11.30.2009
Source: CQ Politics
Community service leader Alan Khazei received two high-profile endorsements in the past 24 hours for his dark horse bid for Massachusetts Senate.
On Monday, Khazei got the nod from former N.A.T.O. Supreme Allied Commander and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark. In a statement, Clark cited Khazei's leadership as co-founder of national community service program City Year...And on Sunday, the Boston Globe endorsed Khazei in an editorial, writing that he "offers a strong vision for success in the Senate, channeling the energy of activist groups and private-sector policy incubators while dedicating himself to the laborious task of building legislative coalitions."
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11.30.2009
Source: The Boston Globe
Khazei, a social entrepreneur who cofounded City Year, has traveled the planet to discuss issues ranging from national service to nuclear weapons, visiting the Amazon rain forest with environmental activists, working at the US Embassy in Paris for a summer, and spending nine months on a round-the-world trip with his wife.
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11.30.2009
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Alan Khazei, the veteran national-service advocate who is running a long-shot campaign for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat in Massachusetts, won a major coup on Sunday — endorsement by The Boston Globe for the Democratic nomination.
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11.30.2009
Source: The Boston Globe
“At this critical time, we need more patriots and public servants like Alan Khazei representing the people’s interests in Washington,” Clark said in a statement.
Clark, who has known Khazei since 2003 when he visited City Year in Boston, also gave Khazei a boost on foreign policy.
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11.30.2009
Source: The American Prospect
Alan Khazei hopes to win Ted Kennedy's Senate seat -- and make "social enterprise" a household phrase. "I've always been a dark horse," says Alan Khazei, a candidate for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts.
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