We talked about using media and new media on Sunday. I was enthused because this is my bailiwick. It was surprising because everyone in the room had a Facebook account. But not everyone in the room was using new media (like Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr, etc.) for their causes. I\u2019m not saying the internet is going to be the savior of grassroots organizing, but the instructors did a fine job of explaining what a handy tool it is. (After you make the connection to volunteers with one-on-ones, of course.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nDo I think that attending the Wellstone activist bootcamp was worth it? Absolutely. It was a positive way to connect with people who really cared about issues and wanted to change politics for the better. In the closing remarks they said that the three goals for the weekend that we were expected to carry with us were:
\n1. Continue expanding the base.
\n2. Make good public policy.
\n3. Keep developing positive messages.
\nThose are great concrete goals regardless of what issue\/campaign\/candidate you\u2019re working for.<\/p>\n
Was it perfect? No. Sometimes in groups we\u2019d get bogged down in silly hypotheticals or the activities were a bit childish feeling. But this is the sort of program that\u2019s needed right now. Something to rally people to take an interest in local politics. And maybe rally is the wrong choice of words, maybe it should be empower people in local politics. \u00a0Not because it\u2019s going to immediately change the world, but because it can improve the quality of life in their community now. As\u00a0 a politician once said, \u201cWe all do better, when we all do better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cWe all do better, when we all do better.\u201d These were some of the opening remarks at the January 14-16, 2011 session of Camp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,715,16],"tags":[2505,61,114,602,859],"yoast_head":"\n
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