Obama Administration to Ask Sherrod to Help with Minority Outreach

http://www.agweek.com/event/article/id/18424/

USDA discusses outreach work with Sherrod

ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants help with minority outreach from a former official in Georgia who was ousted in a racial flap and later received an apology from President Barack Obama, a department spokesman says.

The administration has been in talks with Shirley Sherrod, who resigned last year as Georgia’s director of rural development, said Justin DeJong, a spokesman for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The USDA is discussing whether Sherrod and her nonprofit, The Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education Inc., are willing to conduct outreach on a contract basis, DeJong said. A final decision has not been reached.

-------------------------------

I hope this works out. It's a good idea and would help right a wrong.