Government and giving

I was going to title this post, “Michelle and me.” You see, I (and 10 million+ others or so) just got an email from Michelle Obama asking me to give to charity this holiday season. Here’s my personal email from Mrs. Obama: “Lucy – This holiday season, the grassroots movement you helped build can make [...]

Wire your cause

cross posted from justmeans In addition to bringing change to the White House, the Obama Presidential Campaign brought social media to the forefront of community activism. If you weren’t already a believer in the power of grassroots online community organizing before November 4th, you should be now. Of course, Obama was running for President, so [...]

Outsourced idea generation

ReadWriteWeb points to OhBoyObama as an “outsourced think tank.” The site allows users to submit policy ideas or proposals and the crowd to vote on them. The discussion about the site has focused largely on how it meshes (or doesn’t) with the campaign’s use of technology and its promises about data should the candidate become [...]