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Actresses Jasmine Guy, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tracee Ellis Ross and Alfre Woodard made their way through the Palmetto State today to talk to South Carolinians about why they believe Barack Obama is the one candidate capable of delivering change we can believe in.

During a breakfast with Seniors at the Greenview Community Center in Columbia this morning, Jasmine Guy, who visited the Low County this past summer and is best known for her role as Whitley Gilbert on A Different World, said she was behind Barack because:

He moves us closer to fulfilling the promise of what we want to be. He makes each of us want to be more... and that's especially powerful in a community that hasn't been truly engaged in a very long time.

Megalyn Echikunwoke, who currently stars in the sci-fi series 4400 and was making her first trip to South Carolina for Barack, noted during that same breakfast that the movement that has grown behind Barack has inspired her and many of her friends to get involved with politics for the very first time.

My friends and I wanted to get involved in this campaign because we wanted to be able to say, "I was a part of that movement. I played a role in making Barack Obama our President" and... for the first time we're realizing that just because we're young doesn't mean we can't be involved and taken seriously in this political process.

Actresses Tour South Carolina to Discuss Barack's Message of Change By T. Neil Sroka - Jan 12th, 2008 at 11:34 pm EST
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/tneil/CVV3

Actors Blair Underwood and Megalyn Echikunwoke will visit Norfolk and Virginia Beach over the weekend as they tour the state for a voter registration drive on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

As the Monday deadline to register for the Nov. 4 general election approaches, the actors will swing through the state over the weekend, including stops Saturday at Old Dominion University's Webb Center at 3 p.m. and at Obama's campaign office in Virginia Beach (3613 Virginia Beach Blvd.) at 5 p.m.

Actors visit Norfolk, Va. Beach for Obama BY MIKE HOLTZCLAW | 757-928-6479 10:08 AM EDT, October 2, 2008
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-actors.o2,0,1044880.story