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Obama Pushes Citizen Service Out of the Nest
techPresident —
... This afternoon, Team Obama ported the day-of-service feature from the Presidential Inaugural Committee site to its own stand-alone domain, USAservice.org. For some background on what they're up to when it comes to citizen service, see ...
USASERVICE.org
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... The initiative and new Web site -- usaservice.org -- will allow citizens to use online tools similar to those that Barack Obama's team crafted and employed with such success during the campaign. Via the site, users can host or seek out events in their community. ...
Linda Bergthold: Monday January 19th- Barack it forward
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... On Martin Luther King Day, Monday January 19th, President-elect Obama has encouraged all Americans to participate in some type of service in their community. To facilitate that, the Inaugural Committee has set up another of their great websites, Usaservice.org , with an easy to use ...
Michelle Obama Wants You
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
The incoming first lady sends this friendly reminder in support of her husband’s call for a national day of service. In keeping with the Obamas’ Web savvy, Michelle would like you to visit usaservice.org, a volunteer networking site created in the image of the campaign’s ...
USAservice.gov and the National Day of Service
Pundits Blog —
USAservice.gov and the National Day of Service ( Craig Newmark ) Barack Obama epitomizes a new spirit of service, to the country, to each other. His presidency, the day before Inauguration, Martin Luther King Day, is a national call to service. This combines traditional public service, including military and Peace Corps, with volunteerism, a sort of craigslist for service . That is, service is top-down and also grassroots. If you're reading this, you get the idea. What's new is that the incipient administration is getting its act together on this. Unlike past calls to service, President-elect ...
You Don't Have to Be There
The Caucus —
... in this celebration.” HBO will show a Sunday afternoon event, which takes place at the Lincoln Memorial, for free, and the Disney Channel will broadcast a Kids’ Inaugural concert that Michelle Obama and Jill Biden will host from Washington’s Verizon Center. ABC is also set to show a “Neighborhood Inaugural Ball.” Mr. Obama also said people could find out about local events by texting his committee, and he encouraged people to look for volunteer service opportunities at a new site, USAservice.org .
Obama's Call To Service (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Barack Obama released a new television ad this week entitled "Step Forward" to encourage Americans to embrace a new spirit of service. Those interested in the President-Elect's message should head to USAService.org to learn more about the nearly 8,500 projects listed on the Web site. ...
Obama's Call To Service (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Barack Obama released a new television ad this week entitled "Step Forward" to encourage Americans to embrace a new spirit of service. Those interested in the President-Elect's message should head to USAService.org to learn more about the nearly 8,500 projects listed on the Web site. ...
HuffPosters: Tell Us, Where Will You Volunteer On MLK Day?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... in the country by volunteering their time. If you choose to spend Monday in service to your community, tell us what you will be doing. Whether volunteering at a food drive or helping your neighbor restructure his mortgage, we want to know what you are doing and why.
Put your plans in the comment section of this post and on Monday we will publish a select few as a way of reminding readers to volunteer.
If you cannot find a place to lend your time, the Renew America Together website has a comprehensive list of options. ...
HuffPosters: Tell Us, Where Will You Volunteer On MLK Day?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... in the country by volunteering their time. If you choose to spend Monday in service to your community, tell us what you will be doing. Whether volunteering at a food drive or helping your neighbor restructure his mortgage, we want to know what you are doing and why.
Put your plans in the comment section of this post and on Monday we will publish a select few as a way of reminding readers to volunteer.
If you cannot find a place to lend your time, the Renew America Together website has a comprehensive list of options. ...
Inaugural Weekend: What the TWN Game Card Looks Like
The Washington Note —
... 8. On Monday, Martin Luther King day, I'll be doing something in the morning as a gesture to public service. I haven't figured out what I am going to do -- but I was impressed with a gesture by the Obama Presidential Inaugural Committee and Colin Powell to encourage people to go to this website to look at various volunteering opportunities they might get involved with. I recently attended a news conference with Colin Powell who helped launch ...
Official Obama inaugural schedule for Monday, January 19
Top of the Ticket —
... in service to others; who believed that everybody can be great because anybody can serve.
According to the inaugural committee, unlike past calls to service, Obama will ask Americans to do more than offer just a single day of service to others. He will ask all Americans to make an ongoing commitment to our communities, because it is precisely that sense of unity and shared purpose that is necessary to solve our greatest common challenges.
Community Service Website: www.USAservice.org
The Community Service Day Lunch
On Monday, ...
Obama Honors King With Community Service On Day Before Inauguration
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
WASHINGTON — Fresh off a rollicking celebration in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, President-elect Barack Obama is shaping the final day of his pre-presidential life around another giant figure, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Even before Obama ventured from Blair House to join a community renovation project in honor of King, crowds started forming on the streets of the capital Monday morning. The attraction: remote broadcasts by television networks and local affiliates, and throngs of onlookers braved the cold to watch the live broadcasts.
