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Stand & Deliver: Education // Voting Starts Monday! Friday, January 29, 2010
CreateHere is pleased to announce our participation in the Refresh Project, a vetting process for innovative ideas sponsored by Pepsi and GOOD. Our project is Stand & Deliver, a six-month community change process focused on improving education in Chattanooga. Awards are determined by a public vote, and polls are open February 1 through February 28.
We’re asking anyone who supports education to get the vote out during the entire month of February! Users can vote daily for up to ten different projects, which means you can cast 28 votes for Stand & Deliver, and up to 280 votes for projects that are revitalizing communities across the country. On Monday, our application goes live, available here.
But what’s the project? Stand & Deliver starts with the production and distribution of ground-setting documents—infographics, best practices, Stand data, and local interviews. These research pieces will be widely available in several formats, and will play a major role in engaging 1000+ people in two 24-hour citizen summits, to be held in October, 2010. During these summits, citizens will pitch potential projects, produce asset maps, connect with diverse skills sets, and act on the needs, and strengths, of local education. We’re asking for $50,000 to make this project possible.
So, how can you get involved?
First, vote for Stand & Deliver on Monday, and continue to do so during the entire month of February.
Next, get out the vote. To prepare for the openings of polls on Monday, we’ll be posting customizable emails, twitter messages, and Facebook statuses to the blog all weekend long. You can use these to reach out to neighbors, co-workers, and friends.
Finally, think big, and act accordingly. CreateHere believes all the ingredients for innovation and community renewal are already here: it’s just a matter of connecting people, ideas, and action. Help us kick-off this exciting project, and help us deliver on a promise to make our community better.
