Obama Volunteers

Obama Volunteers Recruit Travelers to Maine

Paul Hogarth | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Paul Hogarth

The right treats Maine as ground zero in their effort to halt the march towards marriage equality, so defeating Question 1 on Nov. 3rd can have a national impact in the fight for same-sex marriage.

RED the Book: How to Turn Teenage All-About-Me-ism into Altruism

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living


Amy Goldwasser

Obama's call to service for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day was two weeks ago today. But to my generation, I'm afraid it may as well have been issued by Abe Lincoln. It's already history.

What Next, Obama Volunteers?

Dave Belden | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Dave Belden

Obama appealed to his volunteers to join a new organization, Organizing for America. Can an elected politician start a mass grassroots movement? Can it work to promote major change?

This Is a Call

Daniel Kohn | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics


Daniel Kohn

This is a call to you, Generation Obama. We must show the equal enthusiasm to our communities as we did in getting out the vote.

A Twentysomething's Guide to Going Green

Tracy Hepler | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green


Tracy Hepler

As twentysomethings, we have the power to influence the future of our environment. With our practices, our wallets and the Internet, we have the ability to significantly steer the course of the Green movement.

Your Very Best Friend, Barack

Victoria Lautman | Posted 12.15.2008 | Chicago


Victoria Lautman

I'm grateful to Obama supporters who didn't trumpet their insiderness and perks to everyone within earshot. Gratitude is one thing. Tolerating one-upsmanship another.

Campaigners Have Heavy Presence at Philly Polls

James Sanders | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


James Sanders

Campaigners for both political parties are not lagging around with their vote, and they are making sure that you don't either with tables and chairs l...

Every Morning Voting in Rural VA

Adrienne Birecree | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


Adrienne Birecree

My husband and I got up at 5am this morning so we would be at our polling place before it opened at 6am. We definitely knew where we were going. If w...

Messages from the Obama Campaign Nerve Center

Hilary Lambert | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


Hilary Lambert

"Ohio is the tip of the spear!" That's the kickoff phrase of the Obama campaign's Red, White and Blue Teams Volunteer packets, containing instructions for the hundreds of Obama campaign workers who are hunkering down across Ohio.

Teary 86-Year-Old Volunteer Meets Obama (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/YouTube | Anya Strzemien | Posted 12.04.2008 | Style


Charles Alexander is an 86-year-old Obama campaign volunteer from Boulder, Colorado. He won a raffle to meet Barack at the rally in Denver on October ...

Family Votes McCain, But That Doesn't Stop This Obama Supporter

Chidimma Ozor | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Chidimma Ozor

Paul Speirs is president of Steinbeck Communications, a Las Vegas-based public relations firm, whose clients include top companies in the gaming indus...

Inspiration Comes to Ohio

Hilary Lambert | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Hilary Lambert

This morning I saw Barack Obama speak on the steps of the Ohio statehouse. I finally understood something. I felt things I don't think I've ever felt.

College Students Travel to New Hampshire to Volunteer for Obama

Mary Ann West | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home


Mary Ann West

In the quintessential town of Keene, New Hampshire, volunteers waved as cars honked in support while standing on the picturesque Village Common, hoist...

'Rednecks for Obama' Rally in Springfield

Susie Hoeller | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home


Susie Hoeller

My friends, a couple and their two young girls, and I drove from Arkansas, two hours north to Springfield, Missouri for the Obama rally held Saturday ...

Obama Airs Two Prime Time Ads in McCain's Home State

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home


Marlene H. Phillips

By Marlene H. Phillips and Dawn Teo For the first time in this presidential election, Barack Obama has aired not one but two prime time ads in my sta...

Ohioans Vote Early in Large Numbers

Claudia Cruz | Posted 12.02.2008 | Home


Claudia Cruz

An off-week for the Ohio State football team possibly swelled the number of Franklin County Ohio voters that stood outside of Veterans Memorial to vot...

Baby Boomer Takes to the Road

Sue Bell | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Sue Bell

It is said by an African proverb, "it takes a village to raise a child." My village grew up with the Kennedy and Cuomo family tradition of dinner tab...

Retired Social Worker Connects for Barack on the Phone

Andrew Sprung | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Andrew Sprung

In July 2008, Roz Blau, was looking for the next major connection in her life. Recently retired after a 27-year career as a social worker, she had mov...

New to Political Campaigns, Volunteer Goes All the Way

Jennifer Treuting | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Jennifer Treuting

Frank Schlupp is a volunteer with the Obama campaign in Ward 58 of Northeast Philadelphia, an area that went heavily for Hillary Clinton in the primar...

Starting an Obama Group Gives Supporter Confidence, Diverse Community

Stefanie Fontanez | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Stefanie Fontanez

It was shortly after watching Barack Obama speak for the first time that Megan Meagher turned to a friend and said "I have to do something. I've never...

Openly Gay Newcomer Rises From Precinct Leader to Candidate for N.C. State Office

Wes Isley | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Wes Isley

Q&A with Wade Boyles For someone who had never volunteered for a political campaign until this year, Wade Boyles, 36, of Winston-Salem, N.C., hasn't ...

Oberlin Volunteer Canvasses Neighbor-to-Neighbor

Monica Klein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Monica Klein

The local middle school in Kathy Rednaur's old town used to call Child Abuse Services on her every few months. Eventually, she picked up and moved her...

Retired Teacher Uses His Background to Appeal to Voters in Red Territory

Tiffany C. Kern | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Tiffany C. Kern

Interview with Mike Burtch Biography: Mike Burtch is a retired school teacher from Turlock, CA. After a life of working the campaign trails for city...

Single Mom: Obama a Role Model to Her Sons

Tiffany C. Kern | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Tiffany C. Kern

Interview with Patty Hughes Biography: Patty Hughes is a single mother of two sons, ages 16 and 19 and has been a party of community organization, an...

Volunteer Invigorates Local Headquarters

Sheryl Z. White | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Sheryl Z. White

As a young child walking to school he would recite a rhyme that he learned from his grandmother - "Truman's in the White House eating bread and jelly....