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The CDC hopes to marshal new ideas and forces and liberate the people of Liberia from their prolonged economic suffering. Peopled by many patriotic new generation Liberian leaders, the CDC looks to undermine the fundamental negativity that has haunted Liberia's political landscape and ensure a new political direction.

We are extremely delighted that you took the time to explore the experience of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC). This website presents the CDC in its current evolution as a significant transformative force in post-war Liberia. We hope the information gained will spur your membership or support.

The history of post-war Liberian politics is virtually incomplete without mentioning the CDC. In the critical election of 2005, barely more than a year after its formation, the CDC launched a major revolution on behalf of grass-roots peoples -- the marginalized and impoverished Liberians trampled for generations.

Drawing massive support for advocating an agenda that seeks to mainstream ordinary Liberians and their issues at the center of national governance and fielding a populist candidate in George Manneh Weah, the CDC won the first round of 2005 balloting and became a rallying and cohesive front for social and political change. It set out to challenge a politics-as-usual status quo that relegated the issues of Liberians to a backburner of political greed and neglect. It was this agenda that endeared the party to thousands of Liberians, cementing its leadership in the politics of grassrootism.

Although losing out in the second round of the 2005 elections and four years into its searing political experience, the CDC remains the a potent force framing political opposition to the governing Unity party. It currently enjoys majority representation in the House of Representatives and continues to stoke the furnace of governance and accountability reforms on which a sustainable democratic Liberian future depends.

The party now faces the next stage in its political evolution. On this front prospects are great.  Liberians continue to swell its ranks, an indication of their continued confidence. Support throughout the country, particularly in the rural counties, has grown since 2005. But with growth comes new challenges that require even sharper leadership and more tested competencies and skills.

Directing and marketing a grassroots agenda takes more than ordinary political organizing. To meet these challenges the CDC taps into a rich pool of home- and foreign-based Liberian professional expertise and talents.

This website is designed to attract or recruit the Liberians who will fill these exciting capacities and deploy the capabilities needed for growing a robust movement.  We hope the information here conveys the possibilities of a CDC in which partisans build accountable and transparent democratic institutions; cement norms and values that catalyze the transformation needed at the national stage; and prepare themselves for the arduous responsibilities of national leadership and governance on behalf of grassroots peoples.