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My name is Eric Smalls, and I wrote a letter to President Obama because I wanted to thank him. This video is about my troubles, triumphs, where I am now, and how President Obama and his education initiatives helped me get there.
I hope you’ll pass along this video to help keep us moving forward. Thank you!
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“I support President Obama because he supports me. As a full-time graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno, I’ve struggled to pay for my education. Grad school tuition is already very costly, but for me it’s even higher because I’m an out-of-state student. Thanks to President Obama’s policies to make college more affordable, I’ve been able to access increased financial aid that wasn’t available to me before. Now I have three loans and work on campus part-time to get my Master’s in American government.
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Between stops at a New Hampshire farmstand and a local high school today, Vice President Joe Biden spoke at Dartmouth College in Hanover. Students Kasey, Saidah, Taylor, and Funmi were among the faces in the crowd—they will all become first-time voters this fall.
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“It’s not often that someone like Joe Biden comes to Dartmouth and we wanted to make the most of this opportunity. With the election so soon, these events are so important to get everyone fired up and to make sure that new people start to feel more engaged and excited about this campaign.”
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Yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama spent the afternoon in the Sunshine State, making stops in Tallahassee and Gainesville to speak to grassroots supporters about the campaign. The crowds were huge, the First Lady was inspirational, and everybody was fired up. But before the First Lady took the stage, the audiences got to meet two young people and hear their incredible stories.
In Tallahassee, the First Lady was introduced by Kevin Fahey, a graduate student at Florida State University who got his start on the President’s 2008 campaign as a Neighborhood Team Leader in Ohio. Four years later, he’s working hard to get the President re-elected in Florida by making sure that his community and his campus know about what’s at stake in this election and what they can do to help out. He’s taken the First Lady’s “It Takes One” campaign to heart, because he knows even just one phone call or one neighbor you convince can make all the difference. In the end he told the crowd:
Throughout the fall, I’ll be out on campus and out in our community, registering voters and knocking on doors, and right now I’m asking each and every one of you to join me…So come help out for just one phone bank, or come register voters for one afternoon, because as the First Lady says, it only takes one of us to make a difference here in Florida.
A little bit earlier and a little further South, Alex Masi shared his story and why he’s so passionate about moving this country forward with President Obama. Like the President, Alex was raised by a single mom who instilled in him the value of working hard and helping others. When Alex was a freshman, he was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. He says, “I was scared and I didn’t know what to expect, especially because I knew that insurance companies could call this a pre-existing condition and deny me coverage.” But thanks to President Obama and the Affordable Care Act, Alex won’t have to worry about whether or not he’ll be able to get the healthcare he needs, and he’ll even be able to stay on his mom’s insurance until he’s 26.
,Young people all across the country are doing their part to help get the President re-elected, because they know just what’s at stake. A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for the tax credits that help families send their kids to college, and the healthcare that means young people like Alex won’t have to worry about being discriminated against by insurance companies right when they need care the most.
Kevin and Alex are doing their part to help move this country forward – what will you do to help out? Take the first step, and make sure you’re registered to vote in November.
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Dr. Jill Biden visited Minnesota, Michigan, and Pennsylvania last weekend for her first solo campaign trip since the Democratic National Convention. At a stop at North Hennepin Community College, she spoke to a crowd of enthusiastic students about education—an issue close to her heart as a lifelong teacher:
“I want all of you to know that the President, the Vice President, and this entire administration believe if we’re going to create an economy that's built to last, we’ve got to start by making sure that young people like you can get the skills and the knowledge you need to fulfill your potential.”
Dr. Biden’s visit inspired students to get involved on their campuses:
Read More…“I could really feel how energetic everyone was. There is a lot of focus and excitement for this election at my college.”
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“As a college student I depend pretty heavily on grants and loans to pay for school. I want this education so badly and I believe that everybody should be able to have this chance. It shouldn't come with crushing debt. President Obama believes it too, and that's so, so important. Without federal financial aid and Pell Grants, I wouldn’t be anywhere close to where I am today, and I know that I'm not alone.
"President Obama's program to manage student debt made it so my loan payments won’t be greater than what I'm actually earning when I'm done with school. That's a big, big deal. It wasn't like that before President Obama made a point to fix it.
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“The President and I know neither one of us would be standing where we are today were it not for help we received in scholarships and loans.”
Speaking to the Blugolds of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire today, Vice President Joe Biden emphasized the importance of education on the path forward for America:
Read More…“Six out of every 10 jobs in the next 10 years are going to require a degree or certificate beyond high school—we must be prepared.”
“Our plan focuses first on education—100,000 new science and math teachers in the next 10 years.”
“The Romney-Ryan budget calls for massive cuts in elementary and secondary education.”
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“No one has more at stake in this election than our kids, and that is why we need to re-elect President Obama. Our president knows education is about jobs. It's about giving every child a shot at a secure middle class life.”
—Arne Duncan
If you agree, stand with President Obama—commit to vote today.
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"For my mom to send three kids to college, especially two in the same year, it's hard. President Obama's doubling of Pell Grants and making student loans more affordable is going to help our family immensely.
"I signed up to volunteer after my friend invited me to an office opening in Palm Beach. It was an amazing event. I knew I wanted to get involved so I used my summer at home to do something productive and life changing.
"President Obama is doing everything he can to help young Americans and middle-class Americans like me and my family. I don't want to leave college with a massive amount of debt, and a Romney presidency would mean exactly that.
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Jade, Juliette, and Kira, are three CSU students who came out to see President Obama in Fort Collins yesterday.
Juliette, who is in school with the help of financial aid, explained why she supports the President:
"The policies our leaders are pushing for can change—it's really about the moral values and what they stand for. I think his foundation and his core values are what I'd want to see in a president."
Make your voice heard this fall—be sure you're registered and ready to vote.