Obama just keeps delivering on his promise to engage citizens to GET INVOLVED.
Check out this video from Michelle calling people to action.
They've created a site for people to find out how they can Get Involved in their community and it features a brilliant list of events for individuals across America and it's got a great mixture of charities and lots of everyday individuals.
Go to CALL TO SERVICE and try searching for an event. It's truly inspirational. Try typing in a state and a date and you'll find lots of amazing grassroots postings from the thousands of Americans they connected with over the course of the campaign. I searched California and there was everything from Bone Marrow Registration, to clothing drives at people's homes, to food drives at local variety stores. Brilliant at harnassing the power of the internet to get people active and engaged in a variety of ways.
We need a Canadian politician to take up the call and do the same!!!
The 21st Century Citizen. How do we Get Involved Today?
For the past ten years my partner at qmedia solutions and I have been doing a lot of pro bono work for a number of not-for-profits and charities. We've really enjoyed it but we wanted to do more. First we wanted to tell stories about some of the amazing people who had inspired us. And so we started with TV storytelling and on October 26th Get Involved had it's World Premiere on TVO-- Ontario's premiere public broadcaster. So far we have produced 25 profiles of amazing innovators, social entrepreneurs and activists. Take a look at our stories. Tell us what you think. Tell us about people or organizations that inspire you. During our research we sensed a growing movement growing all around us-- people realizing their skills and their expertise can be used not only to bring them financial rewards but deeper connection and meaning in their lives. And so our next step was to concieve of a website that would transform the inspiration of the television profiles and help propell people into action and Getinvolved.ca was born. Join the conversation...
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