Across the country, over 4,000 Unite for Change events will take place today. Ordinary citizens are preparing to open their homes to friends and neighbors to help build grassroots networks in their own communities. For many of them, today will be their first step towards finding their political voice.
Jim, in East Providence, Rhode Island, has never done any political organizing before but is expecting over thirty people for his event:
I have no political experience; I’ve never been involved in the way that I have been here. There’s been something compelling about Senator Obama since the get go. This is a bottom up campaign, and I couldn’t be more bottom than I am. I feel very comfortable jumping in at the bottom. I feel like I’m not risking failure because there’s no way to fall, we can only build the campaign up.
Jim planned his event as an open house, and expects an even mix of people who found the event through my.barackobama.com and friends and family that he’s invited.
Across the country in Seattle, JR is getting ready for his “Bring It On BBQ.” He’s been in touch with some of our Organizing Fellows, and is expecting a large turnout. JR’s apartment complex, home to over 4,000 people, has a convenient activity room where he’ll be hosting:
I saw the opportunity, having the community room, and I felt like that was something that I could offer the campaign to make a difference.
JR’s involvement with the campaign goes back to when he was a precinct captain in the Washington Caucuses. He’s planning on using his Unite for Change BBQ to strengthen ties with those he met at the caucus, while expanding the grassroots reach to the rest of the complex, where he’s been putting up flyers on the community bulletin board.
There are over 4,000 Unite for Change events planned in all fifty states going on throughout the day – click here to find one near you.
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