Change.org, the leading online platform for social change, today
announced it has opened voting for the Top 10 Ideas for America, to
be presented to the Obama Administration at an event at the
National Press Club in Washington, D.C., just days before the
Inauguration. Each winning idea will form the basis of a national
advocacy campaign organized in collaboration with leading
nonprofits to translate each idea into real policy.
The voting process comprises the second and final round of the
"Ideas for Change in America" competition, which was launched by
Change.org and MySpace in November 2008 in partnership with more
than 50 leading nonprofit organizations and a dozen online
political communities and voter registration groups, including
techPresident, Netroots Nation, Declare Yourself, Student PIRGs,
and HeadCount.
Since the launch of the competition more than 7,500 ideas have
been submitted, addressing major challenges ranging from global
warming to the economy to education. More than 30,000 comments have
been added and 250,000 votes have been cast to discuss and identify
the best among these ideas. This first round finished last week,
and voting to select the 10 winning ideas from 100 finalists will
run from January 5th through January 15th at
www.change.org/ideas.
Change.org also today announced it has partnered with the Case
Foundation to host an event at the National Press Club on January
16, 2009 to unveil the Top 10 Ideas for America. At the event,
Change.org and the Case Foundation will announce the launch of
national advocacy campaigns in support of each idea in partnership
with leading nonprofit groups. Following the announcement, a panel
that will include Chris Hughes, co-creator of My.BarackObama.com,
will discuss how new technology such as that used by the Obama
Campaign can help to advance greater levels of civic participation
in America.
"The inauguration gives every American a renewed opportunity to
get involved and make a difference," said Jean Case, CEO of the
Case Foundation. "Just by voting for Change.org's Top 10 Ideas for
America people across the country can help decide what some of our
initial steps are and become a critical part of making those ideas
a reality."
The Ideas for Change in America competition was launched in
response to President-elect Barack Obama's call for citizen
involvement in government, and the overwhelming response has shown
the extent of the interest people across the country have in
participating in the policymaking process in the same way they were
able to get involved in the 2008 campaign.
"The Obama campaign showed the power of the internet to get
millions of Americans to participate in politics in ways never
before possible," said Change.org founder and CEO Ben Rattray. "Our
aim is to demonstrate how the same technology can be used to create
a more participatory form of democracy and engage the American
public, leverage a diverse range of voices to generate innovative
ideas, and build momentum for specific policy change. We hope this
is the first of many efforts to use new models of online
collaboration and organizing to effect the change that so many
millions across the country seek."
ABOUT CHANGE.ORG
Change.org is an online hub and media network for social issues
and collective action. The San Francisco-based social
entrepreneurship venture operates a network of blogs covering more
than a dozen major social issues and has partnered with more than
3000 leading nonprofit organizations to provide outlets for
powerful action. Change.org was founded by two former classmates
from Stanford, Ben Rattray and Mark Dimas, in 2006.
ABOUT THE CASE FOUNDATION
The Case Foundation, created by Steve and Jean Case in 1997,
invests in people and ideas that can change the world. The
Foundation champions initiatives that connect people, increase
giving, and catalyze civic action. For more information, visit
www.casefoundation.org.
ABOUT MYSPACE
MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier
lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular
culture, and making a positive impact on the world. MySpace has
created a connected global community by integrating web profiles,
blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos,
photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college
communities, and member forums. MySpace's international network
includes more than 30 localized community sites in the United
States, Brazil, Canada, Latin America, Mexico, Austria, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, India, Japan, and
New Zealand. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp.
(NYSE: NWS) (NYSE: NWS.A) (ASX: NWS) (ASX: NWSLV).
Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, September
2008. For more information on comScore Networks, please go to
www.comscore.com.
ABOUT MYSPACE IMPACT
MySpace IMPACT's goal is to empower users to make a difference
in the world by building partnerships and programs focused on voter
education, voter registration, and voter turnout. To educate
MySpace users about candidates and issues, the company teamed up
with MTV in the primary season to produce a series of highly
interactive candidate town hall events geared toward young and
first-time voters called the MySpace/MTV Presidential Dialogues;
partnered with NBC News and msnbc.com to deliver high-quality
election coverage and citizen journalism opportunities to users
through a hub called Decision08; and worked with the Commission on
Presidential Debates to power MyDebates.org, the official online
companion to the Presidential Debates. MySpace IMPACT's online
voter registration is powered by the non-profit nonpartisan
organization Declare Yourself.
Contacts: Change.org Ben Rattray Email Contact 202-253-1288
MySpace Jamie Schumacher 310-969-7087 Email Contact The Case
Foundation Brad Burns 202-776-1400 Email Contact
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