Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama

I'm asking you to believe, not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington...I'm asking you to believe in yours.
Barack Obama

This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other.
Barack Obama, Victory speech, Nov. 4, 2008

What Washington needs is adult supervision.
Barack Obama

This means you.

Never say, What can I do alone? You are not alone. But to be the change we seek, you must make the effort to find those who are with you on your issues. You must make the effort to be with those who need your assistance on their issues. You must have the courage to reach across to those who are not yet with you, but might be, and to stand up to those who are against you, as so many have done to get us where we are today. You do not need to be a superhero, solving problems alone. There are no such superheroes. You may need to be a quiet hero, a member of a community that can turn into a movement, and those are all around us. Or you may be able to be a not-so-quiet hero, and inspire your community and perhaps other communities to be the change we seek.

Here are a few places to look for issues. Ask around for the local communities working on them. Network and use the search engines to find communities online. Or join us here, where we address all of the issues.

• My.BarackObama.com Not just an election campaign site, but a governing campaign and networking site, now organizing house parties on the issues.
• Change.gov The Office of the President-Elect, now soliciting public input on each of the major issues discussed there.
• Obama campaign platform An earlier version of the issues
  
• Democratic platform An alternate version
  

Barack Obama's Issues

We should make our own pages for each of these, and send our thoughts to the Transition Team.

• Civil rights
• Defense
• Disabilities
• Economy
• Education
• Energy & Environment
• Ethics
• Family
• Fiscal
• Foreign Policy
• Health Care
• Homeland Security
• Immigration
• Iraq
• Poverty
• Rural
• Seniors & Social Security
• Service
• Taxes
• Technology
• Urban Policy
• Veterans
• Women
• Additional Issues

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Child Advocacy
Katrina
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Our issues

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