Our Approach Our Story Meet the team Minneapolis, MN Portland, ME Washington, DC			Our Approach Grassroots organizing harnesses the power of personal contact to help shape public policy or win an election. Our Story It was all started in 1999 by two childhood friends from Chicago who still argue about the Cubs and White Sox. Meet the team Check out the online biographies of our staff members. Which chocolatier reigns? Godiva Josef Schmidt Hershey's Maud Borup Scharffen Berger