The Changemakers initiative aims to identify the leading activists, elected officials, authors, bloggers, actors and thought leaders who have the greatest capacity to spark change on issues of importance.
Selected Changemakers will be invited to tap into Change.org's network of more than a million readers and activists and thousands of nonprofit and blog partners to drive further social action.
You can vote on nominations below, add your own nomination, or view more information here.
Recently Popular...shows 7 pages of nominees to date
i got this in today's email, and went thru all 7 pages of folks nominated.
i feel andy wilson or PAT SMITH would be good nominees for this; what is your opinion?
the above site has more info on there, and voting has started;
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They accepted the nomination of Andy Wilson! I noticed the bio is a bit outdated and just asked them to go to the openeyepictures site to update it, especially regarding the fact the film is done.
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robin,
so you completed the nomination form & sent?? outstanding.
now we've got to promote it.
phyllis mervine sent me another person as well, lorraine johnson, calda!!
i asked her to complete the nomination form and then we can advertise BOTH TOGETHER to get the word out to others HERE, OTHER LYME BOARDS, LYMEINFO, emails, etc.
thx for taking the initiatve robin! hugs/kisses
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to all,
andy wilson is shown the last entry on screen SEVEN!! -------------------------------------
VOTE VOTE VOTE!
checked next page, lorraine johnson's name is not there yet ....
please share this info w/others hugs/kisses
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we can VOTE ONCE ONLY; i tried; 400 views now on andy.
i checked nothing on lorraine johnson so far...
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I voted for Andy....did not see the others yet...
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Voted for Andy
I think CALDA would be good too.
And Andy's bio is not updated yet. Tried to send an email. Will try again later.
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How about Dr. Ray Jones??
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I only saw Andy listed at this point. He's on page 5, with 500-something votes so far, I think. Well, it says views - I'm not sure if a view means a vote.
It would be a good idea I think for more of us to email the organization to ask for the bio update - the film is not in production - it's done!
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i'm going to email andy wilson asking if they would send out an open eye post about our nominating him and giving the website.
i looked; he was on page 5; now he's somewhere else again??
kam, yes, dr. charles jones sounds wonderful also; do you want to complete the form and nominate him??
anyway, we've got to advertise andy wilson IMMEDIATELY to start getting the votes coming in.
then when lorraine johnson, dr. jones' names appear ... we can let them know about that as well.
thanks everyone! i tried again; could vote ONLY ONCE!
I don't think we get to see the number of votes cast.
But high number of views is an indication of interest level. I noticed the profile view count is rising quickly - over 600 views now.
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I'm NOT good at navigating new sites. How do I vote?
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Lymetoo...it took me about 3 times visiting the site to see that I needed to do a search for Andy Wilson.
Then click under his name where it says vote I think.
Going to see if I can pull his name up again.
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Yeah, just do a search for his name on the top, and it will bring up his profile. You have to register your email and name, that's all.
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Robin, can you vote more than once a day? The sight says I have 8 votes left, but it would not let me vote again today, at least for Andy. I admit to being the village ill=literate with computers! Thanks
Would also like to nominate the other Dr. J, as a measure of support. I will try to figure it out tommorow.
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702 views for andy, now on page TWO !!
I just clicked the VOTE button, no email did i have to show. confusing
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We're doing good! At least as far as view numbers! Every time I get back here, the view count has gone up by a hundred.
Betty, I see him listed on pg 3. That's interesting all by itself - he moved from pg 7 to pg 5 to pg 3. If this keeps up, he's going to be found on pg 1 soon.
Everyone, vote multiple times. Alright, jus' kidding, but tell everyone else to cast their vote.
Ticked-off, they're allowing us to appreciate up to ten people on that list.
Since they are looking for changemakers in society, we actually have several Lyme folks who have influenced the course of things Lyme, so think about it, and make nominations. Let's nominate a bunch of Lyme mover-shakers! The site needs to accept the nomination.
In my nomination, I wrote about Andy's film contributions, and I also mentioned Kris Newby's contribution to the film.
I notice that they went ahead and pulled up what appears to be an old openeyepictures write-up. It would be nice if it were updated from the film being in production to being finished!
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robin,
on my post above when i was on the site, i read the bio, etc. and at the bottom are 2 chices:
edit bio; ADD TO BIO; so i sent this there to the change.org site
ANDY WILSON nominee, please add the following to his bio; thanks
to whom it may concern,
Please add about UNDER OUR SKIN: Under Our Skin was seen in the largest USA cities in 2009 on the big screen with large crowds in attendance. UOS is a lyme/tick documentary based on 4 lyme patient lives. It shows the lyme war controversary of 2 different ways to treat lyme and co-infections:
ILADS, International Lyme Associated Disease Society, known to us lyme patients as chronic LLMDS, lyme literate mds, who treat long-term antibiotics longer than 3 weeks up to several years.
IDSA, Infecious Disease Society of America, known as infectious disease drs., who treat from ONE pill up to 3 weeks max antibiotics, and "you are cured"! NOPE, you are undertreated and end up with chronic lyme disease.
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Yes, he's on the first page now! Went from pg 7 to pg 5 to pg 3 to pg 1 in a matter of hours! Pretty soon we'll see www.change.org/AndyWilson
And the view count has doubled as of last nite!
Lymetoo, I nominated you, but looks like they were concerned about those drawers of yours...
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Andy is now on page 1, 2nd to Colin Powell! My guess is this reflects the speed at which he's getting votes.
I can only imagine that people who don't know who he is must be wondering just who he is??!!
So keep letting people know!
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I just read something about the Minerva Awards. I don't know much about them except they are for women' who have made a difference.
I think it is too late this year to nominate CALDA or LDA...but perhaps next year.
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Over 4000 views now and still on the first page - keep voting and spreading the word!
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4200 now !!
robin, so glad you took the initiative and wrote up the nomination hugs/kisses my activist friend you ...
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Thx, Betty - but I definitely told them the UOS film was being widely shown! A film in production, as their write-up states, would not be causing all this attention!
Well, maybe, from now on, if Andy has films in production, people will be paying attention to what's coming next!
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I registered and voted yesterday.
Has anyone been nominated other than Andy yet? I have 9 more votes to give, and I don't think I can vote twice for the same person.
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Past 4700 views now. Again, tonite he is in 2nd place on the first page, under Professor Yunus. Ahead of Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, etc. This is really fun!
Maybe it should be Andy for president next! lol
Keep spreading the word to everyone to vote for Andy!
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Betty, I don't have the skills either to write up a good report.
I would like to see Andy's profile improved too but have yet to be able to send an email with added info.
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i've been gone to another funeral today....
quoting andy wilson in the email i sent him about his nomination and asking him to put it out in his newsletter to folks ...
"Thanks Betty! I sent them an email to change the bio to say more about UOS. Hope that comes though. I'd feel more comfortable then being a "changemaker."
My Best, Andy
i'm still reading all the pms and regular emails so there might be more; who knows? lol
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Thanks Betty for contacting Andy about that. The bio they have listed does him no justice. As we all know it is changing and saving lives and his Bio should reflect that. Prehaps we should write some and submit them on his behalf?
Thanks, Ann
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