Commongood Careers

Citizen Schools is a finalist in the Change.org “Ideas for Change in America” contest

NOW we need your vote to connect them with Obama!

Citizen Schools (www.citizenschools.org), a partner of Commongood Careers, operates a national network of afterschool programs for middle school students in low-income communities.  Citizen Schools recently made it to the final round of the “Ideas for Change in America” contest on Change.org, running at the top of the Education category. 

Started in response to President-elect Obama’s call for greater citizen involvement in government, the Change.org contest asks citizens to vote online for powerful ideas.  The top 10 ideas across all categories will be presented to the Obama administration as part of an event at the National Press Club in DC on January 16th, and then supported by a national advocacy campaign run by Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen leading nonprofits.

Please check out their idea to “Mobilize mentors, tutors, and Citizen Teachers to help kids succeed” and cast your vote today (voting ends at on January 15).  Learn more at
http://citizenschools.org/change/

Help Commongood Careers and Citizen Schools seize this opportunity to change the debate about education, and mobilize millions of mentors, tutors and Citizen Teachers to help kids succeed.  Together, we can make our voices heard in Washington, D.C. and make a difference for children throughout the nation.

Here’s how to vote (it takes 60 seconds and is EASY!):
If you’re a first-time Change.org voter, follow the 6 easy steps below. If you’ve already registered on the Change.org site, you can go to http://change.org and jump right to STEP 4.

STEP 1: Click here: http://www.change.org

STEP 2: On the home page, click on the ‘Join Today’ button to register an account.

STEP 3: Check your inbox and click on the confirmation link from Change.org.

STEP 4: On the Change.org home page, click on the ‘Ideas’ link at the top right.

STEP 5: In the ‘Search Ideas:’ box on the right side of the page, type in: “mobilize mentors”.

STEP 6: Click on the “Vote Now” button. (Note: If the Votes icon turns red, your vote has been counted.)

That’s it!  Thank you!
http://citizenschools.org/change/