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  Check: $35 - Self-Empowerment: Priceless

  As a former CalPIRG staffer (1990-91), I sympathize with some of the objections in the article.

  Yes, citizens should do more than write a check and forget about the problem. However, for many citizens, that is all they can do with limited time and awareness. Over time, with each new summer of canvassers, they may get more information and more awareness to actually do something beyond write that check.

  This is what the canvassing movement is all about - cementing the desire to change with an action, albeit of just writing a check. From there, a citizen activist is often born to then act in ways that they believe is most progressive for their community and family.

  And, the canvasser receives an enormous education in the issues which often deepens their personal comittment to the issues. Most importantly, they get a sense of SELF-EMPOWERMENT that is priceless. Getting complete strangers to write checks for a cause you beleive in is a VERY satisfying experience that paves the way for young canvassers to then pursue and tackle future issues over their lifetimes.

  Yes, so much more can be done in the canvasssing experience. But the impact that young canvassers have had on this country has been great and has been under appreciated.On Why green-group canvassing operations need an overhaul posted 3 years, 5 months ago 28 Responses