{"id":2104603,"date":"2023-11-21T08:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T13:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barack-obama-is-still-forcing-his-unwanted-change-on-america\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T08:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T13:07:40","slug":"barack-obama-is-still-forcing-his-unwanted-change-on-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barack-obama-is-still-forcing-his-unwanted-change-on-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama still imposing his unwanted &#8216;change&#8217; on America."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbarack-obama-is-still-forcing-his-unwanted-change-on-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2104603&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Change Collective&#8221;: A \u2063Stealthy Attempt to Control Communities<\/h2>\n<p>Back in February, former\u200c President Barack\u2064 Obama launched an effort \u2063called the \u201cChange \u200dCollective.\u201d If you\u2019re not familiar with it now, you probably will be \u2064soon. Supporters describe it as a new community-based leadership initiative meant to empower emerging leaders to bring people together. At the forefront of the effort will be local \u200cchangemakers across the country.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll go out on a limb and say its endgame is the enforcement of a collectivist narrative, the abolition\u2063 of local control, and the\u200d top-down centralized control of all communities. After all, that\u2019s the pattern\u200c of every Obama policy, most notably \u200dhealth care and education. Naturally, Obama put\u200b a hearts-and-flowers spin on the project:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Change Collective \u200cis a way to bring emerging leaders from different identities and backgrounds together and help them\u2063 build \u2063relationships and solve problems in their communities. \u2026 Because real change happens one person, one community, one connection \u200dat a\u200d time. And we all need to \u200clearn\u2063 how to better work with folks who have different backgrounds\u200b and beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently, the initiative focuses on urban communities, with pilot programs\u2064 in Chicago, Detroit, and \u200bJackson, Mississippi. But the ultimate goal is to flood the nooks and \u2064crannies of all America\u2019s local communities with\u2063 \u201cchangemakers\u201d and \u201cinfluencers\u201d who have \u2064been trained to recruit everybody into accepting a \u200cwoke narrative and to silence any voice of dissent. \u200cThat\u2019s\u2064 always what socialists mean when \u2063they claim to \u201cbring people together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Consider first how this effort fits\u200b organizationally. The Change \u2062Collective\u200b is \u2062one of many groups listed\u2062 under the umbrella organization Civic Nation, headed by Obama Foundation Chief Executive Officer Valerie Jarrett. Civic Nation serves as a clearinghouse for the numerous hard-left efforts to consolidate political power \u2014 from former\u200c First Lady Michelle\u2064 Obama\u2019s \u201cWhen We All Vote\u201d \u200cballot box-stuffing operation to all previous campaigns\u200c related \u2062to \u2062the Obamas\u2019 ongoing project to fundamentally transform \u200bAmerica.<\/p>\n<p>The Change\u200c Collective\u2064 was inaugurated this year\u200b almost simultaneously with \u2064the Obama Foundation\u2019s Leaders Program in the United States, several years after the\u200b Obama Foundation initiated Leaders Programs in Africa (2018), \u2062Asia and the Pacific (2019), and Europe (2020). This is an effort to\u200c force change at the community level, parallel with national and global efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Consider also the term \u201cchange collective\u201d and what it supposedly means: \u200b\u201cto build a more equitable, welcoming, \u2064and inclusive democracy\u201d that connects people of all persuasions. This is an Orwellian vision that might sound fine to\u200c politically untrained ears, but \u200cit represents a new phase in Alinskyite \u200bcommunity organizing. The jargon \u200dis not hard to translate. It is \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion\u201d (DEI) in \u2064a nutshell, the same\u2064 woke agenda of DEI that requires identity politics and political correctness to be baked into every policy at every level.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barack-obama-is-still-forcing-his-unwanted-change-on-america\/\" title=\"Obama still imposing his unwanted 'change' on America.