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Comments on: President Obama http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2008/11/president-obama/ Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: mstelletello http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2008/11/president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-22772 mstelletello Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:30:33 +0000 http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=216#comment-22772 Given the path that President-elect Obama has chosen in his life, his passions appear to lie in urban renewal, service, education and poverty eradication (at home and abroad). A recent article in the Chronicle on Philanthropy http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v20/i14/obama.htm provides some perspective on where things might go after January 20, 2009. He and Michele Obama’s largest donation ($50,000) in 2007 went to the United Negro Fund. Second in line was CARE International and third was their church. I think we will see large investments in areas I mentioned above, encouraging innovative approaches and partnerships. I think all the children that have been left behind in our current education programs will no longer have to wait for that extra investment they need to do well in school. I think model programs that are working in urban ghettos and corners of the world we don’t even know about will be replicated and expanded. Service in our communities and abroad will take on a whole new appeal. So what does this mean to the nonprofit sector? If you are engaged in work in any of these areas, the change that we need to rebuild the world has finally arrived. Now we must rely on our creativity and innovation to sustain this change regardless of who leads our country in future decades. Mary Given the path that President-elect Obama has chosen in his life, his passions appear to lie in urban renewal, service, education and poverty eradication (at home and abroad). A recent article in the Chronicle on Philanthropy http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v20/i14/obama.htm provides some perspective on where things might go after January 20, 2009. He and Michele Obama’s largest donation ($50,000) in 2007 went to the United Negro Fund. Second in line was CARE International and third was their church. I think we will see large investments in areas I mentioned above, encouraging innovative approaches and partnerships. I think all the children that have been left behind in our current education programs will no longer have to wait for that extra investment they need to do well in school. I think model programs that are working in urban ghettos and corners of the world we don’t even know about will be replicated and expanded. Service in our communities and abroad will take on a whole new appeal. So what does this mean to the nonprofit sector? If you are engaged in work in any of these areas, the change that we need to rebuild the world has finally arrived. Now we must rely on our creativity and innovation to sustain this change regardless of who leads our country in future decades.

Mary

]]> By: LesterOR http://www.lapiana.org/blog/2008/11/president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-22770 LesterOR Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:34:50 +0000 http://www.lapiana.org/blog/?p=216#comment-22770 Yes, the election of Obama is a great affirmation of the power of really good community organizing. But I'm not convinced that we'll see greater excitement for community service among young people. Turns out that the participation of young voters this election was no more than it has been in recent elections -- only they supported Obama at a much higher rate than other recent Democrats. Only time will tell if Obama can maintain a high level of support and a focus on a long-range vision as he transitions from election to governing. Yes, the election of Obama is a great affirmation of the power of really good community organizing. But I’m not convinced that we’ll see greater excitement for community service among young people. Turns out that the participation of young voters this election was no more than it has been in recent elections — only they supported Obama at a much higher rate than other recent Democrats. Only time will tell if Obama can maintain a high level of support and a focus on a long-range vision as he transitions from election to governing.

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