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Your Stories: Brenda from New Mexico

By Alex DeGolia - Mar 31st, 2008 at 8:04 pm EDT

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Brenda is a retired Post Production Supervisor in the film industry and a mother from rural southern New Mexico. She remembers being young and listening to President Kennedy speak to the nation — it was the first time that she heard a politician speak, and described her reaction as one of full of the hope that politics can be used to bring people together and make things better. After he was killed in 1963, she says that she disassociated herself from politics for a long time. The first time that she heard Barack speak, she realized “we don’t have to give up on politics.”

We've heard many stories of children convincing their parents to support Barack, but Brenda’s story works in reverse. She called her son and had to convince him that this kind of movement doesn’t come along frequently, and that “we cannot let go of it.” She continues, “It makes me tear up every time I think of it… Now almost all my son’s friends are supporting Obama.”

When I asked what Barack’s inspiration could do to help the country, Brenda struck a broad note …

One of the biggest things is the change that he could make in a whole general sense. He brings a different view not just to politics, but to the American culture. His speeches are about us, about the American people. He doesn’t just carry on about what he did and who he is, that’s where he’s different. What I think would happen are very great changes.

Brenda believes that the strength of a campaign, and this campaign in particular, comes from the ground up. The first thing we must do to make lasting change in America is to engage ourselves in its politics. This belief has been and remains the cornerstone of our campaign. Many people have already given and shared their own story with us. If you would like to become a part of this campaign, and want to be eligible for a chance to have “Dinner with Barack,” please donate by 11:59 PM EST tonight.

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