The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.
Without trying, I'm different.
Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.
When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.
What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.
We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.
There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.
There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.
The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.
What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.