Dear Mr. President: On behalf of my brother, thank you

By Dylan Roberts

On August 14th my little brother Murphy had a Type 1 Diabetic seizure while hiking in Southern Utah. He fell, hit his head, and several hours later, passed away due to several complications…

Why We Started the Obama Alumni Association

I walked into an Obama field office in 2007 and State Director Buffy Wicks and Regional Field Director Brent Messenger showed me a map of California, asked if I wanted to be a “Field Organizer” and set me on a campaign path across numerous states. I…

From Stonewall to Stonewall: Progress and Pride.

Our Greatest Strength is Ourselves

I’m a part of a bunch of different networks.

As a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, when I run into another RPCV there’s a certain impactful life experience I know we share that others don’t. And it makes for nice banter at dinner parties.

Dear President Obama: My organizing journey

By Chad Guerrant

I am a 29-year-old 3rd generation multi-racial African-American man. I take a daily medication to control a seizure syndrome that I have been challenged with since I was young, so health care has been very…

Dear President Obama: You gave us our language

By Katharine Blake McGowan

Dear President Obama,

The morning after you were elected President in 2008, I was cleaning up the storefront field office I ran for you in Virginia when Joan Baez walked…

Dear President Obama: Thank you for the honor of serving

By Vania Marie Kinard

I had the great fortune to work on your 2012 re-election campaign in the Compliance Department. I began my journey in politics when I moved from my hometown of Highland Park, IL to…

Afropuffs and an Obama White House

On a bright morning in February of 2009 I walked into the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to begin working as an intern in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. This moment was the culmination of almost two years of working hard to elect Barack Obama…

Dear President Obama: Thank you for teaching me what politics really means

By Zack Davis

In the fall of 2006 I picked up a copy of “The Audacity of Hope” in a classmate’s dorm room and over the next few days I read the entire book multiple times. I…

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama: Thank You for Making ‘Smart’ Sexy!

By David Johns

There is something unique that happens when I am in a room filled with people of all races and ethnicities, socio-economic status, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions…