The click

by Phil McCahill—Pennsylvania

“I remember you!” the young man said as he opened the screen door and stepped out on his front porch to greet me. I remembered him, too, from my first time getting involved with Working America in 2006.

“Yeah, you came by with another guy to endorse Jason Altmire for Congress. I wasn’t too involved, but you convinced me.”

It was all very new to me at the time of those pre-election evenings, but it felt so very vital. Almost 2 years later, I saw the results of those nights, now walking the same streets with Sharpie-covered hands and shooting out more words a night than most folks go through in a week.

“I’m very happy with Jason Altmire and think it’s really cool that you are doing this.”

The idea of being able to influence reality in some beneficial way is what motivates our minds and muscles to do things that matter.

“Thank you,” I told him as he took my clipboard and renewed his membership with Working America. It’s the perpetual head click that hits with absolute certainty that this is a part of Working America in action.

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