. For those of you who could do this, take this campaign to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Take this campaign to Iowa. And I am asking you to please deliver Iowa to me, to us. Well, yeah, I'll do that. I'd already worked his election campaign a few years before.

And he thanked us for all of our hard work. And then he said, get out of Kansas. We're wasting our time. For those of you who could do this, take this campaign to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Take this campaign to Iowa. And I am asking you to please deliver Iowa to me, to us. Well, yeah, I'll do that. I'd already worked his election campaign a few years before.

And when you're campaigning and volunteering, you have duties like putting signs, you know, yard signs up and pamphlets here and there and having conversations because the president always would say, just have conversations. Conversations after conversations don't stop. And also, we are registering the people to vote. And I will never forget that.

And when you're campaigning and volunteering, you have duties like putting signs, you know, yard signs up and pamphlets here and there and having conversations because the president always would say, just have conversations. Conversations after conversations don't stop. And also, we are registering the people to vote. And I will never forget that.

And when you're campaigning and volunteering, you have duties like putting signs, you know, yard signs up and pamphlets here and there and having conversations because the president always would say, just have conversations. Conversations after conversations don't stop. And also, we are registering the people to vote. And I will never forget that.

looking in to the faces of my African-American elders. And they say to me, I've never voted. I've never registered. But I'm registering now because I have a reason. So not only do I have a personal reason to be working these these campaigns, after reading a little bit about Senator Obama back in the day, I realized that he and I had a couple of things in common.

looking in to the faces of my African-American elders. And they say to me, I've never voted. I've never registered. But I'm registering now because I have a reason. So not only do I have a personal reason to be working these these campaigns, after reading a little bit about Senator Obama back in the day, I realized that he and I had a couple of things in common.

looking in to the faces of my African-American elders. And they say to me, I've never voted. I've never registered. But I'm registering now because I have a reason. So not only do I have a personal reason to be working these these campaigns, after reading a little bit about Senator Obama back in the day, I realized that he and I had a couple of things in common.

One, we were biracial in America and identified as black, and we grew up in an era of turmoil where we both had to decide and determine who we were, where we were going. No one could help us and tell us that. We had to go on that journey. Another thing we had in common and do have in common is that we were raised by loving white families.

One, we were biracial in America and identified as black, and we grew up in an era of turmoil where we both had to decide and determine who we were, where we were going. No one could help us and tell us that. We had to go on that journey. Another thing we had in common and do have in common is that we were raised by loving white families.

One, we were biracial in America and identified as black, and we grew up in an era of turmoil where we both had to decide and determine who we were, where we were going. No one could help us and tell us that. We had to go on that journey. Another thing we had in common and do have in common is that we were raised by loving white families.

So I'm heading from the suburbs and cities of the Kansas City area to campaign in the cities and suburbs of Iowa. And I got in my little Honda every weekend for about a year and drove four hours there and four hours back and did the same types of things. Hundreds and hundreds of phone calls, knocking on doors and registering people to vote.

So I'm heading from the suburbs and cities of the Kansas City area to campaign in the cities and suburbs of Iowa. And I got in my little Honda every weekend for about a year and drove four hours there and four hours back and did the same types of things. Hundreds and hundreds of phone calls, knocking on doors and registering people to vote.

So I'm heading from the suburbs and cities of the Kansas City area to campaign in the cities and suburbs of Iowa. And I got in my little Honda every weekend for about a year and drove four hours there and four hours back and did the same types of things. Hundreds and hundreds of phone calls, knocking on doors and registering people to vote.

And towards the end of that campaign in 2012, I got a phone call and I was asked to be a canvas captain. which is basically just taking a leadership role and doing the same duties that I'd already been doing. But they asked me to do this in rural Iowa. So being that committed person that I am, I said yes.

And towards the end of that campaign in 2012, I got a phone call and I was asked to be a canvas captain. which is basically just taking a leadership role and doing the same duties that I'd already been doing. But they asked me to do this in rural Iowa. So being that committed person that I am, I said yes.