Blog for Change

Blog for Change This week the world witnessed an amazing moment: As Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States in front of almost two million Americans and over a billion viewers around the globe, one could sense the emergence of a new era in America – one of change, hope, and responsibility.

President Obama’s inaugural message was a clarion call to service and action. “What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility,” he said. “A recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.”

The president’s message echoed the long-standing American values of hard work, sacrifice, and service. He stated without equivocation that by coming together, rolling up our sleeves, and working our tails off, we can do more than get ourselves out of the rut we’re in; we can make lasting change to benefit generations to come.

We couldn’t agree more, and in the next few months we will be answering this call to service by providing additional ways for the Change.org community to get directly involved in the work of ...