I was down at William and Mary University yesterday, for my highly anticipated (by me, at least) annual talk with the student body about life, being bad ass, social E, making change ….and politics.
I wrote and op-ed for the Chronicle of Philanthropy last year about Matt Beato, a junior who was running for City Council, and the battle students undertook to get the right to vote in the communities where they went to school. Well….yesterday I returned to find that student leadership was on FIRE with energy and ideas. They have been registering students like mad, really getting involved in local politics AND (and this is a BIG and)…they are part of a larger student PAC, Virginia 21 that is fighting to insure that ALL Old Dominion students have the same opportunity and optimism about the political process.
Here’s a short but informative/fun video featuring three insanely cool young leaders who are truly making change happen. ;”>
And next week, I’m joining colleagues from Connect Richmond, VANNO and our host partner, The Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence for the 13th annual Nonprofit Learning Point Conference. We’ll be asking VA based nonprofits to GET UP, and get TOGETHER to get their Voice Value and Votes counted in the upcoming governor’s race. We plan on this being a model for some of the 36 races in 2010. STAY TUNED
Robert Egger is the Founder/President of CForward, a 501(c)(4) education/advocacy organization as well as a Political Action Committee (PAC) with the expressed purpose of educating and electing political candidates for office (federal, state, and local) who recognize the value of the nonprofits sector as a viable and strong asset in the economic rebuild of America. Since its founding in 2011, CForward has been recognized as one of the "Top Ten Nonprofits to Watch in 2012" by The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
In addition, Robert is the Founder and President of href="http://www.dccentralkitchen.org">DC Central Kitchen. His book on the nonprofit sector, Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient and Rewarding For All, received the 2005 McAdam Prize for "Best Nonprofit Management Book" by the Alliance for Nonprofit Management.
In Washington, Robert was the founding Chair of both the Mayor's Commission on Nutrition and Street Sense, Washington's "homeless" newspaper. He was also the Co-Convener of the first Nonprofit Congress, held in Washington DC in 2006.
Robert speaks throughout the country and internationally on the subjects of hunger, sustainability, nonprofit political engagement and social enterprise.
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