I went to an Obama “Change is Coming” house meeting this weekend.  Across the county, 4600 similar events were held, with over ½ million people planning to participate. 

The obvious goal is to keep the grassroots movement that got Barak Obama elected going but the emphasis of the meeting was on how local communities of people can prioritize and work together on solutions to local issues.  Key was implementing a community service project for the MLK holiday weekend leading up to the inauguration. Our group agreed to do 44 for the 44^th (President) and to reach out to spread the idea and share projects.

Some ideas are gathering 44 cans of food for the food pantry, donating 44 hours with a charity this holiday season, a donation of $44 or .44 cents to Pennies for Peace, tutoring a teen for 44 sessions, spending 44 minutes with a shut-in, I am sure there are many more. 

I think that real change can be made if the majority of Americans will continue toiling at the grassroots level to make sure we continue to enjoy true government of the people, by the people, and for the people.