The People's Agenda in Washington: Live Webcast Thurs, Dec 4 3pm EST

[wndycty]

I have been trying to generate attention to this great event I will be part of tomorrow but it seems rather than paying attention and seeing how the grassroots can and will connect with and engage the Obama administration and Congress many DUers just seem to ignore it. My friend Sally Kohn, who blogs at Huffington Post, just posted this:

The People's Agenda in Washington: Live Webcast Thurs, Dec 4 3pm EST

By Sally Kohn

Today, I sat in a room while a dozen or so everyday Americans prepared to share the stage with top leaders from the Obama transition team and the new Congress. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) will be shoulder to shoulder with April Page, a single mom working two jobs in Western Massachusetts. Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to Barack Obama, will sit next to Ghazala Chughtai, a Pakistani immigrant from Maryland. April, Ghazala and others were preparing for Realizing the Promise, a forum this Thursday, December 4 in Washington, DC, where over 2,000 grassroots leaders from across the country will present the people's agenda for change.

Watch the live webcast this Thursday, December 4 at 3:00pm EST.

Imagine if change wasn't about replacing a set of conservative elites with a set of liberal elites but actually delivering more power to the people! As a community organizer, it's in Obama's DNA to resist the urges of the Washington status quo to replicate itself with a blue-ish tint and instead implement the habits and structures of real democracy. Yes, this election is about change in the sense of policy --- re-regulating Wall Street, ensuring health care for all, fixing our trade policies wreaking havoc on both sides of the border.

But in this election, change was also about process, too --- it's no accident we elected a community organizer who won in large part by building a movement of voters who finally felt they could have a voice in politics. Don't be surprised when the new chorus fails to die down; once people get a taste of power they're expectations only tend to rise. On Election Day, Americans were merely clearing their throat. Now it's time to tell Washington what we want.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sally-kohn/the-peoples-agenda-in-was_b_148101.html

[Clio the Leo]

1. Thanks! I'm looking forward to it! NT

[ellacott]

2. Thank you

I won't be able to see the entire broadcast. Hopefully someone will be able to archive this.

It's great that he is listening to grassroots group. :)