Ideas for Change in America Update

by Allison Fine on 16 Dec 2008

title-change-in-americaTwo weeks into a grand experiment of crowd sourcing ideas for the incoming Obama Administration, Change.org has received 3,681 ideas to date in almost thirty different categories. According to Change.org Founder and CEO Ben Rattray, the Change community is getting deeply involved to champion these ideas --wtih around 10,000 comments and more than 100,000 votes.

They also have a huge and growing list of partner nonprofit groups including Campus Progress, People for the American Way, Oxfam, and well, you can check all of them out here.

Some of the hot topics:

  • Build a US Service Academy
  • National Election Day Registration
  • National Strategy for Sustainable Development
  • Keeping Toxic Toys off Shelves

So, get in there, make your voice heard and vote your top priorities.  And, stay tuned for round two as they narrow down the list and open up voting for the top ten ideas on January 5.

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