Monday is the federal holiday commemorating the ...
Obama Honors King With Community Service On Day Before Inauguration
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
WASHINGTON — Fresh off a rollicking celebration in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, President-elect Barack Obama is shaping the final day of his pre-presidential life around another giant figure, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Even before Obama ventured from Blair House to join a community renovation project in honor of King, crowds started forming on the streets of the capital Monday morning. The attraction: remote broadcasts by television networks and local affiliates, and throngs of onlookers braved the cold to watch the live broadcasts.
Monday is the federal holiday commemorating the ...
A Call for a Day of Service
The Caucus —
... in their communities, their cities, and their country.“Tomorrow, we will come together as one people on the same mall where Dr. King’s dream echoes still. As we do, we recognize that here in America, our destinies are inextricably linked. We resolve that as we walk, we must walk together. And as we go forward in the work of renewing the promise of this nation, let’s remember King’s lesson - that our separate dreams are really one.” The Obama staff also is pointing people to find USAservice.org to find a service event.
Elizabeth Rigby: Rejecting Cynicism this MLK Day
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... the eve of the inauguration of a president who is making public engagement and volunteerism a foundational element of his governing strategy. In fact, the president-elect is partnering with the MLK Day of Service initiative to kick off his community service push, beginning with another call for all of us to participate in community service projects over the holiday weekend. More than 8,500 service project options are posted on the administration's newly-launched USA Service website (www.usaservice.org). ...
Aimee Liu: Obamerica's Digital Congregation
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... he had no more intention of honoring the values of Jesus than he had of honoring the Constitution of the United States.
Thanks to digital organizing, Barack Obama now has a secular congregation as big as all America. That congregation elected him. Now that same congregation is going to practice the values that he has preached. And we are going to do it using the same technology that wired his campaign. We finally have our network.
If you don't believe me, go to www.usaservice.org
This site, in effect, is the 2009 edition of www.barackobama.com ...
Presidency 2.0
The Moderate Voice —
I didn’t watch the Inauguration because my power went out at 11:55, so while I won’t have an especially uplifting memory of the event, at least it’ll be a unique one. I followed a link to WhiteHouse.gov that showed the civil rights page has more LGBT bulletpoints than racial or gender, but to me the most interesting thing was the White House Blog. The first post is timestamped 12:01 PM and promises an interactive website complete with RSS feeds, searchable databases of executive orders/proclamations, and full text of all bills that are ready to be signed, in order to allow for public ...
Information Age Volunteerism - Open Sourced! Crowdsourced!
techPresident —
Information Age Volunteerism -
Open Sourced! Crowdsourced!
My mom friended me on Facebook last
week. This was the last decisive indicator that we've formally entered
the Information Age. The transformation touches so many aspects of our
lives, from family relationships ...
Obama NBA All-Star Game Halftime Message About Community Service
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
WASHINGTON — It's another call for public service from President Barack Obama.
He says all Americans should help out in their communities. That could mean reading to children or repairing basketball courts.
The basketball-playing president taped a message for Sunday night's NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix. The White House released excerpts ahead of the broadcast. Obama's taped message will air at halftime.
The president is encouraging people to visit a Web site _ _ to find jobs that need done near their homes. He says everything from putting together care packages ...
Obama NBA All-Star Game Halftime Message About Community Service
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
WASHINGTON — It's another call for public service from President Barack Obama.
He says all Americans should help out in their communities. That could mean reading to children or repairing basketball courts.
The basketball-playing president taped a message for Sunday night's NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix. The White House released excerpts ahead of the broadcast. Obama's taped message will air at halftime.
The president is encouraging people to visit a Web site _ _ to find jobs that need done near their homes. He says everything from putting together care packages ...
Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson: It is Time to Serve
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... o At the Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles, veteran volunteers were joined by first-timers Sharon Allerson, Isaiah McGee, and Eileen Weisinger, who signed up through www.usaservice.org, a website created by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. The volunteers educated children about tolerance and the civil rights movement. They read books and created art to share their own dreams. ...
"Use Your Blank for Good": NYC Launches Citizen-Centered Service Initiative
techPresident —
Inspired by President Obama's call to service and timed to roll out alongside the new Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's NYCService.org matches the city's ready and willing citizens to volunteer ...
To Serve
PoliPundit.com —
I was inspired by Barack Obama in this public service announcement to find a way to serve my country.
I went, as requested, to usaservice.org, which redirects to www.serve.gov.
This is the local service opportunity I found:
2nd Annual Obama Loving Day Potluck BBQ & Pool Party (Community Service)
Last years’ BBQ was a big hit and we have decided to have the event again to celebrate diversity, love, our Obama victory and our continued fight ...
