Photos by Julia Wilkinson
Obama headquarters for the primary elections in Philadelphia is located on 15th and Sansom. It is in the same building as Philadelphia Weekly. When I stepped off the elevator there were two men seated behind a table to greet me. They smiled and asked how they could help me, as I watched a man with an "international press" badge talk to someone desperately about how he had been trying hard to get in contact with "them". I asked if I could take some pictures and they were very accommodating. There were different stations set up throughout the large, one room office. Some were making phone calls, some filing or organizing papers and some paid staffers were quietly behind laptops. There was an exciting energy in the room and I hope to be able to cover that location the night of the primaries. (Below starting left: Raissa Dorff, a Philadelphia native and actress who now lives in New York has come to Philadelphia to help with the primary. Norma Torres-Folk, from southwest Philadelphia has been volunteering since March 4th, comes every day and has only missed one Sunday. Two Obama staffers.)
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