Case Foundation Launches “Change Begins With Me” Campaign
Posted by Allison Fine on December 29, 2008
The Case Foundation just launched their “Change Beings With Me” campaign to coincide with the new year and new administration in Washington, DC.
Tell the Case folks how you’re going to help change the world in 2009 (in 250 characters or less, think of it as a muscular Tweet!) and a few lucky winners will get:
n Inauguration trip for two and a unique opportunity to serve on MLK day! Package includes:
- two tickets to the Inaugural Ceremony & the Hawaii Inaugural Ball
- three-nights hotel stay
- airfare for you and a guest to the Nation’s Capitol
- a Flip video camera
Here are a few of the commitments already up on the site:
| Dorothee R: leveraging the power of social media to mobilize volunteers in my community. I plan to use online networks to gather crowds for short and fun volunteer flash mobs to benefit homeless shelters, food banks and local parks. | ||
| Keyoka N: Volunteering more, I just recently volunteered helping high school sophmores and I had a blast, I realized how much I enjoy helping kids and young adults make decisions today that will ultimately decide their future. | ||
| Josephine T: Making my neighbourhood cleaner and safer. I also plan to make more people aware of the FREE assistance programs that are available to those who are in need of mortgage modifications. |
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Juan Rodriguez said
In 2009, I will transform my role in the organization, Students Working for Equal Rights (SWER) from being an active leader to being more of a community organizer in the movement for immigrant rights. I will get leaders to come together discussing issues strategically and motivating them to take initiative on their ideals. I will begin this at college campuses where SWER is present, and then stem off into the feeder high schools to those colleges in order to identify the next round of leaders to carry the torch. I believe full-heartedly in the invaluable power of grassroots organizing, and thus, I will seek to empower undocumented students to have full confidence in themselves and full pride in their potential to better the lives of their families and communities. I had the honor of being given this opportunity just coming out of high school, and as a committed participant in the movement, I understand that it is my duty to continue that tradition. We’ve got a great group of leaders in SWER, and I know that I can play a key role in getting the organization to the next level in building power across college campuses in Florida to change the policies oppressing families in our state. One courageous step I intend to take is that of running for the position of President in the statewide community college student government association (FJCCSGA), in order to coordinate the efforts of passionate student leaders of social justice statewide.