The People's House

From the President-Elect Obama's website:

Bring Americans Back into their Government

-Hold 21st Century Fireside Chats: Obama will bring democracy and policy directly to the people by requiring his Cabinet officials to hold periodic national broadband townhall meetings to discuss issues before their agencies.

-Make White House Communications Public: Obama will amend executive orders to ensure that communications about regulatory policymaking between persons outside government and all White House staff are disclosed to the public.

-Conduct Regulatory Agency Business in Public: Obama will require his appointees who lead the executive branch departments and rulemaking agencies to conduct the significant business of the agency in public, so that any citizen can see these debates in person or watch them on the internet.

-Release Presidential Records: Obama and Biden will nullify attempts to make the timely release of presidential records more difficult.

He also wants to open the White House to the public: like readings to school children; and the new oppening of the vistor center.

Use the link to read his new agenda.

Michael H. Drucker
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2008 Rock The Vote

Rock the Vote’s mission is to engage and build the political power of young people in order to achieve progressive change in our country.

Rock the Vote uses music, popular culture and new technologies to engage and incite young people to register and vote in every election. They give young people the tools to identify, learn about, and take action on the issues that affect their lives, and leverage their power in the political process.

They empower the 45 million young people in America who want to step up, claim their voice in the political process, and change the way politics is done.

Use the above link to get involved!

Michael H. Drucker
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Highlander Center's Elandria Williams at Take Back America

Highlander Center's Elandria Williams at Take Back America was definitely one of the highlights of the panel as well as the conference. Her speach seemed half presentation half performance, and she definitely captured the crowd's attention really quickly.



I really liked her point about how youth organizations need to ask young people what it is that they want and need. Simply put, the issues that are most concerning to activists in poorer areas aren't always the issues that the broader "movement" sees as most important. As she notes, it's hard to think about global warming when you're concerned about where your next meal is coming from.

Michael H. Drucker
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