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It’s really, really late in the evening and as one friend called it today, it feels like Christmas Eve. I’m sure Obama is still awake; I’m told thru mutual friends that he too can be a “night-owl.” I’m finally getting an opportunity to soak in the magnitude of what will take place tomorrow. A guy that’s just like me will take the oval office. What does “just like me” really mean and why do I feel really connected to my new President? In true confession, I was not wearing an Obama tatoo like so many others when he decided to throw his name in the hat to run for office. I continue to vote values and pledged to do that in this campaign. But it was this speech on March 18, 2008 that really sealed things for me. It was Obama’s “American Story” that made me realize how closely connected we were. Sure I realized that because of his Harvard past and Chicago ties that there are several mutual friends we had in common (i.e. Steve Mckeever, Hill Harper, Kenny Johnson, Michael Strautmanis, and several others) and the opportunity to be 1-2 degrees separated to the future President of the United States was real. But it …
Posted on Jan 20.09 to Uncategorized Comments
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Several months ago my friend, Actor (CSI) and Author (“Letters To A Young Brother, Letters To A Young Sister”) Hill Harper was talking to me about a vision he had to build an online destination that would connect people in communities around the world who are looking to create change. With the help of a talented team and the powerful software Ning, ForRealSolutions.com was built. It had been in a beta form for a minute (albeit growing daily with several new members) because Hill was busy getting his friend and Harvard classmate Barack Hussein Obama into the White House, where he played a key role raising money for the campaign. He and I did have time to launch a quick online “meme” Joes4Obama.com during the campaign; another project that started with a quick phone call and insights about McCain’s desire to use “Joe” as a hook. It was so impressive that I actually received a call from someone in Obama’s campaign camp which was flattering.
Fresh from the road last night Hill and I decided to open up the ethernet lines and broadcast lines with a live chat held on both Ustream and BlogTalkRadio to talk more about the vision for ForRealSolutions. Thanks to online influencers like …
Posted on Dec 23.08 to Uncategorized Comments
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In an effort to uncover all of the Joe’s The Plumber (and Joanna’s) of the world, Obama supporter and Harvard Law School classmate Hill Harper launched www.joes4obama.com which is accepting video submissions from regular “Joe The plumbers” everywhere who are Obama supporters. Launched this weekend the site is out to confirm that all “Joes” aren’t necessarily in favor of the McCain/Palin ticket. Harper, an actor on “CSI” also has a successful social network for folks engaged in the concerns of the world, called forrealsolutions.com.
Posted on Oct 20.08 to Uncategorized Comments
