Report from Volunteer Andrea Scoppetta on the photo sets she posted: "The first set was at The Moxie Spot in Brooklyn Heights. Daphne, a St. Ann's teacher, where my son, Luca goes to school, makes these original, fantastic, glittery, colorful Obama pins which children and their families decorate to send to canvassers in swing states to help GOTV. Daphne does not believe in selling the pins- her motto-"Obama can't be bought!"
She has made thousands of individually decorated pins for over a year now and gives them all away. We've given them to hundreds of volunteers and voters in the field, our children and our friends, as well as to the Biden and Obama family. I've also heard that they were featured in Teen Vogue recently, and people comment on them constantly. I gave one to Obama, at the Alfred E Smith dinner, and he said it was "the prettiest pin" he's seen. It was moving-a real connection between grassroots activity and our candidate. Michelle Obama mentioned "grassroots glitter" in her speech at The Women's Leadership Forum in Chicago, and that is what these pins provide. They truly make people hopeful and happy. They help weary people smile and hold themselves upright. The first set of photos are of children and their parents, grandparents, teachers and neighbors gathering together to decorate Daphne's pins on Friday evening from 5-9. Daphne shies away from recognition and sees her pins as a community effort. She's the pretty, petite, brunette with short hair and glasses in the photos. The second group of photos is the Kids Rally For Hope, held this Sunday Oct. 26th in Madison Square Park from 3-5pm. Our children wrote a collective manifesto, sharing their hopes and dreams for the next President of The United States. We also helped the USO suport our troops overseas with children's notes and drawings. We asked our children to create signs that spoke to their hopes and dreams for their future. We decorated a "Wish Tree" with hopes for Obama and our world. We formed an inspiring children's marching band that sang, honked on their kazoos, played their tambourines and marched around Madison Park waving their handmade Obama signs and their American flags. Both of these grassroots events embody the heart of the campaign. As Obama eloquently says: " Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek." What better way to pass on his message of grassroots empowerment than through our children."
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