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Students for Barack Obama

Students for Barack Obama is the official student wing of the Obama for America campaign. We're a national organization of high school, college, graduate, and law students united by a common mission—to change American politics by helping to elect Barack Obama President of the United States. For more information, to find the chapter on your campus, or to start a new chapter, please visit our website: http://students.barackobama.com

Students For Obama Video: "I Believe"

By Eddie Lee, Obama Staff - Oct 16th, 2008 at 3:36 am EDT

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For many students, this is the most important election of their generation. Senator Obama has energized students across the country to get involved and to take this election into their own hands. Watch this video of students talking about why they support Senator Obama:

If you are a student and you want to volunteer, sign up now at http://action.barackobama.com/page/s/newvolunteer

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Believing in the American Dream: Kim Ndombe Casts Her First Ballot

By Eddie Lee, Obama Staff - Jan 9th, 2008 at 5:41 pm EST

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On January 8th, voters across the Granite State casted their ballots in the first-in-the- nation primary. One of those voters was Kim Ndombe. Inspired by her mother who crossed the ocean because of her undying belief in the American Dream, Kim sought to make that dream available to all Americans. From dawn to dusk, she held signs, knocked on doors, made phone calls and cast her first ever vote for Senator Obama.

This desire is not hers alone—on Tuesday, thousands contributed to this story we call hope. This is their story:

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"Everyone is doing this because they want to make a difference."

By T. Neil Sroka - Oct 17th, 2007 at 7:17 pm EDT

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Jasmine, a student at A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, began making calls for Barack Obama a few weeks ago because one of her friends asked her if she was interested in getting involved. She was a little apprehensive at first because she was so busy with homework, extracurricular activities, and a weekend job, but after her first night on the phones, she was hooked.

"Ever since that first night, I started feeling like, 'I gotta go. I gotta be there. I have to do all I can to help Barack win.' It's almost like a sickness."

While it probably helped that Jasmine didn't mind spending time on the phone helping identify new Obama supporters ("I love being on the phone... it's practically my hobby..."), her passion for Barack came easily given his steadfast opposition to the war in Iraq. Jasmine's Uncle Jamie has been back and forth to Iraq twice, while her much loved family friend, Antonio, is over there right now,

"He calls us every now and again to tell us that he's safe, that he's just guarding barracks, but... I worry. The people that are going over there are just so young, they're my age... [and] they're being shipped off almost as soon as they get out of Basic [training]."

Although Barack's position on the war and plan for bringing her friends and family back from Iraq might motivate her support, what keeps bringing Jackie back to the office in Columbia week after week has been the people she's met and the culture of the campaign.

"I just really like coming in -- everyone smiles and is so nice. It's almost a stress reliever after the day at school, because everyone here is doing this because they want to make a difference."

If you're interested in volunteering with the campaign here in the South Carolina sign-up to volunteer online or contact your local field office for more information. College and high school students are especially encouraged to join the campaign's Students for Obama phonebanks every Wednesday for an evening of food, fun, and phonecalls. Contact your local field office for more information and check out the pictures below from the past few weeks of Students for Obama evening phonebanks.

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Team Obama Registers Over 1100 New Young Voters in SC in One Week!

By T. Neil Sroka - Sep 10th, 2007 at 3:31 pm EDT

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You are incredible! Just one week after the launch of our State-wide Youth Program, we've registered over 1100 Young Voters across the Palmetto State!

After seeing our friends down in Orangeburg register dozens of new voters at SC State last Thursday and up in Greenville on Saturday, I probably shouldn't be surprised, but it is hard not to when you're seeing this many young people throughout South Carolina motivated by a candidate to get involved in politics for the first time.

Needless to say a special thanks goes out to all the students and young people who took to clipboards, tables, and telephones to get their friends and neighbors involved in our movement to change the country. It may be awhile until our victory on January 29, but your hard work this past week played a crucial role in helping the state's youth take those first key steps.

