Mr. Obama now has time to turn history on it's side, for the people. He should be encouraged to do so at every opportunity.

As one of the most popular leaders of all time--his recent tweet after Charlottesville was the most retweeted in all time- he has the voice and the connections to do some of that
Hope Change stuff he promised.

President Trump has agressively criticized FPOTUS Obama at every opportunity and is in the process of rolling back what positive accomplishments that Obama had asap.

And we, here, have not been shy in voicing our own, albeit, different, critiques. It should be pointed out, to be fair, that MR. Trump has actually doubled down on Mr. Obama's legacy of non judicial killings, civilian bombings, covert wars, and the like. (They both should be brought on war crimes charges, but the likelihood of this is neglible.)

What's important now is to enlist Mr. Obama to use his contacts and skills in working for we the people.

Jimmy Carter, warts and all, has shown over the last several decades that former Presidents can do a great deal for peace and people.

Today I read an email with suggestions for what Mr. Obama can do in the public interest and protect his legacy to boot.

Here's a snippet, full meal deal here.

Here are some ways Obama can strengthen the people’s resistance to many of Trump’s destructive efforts which harm his own voters as well as those citizens who opposed his candidacy.

He can raise funds to expand the staffs and programs of existing citizen organizations straining to preserve and defend conditions that help people from all backgrounds. Obama, as president, went to nearly five hundred major fundraisers outside Washington to court campaign donors. By contrast, fundraising for civic action groups, ranging from civil rights/liberties to consumer, environmental and health initiatives, will not be dissipated on gouging political consultants, empty television ads and cowardly candidates unwilling to speak truth to power.
He can elevate already declared positions to block Trump and his Wall Street collaborators from words to action. For example, earlier this year over 100 outdoor-recreation companies – led by Patagonia and REI – paid for full-page advertisements telling Trump in no uncertain terms to lay off the public lands. Obama can nudge them to hire some full-time lobbyists on Capitol Hill to provide them with early alerts and guidance as the looming assault on national forests, wilderness areas and national parks gets underway. Big majorities of Americans agree with these companies, but they are not organized to focus on a handful of Senators and Representatives who need some firm education.
Obama can help start new civic advocacy groups. He has close contacts with people who are very rich and share his views. For example, there needs to be new organizations filling important vacuums on such important matters as what the Trump FCC wants to do to the Internet (end net neutrality), to increase concentration of ownership in the mass media – which is already in a few giant corporate hands – and to deliberately ignore the 1934 Communications Act which conditions licenses on providing public interest programming.

There needs to be additional civic groups to propose good directions and to oppose Trump’s forthcoming reduction of taxes for the rich, and, very importantly, to organize prominent retired military, national security and diplomatic officials who are against aggressive wars and seek dynamic diplomacy to wage peace, and to move toward full Medicare for all with free choice of doctor and hospital – with more efficient and better outcomes.

The reality is that Barack Obama is a big draw. No one comes close to playing such a role. He can get big media, attract large audiences, and raise large sums of money for the civic groups. The civil society has built and protected our democracy throughout history. Moreover, he can surely elevate public morale in an era of Trumpian gloom, flakery and attract new leadership to invigorate a leaderless Democratic Party down to the local levels.

If you agree, start petitions with your own ideas for Obama getting with America’s future and not just chronicling his eight year presidency’s past. His silent withdrawal has been astonishing and disturbing. He doesn’t yet realize what a historically crucial role he can play in the next few years.

Again, we have and still can, and should critique the former President. At the same time, we should publicly present him with suggestions of how he can lead for progress and expanding on the positive parts of his legacy. You know, get back to community organizing?