Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2007, i whakarewahia e Usher tana pakanga i roto i te "Huri i te Tonga" i Atlanta, Georgia i te whare wananga o Georgia Tech hei tautoko i te kaitono perehitini a Barack Obama. I tono a Obama ki a Usher kia noho hei Tumuaki-a-Motu mo tana kaupapa rehitatanga kaipōti "Pōti mo te Huringa". Ma te mahi i etahi atu kaupapa mo Obama i te tau e whai ake nei ka arahi a Usher raua ko Kerry Washington i tetahi huihuinga i te wananga o te Whare Wananga o South Carolina State i Orangeburg, S.C. I te tau 2008, i tautoko a Usher i te kaupapa Ratonga Ratonga, hei Tumuaki Rangatahi mo te Ratonga Ratonga. I kii a Usher "Hei kaitoi, he maha nga wa e mohiotia ana ahau mo nga puoro e mahia ana e au me nga whakaaturanga e hoatu ana e au. He manaakitanga ki ahau te whai wāhitanga ki te whai wāhi ki te maha o ngā wā mīharo. Engari ko te mahi tēnei e whakaawe ana i ahau, e whakapakari ana i ngā rangatahi kia whai wāhi mai ki ō rātou hapori". I tukuna ano e Usher tetahi waiata motuhake "Hush" i whakaawehia e nga take hapori me te pooti, I roto i te riipene ataata e whakaatu ana ia i tetahi korero hihiri a Barack Obama. I whakatangihia e Usher a "Higher Ground" i te taha o Stevie Wonder me Shakira i te
Ko te whakatuunga perehitini o te tau 2009 i te Lincoln Memorial me te National Mall i Washington, DC, i te Hanuere 18, 2009. I haere tonu ia ki te tautoko i a Obama i te tau 2012 me te tautoko i te kaupapa reanga 2012.