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Title: Danville native joins Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Post by: LostInTime on August 25, 2007, 08:31:24 AM
Danville Register & Bee (http://www.registerbee.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=DRB/MGArticle/DRB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352505552&path=)
By BERNARD BAKER
Register & Bee staff writer
August 25, 2007

Tommy Bennett, 51, has a long record of work as a community activist in the Hampton Roads area.

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Bennett also serves as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's national steering committee chairman for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues. Bennett said he wants to help victims of police brutality and help those facing issues in the realms of employment, legal help, diversity and sexual orientation.