Welcome to the Hyperion Volunteer Corps

In mid-December of 2008, President-Elect Obama called for those who had been involved in his campaign to have house meetings and help determine the future of the grassroots movement. Four thousand meetings were held around the Country. Inspired by the campaign and victory, I had one of those meetings at my home in Atwater Village (on the east side of Los Angeles), and was delighted to meet 11 fellow kindred spirits from surrounding neighborhoods. 

Most of us admitted we had never been politically active before and we all happily confessed a newly discovered feeling of patriotism. At our first two meetings we committed ourselves to create an expansive, flexible group of engaged citizens who will participate in service projects around our community at least once a month. We will also organize for legislative action on the issues we care deeply about: universal healthcare, the environment and a green economy, education. 

Check on this blog regularly for updates about our monthly meetings on the second Sunday of each month at 5-6:30pm at different locations around our neighborhoods. And then join us for our monthly service projects: working with a different non-profit or school in the community during the last week of each month.