Mini-post: Van Jones and the art of inspiration. . .

Tonight we held an amazing mass-phonebank led by Van Jones, a visionary leader in the civil rights and green collar jobs movement. Over 150 people turned out to hear Van speak and phonebank voters; it was an incredible feeling seeing so many folks exhilarated about winning this thing.

The Berkeley and Palo Alto NO on 23 organizers and Lucy (left) my supervisor, as well as my adorable boss Cindy Kang (right) with Van Jones.

Coincidentally Van's sister is also named Angela. As we shook hands, he asked me if we'd met before, and I replied definitely not given that I'm Canadian! He seems very genuine. Even though nonsensical Republican accusations led to his resignation from his post as Obama's green jobs advisor, I don't think U.S. politics has seen the last of this bright man.

For anyone who cares about where this world's going, Van Jones is a must-see. Fast forward to 9:30 for the good stuff; right now the U.S. could fall or fly:

http://fora.tv/2009/02/02/Van_Jones_The_Green_New_Deal#fullprogram