Senator Grassley Attends Tweetup in Des Moines
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I am a Tweep, that is a member of the Twitter community, and so is Senator Chuck Grassley. Last Friday he attended a very special town hall called a Tweetup, where local tweeps like myself get together. Senator Grassley took questions from the audience on various subjects in front of a huge tv that was a live update of tweets happening about the event. In addition, the tweetup was being broadcast live online where other tweeps who couldn’t attend could watch and participate. This was obviously a very different kind of town hall than Iowa normally has!
I didn’t have a question for the Senator but I did thank him for all he has done in improving trade preference programs. In particular, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has created many economic opportunities for the world’s poorest people in developing countries. Thanks to AGOA, Africa now has over 100,000 new jobs in the export apparel sector.
Overall it was a great and very different event but I am glad I got the opportunity to talk with the Senator and hope that he will continue to support these life saving opportunities for people in the world’s poorest places.
-Libby Crimmings
PS: Be sure to follow ONE on Twitter at “TheONECampaign”!
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April 23, 2009 at 11:29 am
While I would never refer to myself as a “Tweep,” I do love Twitter, and good on Senator Grassley for using new media to connect with his constituents. His commitment to creating trade opportunities for entreprenuers in the developing world is defintely worth Tweeting about.