My name is Chris Scanzoni, I currently live in Asheville, North Carolina, and I will be attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the fall as a Freshman. I have often posted diaries that told my story to the DKos community. If you have not yet read that diary, I urge you to do so now.
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Since South Carolina, I have organized in Western North Carolina putting in 30+ hours/week as a second semester high school senior. Despite senioritis, choosing colleges, and saying goodbye.
Recently, on a whim, I applied to the Obama Organizing Fellow program. Then, one month later, I received this amazing letter:
Congratulations!
We've reviewed your fellowship application, and we are pleased to offer you admission into the North Carolina Obama Organizing Fellows program.
The program in North Carolina will begin with a three-day training June 14th - 16th. After training, you will work with our staff and other fellows to organize for Barack in communities across the state through July 26th.
In order to accept the position and participate in the Fellows program, you must fill out this form by Monday, May 26th at 5:00 p.m. Central:
http://my.barackobama.com/...
If you accept this offer and join the program, someone from the campaign will call you next week to welcome you personally, discuss further details, and answer any questions you have.
Thank you for all that you've done -- we look forward to meeting you and working with you in the weeks and months ahead.
Jon
Jon Carson
Voter Contact Director
Obama for America
When I received this note, I had some big choices to make:
- Would I be OK with leaving all of my friends in my high school graduating class during the LAST summer I will have with them?
- How would I pay for this?
Because I will be attending UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall and I will organizing in this state, I wanted to do something new and foreign to me and, thus, I refused to work in North Carolina for the summer.
Not too much later, I hesitantly accepted the fellowship... in Ohio.
I need help Kossacks! I am only 17 years old, I'm going to have to pay for most of my college education, and I can't afford gas and food for this summer.
But, how can I not do this? This is a movement, this is my passion, and I can make a huge historic difference this summer.
I am begging the DKos community to help me out this summer. I will graciously accept donations at my PayPal page.
For me, this election and (more than that) this candidate is someone that I can't refuse to pour my heart in to. This is my calling and my generation's calling.
I hope that you all can help out.
Thank you.
UPDATE
LINKS OFFICIALLY WORK, again. Sorry for any inconvenience...