Ideas for change – we all have them. I, for one, would like to change my mailman’s annoying habit of forgetting to deliver my mail every couple of days. But, it’s a long road from saying something should be changed to making the change real.
Take, for example, the Ideas for Change in America competition: over the past six weeks, you proposed, discussed and voted on over 2,500 ideas. From that original pool, 62 emerged as the finalists. On Monday, we’ll know which 10 stood out above all others as the winners. But, then what?
Then the real work begins! Working with each of the idea creators, the Change.org team will launch national grassroots campaigns, using both the Change.org site and our connections with decision-makers all over the country. In other words, we’re going to start trying to turn those 10 ideas into reality.
Of course we’ll start with what we do best: setting up petitions on behalf of the cause winners in order to raise even more awareness around the issues. Furthermore, our bloggers and editors will cover the many different aspects of these ideas through timely blog posts (and perhaps even a few guest posts from the idea creators themselves).
And, while we feel that our online campaigns are particularly effective (as I discussed last week) we want to do more to really propel these ideas into the limelight. As a result, we will endeavor to connect with members of the Obama administration or Congressional officials who would be most appropriate to comment on the idea and get them to do so – on video! These videos will be posted to YouTube and on Change.org and will serve as a great jumping off point for all of the campaigns.
While all this is well and good, you may be asking why I felt it necessary to tell you all this, including the bit about my mailman. The answer is simple: we need your help. Just like I can’t compel my mailman to deliver my mail in a timely manner on my own, we can’t turn these ideas into reality on our own either.
The idea creators have worked long and hard to present you with compelling ideas and you’ve cast your vote. But, now we need you to do more: we need you to sign those petitions and spread the word to your friends about the 10 things our community has decided need changing. We need to you take action and join the grassroots movements to create positive, progressive change in America. We can’t do it without your help.
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World leaders have been meeting and now, only five years to the deadline, there is a rush to ensure the problems plague the deaf poorest and must vulnerable are not addressed. However, the more decade-old Humanitarian policy is still-which will to offer deaf community to help offenders change their? The program had decongested us, and is at risk of coming to end, thanks to our poverty and hunger. Therefore, my voice on the relevance of university and college degree course to vision the MDGs on the meaning of degree education in which the……of the state should grow to material needs of society.
Education for All, this area should open to public view for us, the deaf, like any other social endeavourer, is meant to empower citizens with knowledge to meaningfully contribute to socio-economic development. I remind, with somehow the GDC was work in Kenya, that was helpfully, you should understand me what I to need to do to prepare for the deaf profession to aspire. Global Deaf Connection (GDC) was in Kenya in 1997 and found only 0% Deaf Teacher instructions Deaf Students. Therefore, now, there is more than 20 Deaf Teachers Employed in Kenya’s Deaf Schools. Imagine 90% of Kenya Deaf Primary will have a Deaf Teacher on Staff. Please, there is justifiable cause for concern that remaining five years. Only, through identify what our human re
Therefore, are required-can we allocate resource towards appropriate training on the sources requirements are-how many that deaf people are work of humanitarian in Africa? basis of need. That is a programme I to founding ‘Opportunity Give and Grow’ typing to break, innovative approaches and allocation of more Funds, of the MDGs by 2015 can be fast tracked.
The response would vary from the same person to person, community to community, depending on the use of the God-given talents and resources. That active love for the brethren acts as a proof of Christ and God.
Effective initiative indeed! Thank you !
That’s how Rome was built as well!
Congratulations!
Alea yahta est!
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I see nothing on this site about Wikipedia, Julian Assange, or Bradley Manning – all causes which I support. Seems like these would be naturals for change.org
When i visit a blog, chances are that I notice that most blogs are amateurish. On the contrary,I have to say that you have done a good job here.
I love this site. In fact I was just doing some creative brainstorming today trhinking about starting and/or joining with a massive non-for profit group and a for profit organization that fights back against greed, corruption and entities that take advantage of people and doesn’t allow for people to have a redress of grievances or anywhere to get their situations resolved where they have been wronged. I had resolved within myself not to be a victim anymore but to fight back with all of my knowledge/wisdom and energies to help myself and of course others who don’t think/feel they can find help take care of their problems and concerns. To me cause.org seems to be the ideal group to work with and is the right thing to do and help others around the world. “Right On” which is the catch word from the great 60′s and 70′s of my generation which needs to live on and empower all the people. Thank you so “Let’s Get This Party Started”.