| By halperindavid - Nov 5th, 2008 at 9:18 am EST |
| Also listed in: Campus Progress Updates |
As us older people say, OMG. In 76 days, after eight years of decaying, destructive conservatism in Washington, a fresh progressive President and Administration will take the reins.
Campus Progress is ready to work with you, starting right now, to turn this immense promise into lasting positive change. We can be your gateway to participating in critical efforts ahead. Read on to see how we can work together.
Today’s young people have lived much of their lives under the fiercely conservative, cynical, and incompetent regime of George W. Bush. The current administration has stomped on our values and done tremendous harm to our society.
But the thousands of young people who have worked to build a resurgent progressive youth movement never lost hope. You have organized effectively around the urgency of progressive change, on issues from economic opportunity to global warming. Now you have a chance to come to Washington, and to organize on your campuses and in your communities, to make that change a reality.
It will not be easy. Powerful interests will be working to block progress. The conservative movement may be intellectually bankrupt, but it still has plenty of cash at its disposal. Millions of dollars also will continue to flow from entrenched special interests to K Street to pay lobbyists and lawyers for efforts to halt reform.
That’s where you come in. If you are young and progressive, you now have a chance to take over the world. Join with Campus Progress and our partner organizations, and let’s see what we can accomplish.
Work with us and our partners on our national efforts to generate alternative energy and halt climate change; to make education affordable, health care accessible, and good jobs available; to strengthen civil rights and liberties; to bring our troops home from Iraq and advance a smarter foreign policy. Work with this Administration when it leads for progress, and hold its feet to the fire if and when it disappoints. Apply for a Campus Progress Action Grant, so we can help you win an issue campaign in your own community.
Express yourself and reach a national audience for your journalism and multimedia by contributing to our CampusProgress.org web magazine or Campus Progress Action’s Pushback blog. Apply for a Campus Progress Publication Grant to start or advance a progressive newspaper, magazine, or website on your campus.
Work with us to create events on your campuses and in your communities, with speakers, performers, and films that address the issues that matter most and inspire attendees to take action.
The Bush Administration has left a big mess to clean up. But few previous generations of young people have had such an opportunity to participate in the reinvention and reinvigoration of this country. You have done much to get us to this point. Here at Campus Progress, we can’t wait to be part of what you do next.
David Halperin
Director, Campus Progress
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