Stay tuned to sc.barackobama.com for more information about our incredible youth program we're running here in South Carolina in the days and weeks ahead and check out all the photos from the events we've collected over the past week in the slideshow below.

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Pictures from Barack's Visit this Afternoon with CDA

By T. Neil Sroka - Jul 26th, 2007 at 6:14 pm EDT

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Barack just left College Democrats of America about an hour ago, but we already have photos up of the event! Check out the slideshow below...

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**LIVE**: Barack @ CDA

By T. Neil Sroka - Jul 26th, 2007 at 4:00 pm EDT

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I'm Neil, the New Media Director in South Carolina, and I'm super excited to be blogging LIVE from the College Democrats of America convention in right here in the capitol of the Palmetto State, Columbia.

The Students for Obama team is already here in mass and Barack should be starting his speech around 5pm EST. Click the Read More link below to follow the speech as it happens.

Last Updated: 5:12 PM EST

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Barack inspires Webster City

By Chris Otness - Jun 26th, 2007 at 11:40 am EDT

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On Saturday June 16th we had the Webster City Potluck where Senator Obama spoke and met with folks from all over Iowa. The Daily Freeman-Journal noted that this might have been the largest political gathering in Webster City in 25 years.

It’s hard to articulate just how much excitement was in the air but that quote from the Daily Freeman-Journal says it all. People are really responsive to Barack’s vision of a united country striving to meet the challenges each of us face every day. Even though the crowd was big – and it was scorching hot out – many people stuck around to talk face-to-face with Barack afterwards. Pretty impressive!

I also wanted to comment on some of the behind-the-scenes work that was going on. So many volunteers gave up their Saturday just to help out, and the event ran smoothly and everybody did a fantastic job. I've never seen so many people work so hard to make sure that everything was flowing smoothly. But then again I’ve really never seen a candidate like Barack who gets people so inspired to work together and promote change.

On a personal level, one of the best parts of the day was after the event when Senator Obama, probably exhausted from standing in the sun all day and talking with folks, took the time to take a picture with all the event volunteers in a nearby firehouse.

I am pretty sure my mother has already framed this picture and mailed it out to all of her friends.

All in all the event was a big hit and everybody who volunteered or attended had a great time.

If you're in or around Ames, feel free to stop in at our field office at 303 Welch Avenue or give us a call at 515-268-3148. We'd love to see you!

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Take Barack's Message With You

By Tobin Van Ostern - Jun 25th, 2007 at 1:08 pm EDT

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A few days ago we launched a mobile text messaging program. Not only can you sign up for texts, you can also download wallpaper and ringtones for your cellphone (try texting ringtone1 to OBAMA).

The ringtones are an innovative way to get Senator Obama’s message out there. As John Della Volpe, director of polling at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics and founder of SocialSphere Strategies, puts it the ringtone is “going to create conversations.” When it plays while you are out in public and someone asks you about it, just ask them to text GO to OBAMA and they will get more information about Senator Obama.

We hope you will find these ringtones fun and enjoyable. For those times when your cell might ring out at an inopportune moment, such as class, I suspect that teachers might be a bit more lenient when they realize that its public policy and civic participation coming out of your cellphone.

Jon Stewart has gotten the Obama ringtone fever ( Daily Show clip). Shortly after our launch he did a hilarious segment highlighting the new ringtones in a variety of means from referencing a bus equipped with spinning rims adorned with Obama logos to Stewart himself dancing to the beats. Stewart’s glowstick dance moves paired with Obama’s ringtones must have been a hit –downloads of the ringtones doubled following the show’s airing.

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Students for Barack Obama OFFICIAL Blog

By Mary Hodge - Jun 4th, 2007 at 9:52 pm EDT

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The official Students for Barack Obama blog is located at

students.barackobama.com

Check it frequently for profiles of students, events, campaign news and action alerts.

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