\">introductory words \u201cempower emerging leaders<\/a> to bring people\u2064 together\u201d \u200cliterally mean that Obama\u2019s organization \u200dserves to give power to new (\u201cemerging\u201d) leaders \u2014 kicking out \u2063those with \u201cold\u201d\u200c ideas \u2014 in order to bring\u2063 everyone into its fold. You won\u2019t \u200dhave any choice in the matter. It\u2019s the same process that\u2062 results in attacks on free speech in \u200dall institutions, especially in academia.<\/p>\n<p>Political activists are being trained to \u200bturn every\u200d local community \u2062into a satellite\u2062 of the Washington, D.C., bureaucracy and to turn every little red community to blue. Community organizing begins\u2064 in\u200b urban areas,\u200d but the endgame is the homogenization of all of America, including rural America,\u2063 and ultimately all of the globe. There is no room for diversity \u200cof thought, no \u200broom for the uniqueness\u200d of individuals.<\/p>\n<h2>Exploiting the Power of Personal Relationships<\/h2>\n<p>As\u2064 Obama explained in his one-minute video, the Change Collective is \u201ca way to bring emerging\u2064 leaders from different identities and backgrounds together and help \u2062them build relationships and solve \u2062problems in their communities. \u2026 Because \u2064real change happens one person, one community, one connection at\u2064 a time. And we all need to learn how to better\u200c work with folks who have different backgrounds and beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So the program intends to \u201cchange\u201d those \u201cdifferent backgrounds and beliefs\u201d to align with its woke\u200b agenda. And, apparently, it will do so in a time-tested way: through persuasion and influence via one-on-one personal \u200brelationships.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives would do \u200bwell to understand this. Real change actually \u2064does happen one person at a time. It does happen one community, one relationship at a \u200dtime. If more people understood \u200cthis in the proper context \u2014 \u2064with a sense \u2064of \u2064goodwill instead of \u200cin\u200c the framework of \u200dmanipulating people \u2014 America would be a freer and kinder place.<\/p>\n<p>Intent is key. One side offers real friendship and treats each \u200bperson as a \u2062fellow human \u2062being\u2063 worthy of dignity. The other \u200dside sees people as tools, befriending them for the purpose of \u2064pushing a political agenda in which\u200d their individuality and individual rights are abolished. One side argues: Do what you want, but do \u200dno harm, and respect the right to think differently. The other side ultimately argues: \u2062You\u2019re doing \u2062harm, do\u2064 what I tell you, and if you don\u2019t I\u2019ll have\u200c you reported and canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, influencers of the\u200d Change Collective won\u2019t pursue relationships \u200din the organic and spontaneous way \u200dthat people of goodwill instinctively understand those interactions. Rather, \u2063they\u2019d have to do so aggressively and\u2063 purposefully. They\u2019d\u2062 first \u201clisten,\u201d and then get to work \u200dpersuading. If the changemakers do their job as trained, at the end of the day there\u2019s no room for diversity of\u200c thought.<\/p>\n<h2>Changing through Personal Influence<\/h2>\n<p>When First Lady Michelle Obama addressed \u2064Oberlin\u2019s graduating class of\u200d 2015, she\u200c also spoke \u200dabout the power of personal one-on-one interactions to influence and change a person\u2019s point of view. She advised the graduates to seek \u200cout people who disagreed with them politically instead of \u2062hanging out with like-minded people. Here \u2062is what she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cToday, I want to urge you to actively seek out the most contentious,\u2062 polarized, gridlocked places you can find. Because so often, throughout our history, those\u2062 have been the places where progress really happens \u2014 \u2064the places where minds are changed, \u2062lives transformed, where our great American story \u200bunfolds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Can you see where Michelle was going with this? She understands that the people we personally\u200d know and trust have enormous influence on our \u200bthinking and our speech. However, she is\u2064 not talking about spontaneous relationships that allow\u200d for truly open conversation in a spirit of mutual respect. Rather, she is looking to recruit \u2063an organized\u200b army of proselytizers \u2014 \u201cinfluencers\u201d \u2014\u2062 who can cultivate trust on\u2063 a personal scale in order to deliberately\u200b bring people to \u2064convert \u2063to her narrative \u200dand \u200bvalues.