Bruce Fealk

Name:	Bruce Fealk
Location:	Rochester Hills, MI

My personal volunteering highlight:

I waged a two-year counter campaign against Congressman Joe Knollenberg, Republican from Michigan's 9th Congressional District. Through a coordinated effort employing letters to the editor, protests and blogging, I believe I played a significant role in his ouster in 2008. The highlight of my campaign was an incident in a local drug store where I confronted the Congressman about his votes on the war in Iraq and against the SCHIP bill. I captured the encounter on video and relayed it to the DCCC and to several other news sources. The video ended up being the subject of a full segment on Countdown with Keith Olberman. Three weeks later, Trent Wisecup, the Congressman's chief of staff was fired. Democrat, Gary Peters, won the election by 10%.

More about my volunteering with DFA:

I am a member of DFA, but not currently volunteering.

More about my volunteering with progressive organizations:

I am active in some local groups, one is Rochester Area for Change, www.rochesterareaforchange.org and have been acting as their webmaster.

I am also active developing a single-payer health care forum with the 9th Congressional District.

I have been an active member of the Michigan Democratic Party and the Oakland County Democratic Party.

More about my work on current campaigns and issues:

I am helping to organize a single-payer health care forum and working to keep our Obama volunteers active through Rochester Area for Change. RAC is involved in community activites.

What motivates me:

My motivations comes from a basic sense of fairness and justice. The American system of government has been abused by the Republican party and especially the right-wing evangelical movement within the party and I want to help make our country what our found fathers intended it to be, a place where everyone has a chance to live out their dreams and where fairness and justice prevail.

How I try to motivate others:

I have a local news services for about 100 people on a personal mailing list. I also organize events and protests around issues that I care about.

I write letters to the editor and often call on my friends to take actions such as calling their representative or writing letters.

I was named Progressive Activist of the Year by a statewide blog, Blogging for Michigan in 2008.

Where I see myself in five years:

I am considering running for office myself.

My suggested bumper sticker slogan for the Stand with Dr. Dean campaign:

Health Care Isn't Optional, It Should be Standard for All Americans