And the Winners Are…..

Thank you to everyone who participated in our recent blogging contest. We had a number of amazing stories about how groups are getting their work done.

The ten winners (and links to their organizations) are listed below. Each winner will receive a Flip video camera!

The results are in. The 10 winners of the organizing story contest are:

Julie Jansen – Residents of Renville County (no specific organization)

Duke Schempp – Romkey Park Neighborhood and People Escaping Poverty Project

Ramon Leon – Latino Economic Development Corporation

Larry Hiscock – Harrison Neighborhood Association

Maria Zavala – Family & Children’s Service

Nadine Schnettler – Cold Spring Community Band

Taehohn Lee –CAPI

Tracy Babler – HIRE Minnesota

Karin DuPaul – Dayton’s Bluff Community Council

Chris Romano – Riverview Economic Development Association

Thank you to everyone who participated!

Contest: Stories of Organizing

Welcome to We Change Together!

To kick this blog off, and to give you an example of how organizations can use new web 2.0 tools to create an online organizing community, we are hosting a blogging contest!

Using the comments section, submit a 150 word story telling us how community organizing has positively impacted your community. Personalize it even more by adding a photo or video.

You could win a Flip digital video camera for a nonprofit organization of your choosing!

Please keep entries short (150 words or less) and get them posted by June 30, 2009. Winners will be featured on the site in July.