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom lovers must learn to tune in \u2062to\u200b the underlying \u200ctruth \u2064of the power of\u200d personal relationships. But we must do so with intentions of goodwill when reaching out to others who don\u2019t share our views. And we must express our true beliefs\u200b without the self-censorship that political correctness demands. This is the only way to counter left-wing invasions of good-hearted communities \u200bthat use the goodwill of Americans against them in order to undermine their\u2062 individual freedoms. Such personal manipulation is literally one of Alinsky\u2019s rules\u2062 for radicals.<\/p>\n<p>So be a real friend to others, not an \u201cinfluencer\u201d who seeks to exploit people\u200d under the guise of friendship to push for a collectivist agenda. Keep your \u200deyes peeled for signs of \u201cchangemakers\u201d who pretend to\u2062 come to \u201cdepolarize,\u201d but \u2063are really seeking to colonize your town and your mind.<\/p>\n<p>We should be actively campaigning \u2014 in our own one-on-one ways \u2014 \u200dfor a rebirth of true localism, civil society, and freedom. This means looking out for your\u2064 neighbor\u2019s well-being and minding your own \u200bbusiness at the same time. It means caring \u200bfor others without looking for political \u2063favors\u200c in return.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062 How does the Obama&#8217;s Change Collective seek to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-key-takeaways-from-ex-fbi-agent-timothy-thibaults-testimony\/\" title=\"Ex-FBI agent Timothy Thibault's testimony on Hunter Biden investigation: Key points.\">manipulate \u2064public opinion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-calls-for-forced-deprogramming-of-trump-supporters\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton demands mandatory 'deprogramming' of Trump supporters.\">stifle dissenting voices<\/a> through its trained &#8220;changemakers&#8221;?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Hallenge friends with opposing views. Surround yourself with people who disagree\u200c with you. \u2026 Because when you have the privilege of education, it is your duty \u2063to do the most with it. \u2026 It\u2019s up to each of you to speak out and be heard, to \u200cinvite others in and enlarge the circle\u200b of \u2062opportunity, to fight for the notion \u200cthat everyone belongs. Because\u200c \u200ceach of you is \u2064ultimately responsible for creating the world that \u200b\u2063we \u2063all want to live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While on the surface, this may seem like\u2063 a call for open dialogue \u2062and \u2063understanding, it is important to recognize the underlying agenda. The Obama\u2019s \u2063have long been \u2063proponents of a collectivist ideology that seeks to control\u2064 and influence communities to conform to a specific narrative. \u200cTheir efforts through the Change Collective are just another means to accomplish this.<\/p>\n<h2>A Subtle Shift Towards Centralized Control<\/h2>\n<p>By infiltrating local communities with\u2062 trained &#8220;changemakers,&#8221; the Change Collective aims to \u200bshape\u200d public opinion and silence dissenting voices. It \u200bfollows a\u200d pattern of centralization that has been prevalent in Obama&#8217;s policies, such as healthcare and education.<\/p>\n<p>Under the \u200dpretext of bringing people together and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, the initiative actually \u200cworks to eliminate local control \u2064and impose a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach. It seeks to homogenize all\u200b communities \u2063and eliminate diversity of thought.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Change Collective is part of a larger network of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-taxpayer-funded-antiracist-group-funneled-nearly-300k-to-husbands-law-firm\/\" title=\"President of Taxpayer-Funded Antiracist Group Funneled Nearly 0K to Husband\u2019s Law Firm\">left-wing organizations<\/a> under<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the country, working to address pressing issues and create positive change in their communities. The Change Collective, initiated by Barack Obama, aims to empower and unite emerging leaders through a community-based leadership initiative. This nationwide movement will be led by local changemakers, fostering collaboration and tackling important challenges for a better future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":2104604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2104603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/568"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2104603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2104604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2104603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2104603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2104603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}