Barack Obama is possibly the world’s most famous community organiser – and he’s thrown his support behind a community organiser from Melbourne, and her efforts to support bushfire recovery.
Alice Mahar travelled to Asia as an Obama Foundation scholarship recipient, and is the founder of The Corner Store network.
She says grassroots, community action is the best way to promote bushfire recovery – both in the immediate aftermath, and also in the longer-term.
Margaret Paul reports.
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