18 Oct 2011
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My earliest political memory was when my family joined a picket line supporting the teachers union’s fight over salary levels. I was only eight years old so I probably didn’t need much of an explanation for walking in a circle, chanting and carrying signs – it was just fun! But that early memory came back to me this past year when I saw tens of thousands turn out to protest...
One of the things I love about living in the Midwest is the change of seasons. You can tell it’s coming when the wind changes.
And like the wind signaling the start of fall, a wind of social change is in the air. There are a lot of us who have been waiting for a change. We’ve seen the course our country is on, and it scares us. Bankers run amok, leaders can’t lead, people...
Portia Boulger hosted a successful house meeting in her hometown of Chillicothe. Here’s what Portia has to say about why the meetings are so important:
To create good jobs, we must first fight back against the attacks on labor and the working middle class and the lack of taxing the wealthy and corporations. Those in city, county, state, and federal offices, be they Democrats,...
Thousands of Americans confronted the jobs crisis in house meetings held in all 50 states over the weekend. There were over 1,550 total, which resoluted in concrete solutions to create jobs.
MoveOn.org and Change Nation joined forces to facilitate the house meetings. Gabe Gonzales, our national campaign director, had this to say about the meetings:
It’s painfully obvious to...
Senka Huskic is a full time-mom with a full-time job. She describes herself as “an activist for a better tomorrow and social justice.” Her family came to the U.S. from war-savaged Bosnia in 1995. Huskic said she has never regretted leaving her homeland and says the United States is the best country in the world, and Americans are the most amazing people. But Huskic says all...
