[Beckwith]

I don't have anything on that. Of course that doesn't mean he didn't work for the Gemaliel Foundation.

I tried Google — Results 1 - 10 of 10 for Obama “Gemaliel Foundation”.

Looks like you are the source.

[Eva]

No, I googled it and found some other references, when I skipped over the FreeRepublic mentions. I think that I read it originally by following links from your web site, but maybe not. Is your site still up?

[Eva]

Wow, those sites are disappearing fast. I did find out that Ayres was donating to heavily Gemaliel at the time that Obama got his first job. So, that is really not in conflict.

[Eva]

I spelled it wrong, that’s why. It’s Gamaliel. Wikipedia explains that Obama’s community organizing began there. Probably a lot of other sites, too.

[Eva]

I spelled it wrong, that’s why. It’s Gamaliel. Wikipedia explains that Obama’s community organizing began there. Probably a lot of other sites, too. I think that Developing Communities Project was a project of Gamaliel Foundation.

[Eva]

This article by a founding member of Gamaliel, says that they joined with Obama when Obama was working for the Developing Communities group. It's very difficult to sort this all out. But here is an excerpt:

When Barack decided to go to Harvard Law School, he approached John McKnight, a professor at Northwestern and a Gamaliel Board member for a letter of recommendation. When Barack was leaving he made sure that Gamaliel was the formal consultant to the organization that he had created and to the staff that he had hired.

Barack has acknowledged publicly that he had been the director of a Gamaliel affiliate. He has supported Gamaliel throughout the years by conducting training both at the National Leadership Training events and at the African American Leadership Commission. He has also attended our public meetings.

We are honored and blessed by the connection between Barack and Gamaliel.