[Oe List ...] Fw: homegrown in Asheville NC

[Marsha Hahn]

Thanks, Marianna.  What a great story about how they made the video!  I like their choice not to get caught up in the negative swirl around McCain/Palin, but to focus on the hope and positive direction that Obama has sought to embody and articulate since he first came onto the national stage.  Way to go, Asheville!
 
Marsha

--- On Sat, 10/18/08, Marianna Bailey <wmbailey at charter.net> wrote:

From: Marianna Bailey <wmbailey at charter.net>
Subject: [Oe List ...] Fw: homegrown in Asheville NC
To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <OE at wedgeblade.net>
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 3:08 PM





 

This is a nice presentation and it's homegrown here in Asheville.

www.ManifestObama.com 








Please do yourself a favor, go to this site created here in little

Asheville, North Carolina at Obama's rally and Enjoy!!






Here is the story that goes with the  site:





About two weeks ago, I got an idea for this site --> ManifestObama.com

which would help people visualize Obama being president.  We felt that

people seemed to be focusing on what they DIDN'T want, paying alot of

attention to the other side's "low-road" behavior & especially Palin's

shortcomings.  And their poll numbers were going up, b/c so much

(negative)

attention was focused on them.  We strongly believe that "what you focus

on

grows" - we've seen this over & over again in our lives & the world around

us - and wanted to help ourselves & our friends change our focus to what

we

DO want.  Which is peace, prosperity, leadership, hope & change - all

possible if Obama wins on November 4th.





It seemed very improbable 2 weeks ago that we could find time in our

seriously overcommitted schedules to make any kind of viral video or

website.  Where would we get any compelling footage - wandering around

downtown Asheville?  Who would make the video - we don't know anything

about

videography - and make it something worth watching?  How would we find the

time & resources to get this thing done?  But we just had a sense that it

was going to happen somehow, and decided not to focus on the questions,

but

instead to visualize it being complete.





Things started "magically" falling into place - Jamie's scheduled

barbershop chorus competition last weekend got canceled, so he had time to

work on it; Patrick Scully - Jamie's dear buddy, boss & graphic design

genius - had an unexplainable hole in his production schedule; he had just

bought a digital video camera he lent us.  Then Obama announced he would

be

preparing for the second debate IN ASHEVILLE of all places and would be

speaking at a rally that weekend.  Who were we to question at that point?

We packed up the kids and got in line 5 and a half hours before the

speech,

with video camera in hand.





The energy at the rally was unlike anything we've experienced.  People

smiling, making friends, comparing stories about why we're so energized,

and

admitting we've never been so devoted to any political cause in our lives.

The emotion was palpable.  When Obama finally took the stage, with an

estimated 28 thousand supporters packed in & around Asheville High

football

field, I don't think there was a dry eye in the place.  It was a day that

all six of us will always remember.





We got just the right footage, and Jamie & I stayed up till 2am on


Tuesday

night editing it down with iMovie.  The next day, we got the gracious

permission of Billy Jonas to use his recording of "Sanctuary" as the

soundtrack.  Patrick created an amazing design.  Jamie spent most of

yesterday programming the website.  Even though it's been a while since he

has done it, everything fell into place.





What are we asking from you?  Email a link to the site to everyone you

know who might be receptive, and ask them to do the same.  If you know

how,

use social bookmarks/media (Digg, StumbleUpon, Facebook...) to promote the

site to people we don't know.  Blog about it, link to it, tell people

about

it - spread the word in any way you can.  It only takes a minute, and

every

person who feels it, even a little bit,  will have a ripple effect in

their

thoughts & actions.  We've got to use the power of visualization and let

it

spread.  Let the smile on your face as you say "President Obama" spread to

others as if you were handing them a flower.  This really works, and we've

got to do it.





Jamie and I strongly believe that this is the most important election in

our lifetimes, and that the stakes are extremely high.  We believe that

Obama is the leader we need right now - he has emerged against the odds

for

a reason.  Please, join with us in holding the image of President Obama in

our minds & hearts, until we watch him take the Oath of Office together on

January 20th.





ManifestObama.com





Much love & many blessings,


Lauren



for Earth Peace!


Richard Fireman
Western NC Coordinator North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light
a program of the NC Council of Churches
www.ncipl.org
(828) 645-0469
firepeople at main.nc.us




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