Swartz led the first activism event of his career with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, delivering thousands of "Honor Kennedy" petition signatures to Massachusetts legislators asking them to fulfill former Senator Ted Kennedy's last wish by appointing a senator to vote for health care reform.
Swartz je vodio prvi aktivistički događaj svoje karijere s Odborom za progresivnu promjenu isporučujući tisuće "Poštujte Kennedy-ja "potpisa zakonodavcima Massachusettsa tražeći od njih da ispune zadnju želju bivšeg senatora Teda Kennedyja tako što imenuju senatora da glasaju za reformu zdravstvene zaštite.