Cindy Help Update
This in from the democrats – finally.
Cindy Sheehan and other military families, veterans, and concerned citizens have brought the issue of the lies that launched this war to Crawford, Texas, and to the corporate media.
Cindy’s New Site With a Video Message, News, and Ways to Donate:
http://www.meetwithcindy.org(Added in here from her site:
Join Cindy in prayer for the troops at noon on Friday
Cindy has invited President Bush to join her at noon on Friday to pray for the troops serving in Iraq and the parents who have lost their children to war. She will be joined in Crawford by religious leaders from around the nation. Join Cindy by organizing an interfaith prayer service or moment of silence in your community at noon on Friday the 19th.)Latest News from Crawford (354 articles posted):
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=taxonomy/term/13Here are some things that you can do to help:
Send Cindy Your Message With a Pink Rose
http://www.codepink4peace.org/Candlelight Vigils
Join with MoveOn, True Majority, and Democracy for America in organizing or attending a Vigil for Cindy Sheehan in your town on Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at 7:30 p.m.
http://www.moveonpac.org/event/cindyvigils/Other Meet-With-Cindy Events
Plan your own event at a time and place and description of your choosing using this new MeetWithCindy.org events system.
Create an Event:
http://tinyurl.com/9otjy
Search Existing Events:
http://tinyurl.com/7f73z
Some groups around the country have already held press conferences or rallies, or staged send-offs for people headed to Crawford, or set up Camp Caseys in solidarity with the one in Crawford, or held protests at media outlets to demand coverage. Send us a report on what you do, and we’ll post it on the website.
david@davidswanson.orgMeet With Your Congress Member About Barbara Lee’s
Resolution of Inquiry on the Downing Street Memos
Can you spare a half an hour to meet with your congress member, together with some of your friends and allies, and ask him or her to co-sponsor Barbara Lee’s Resolution of Inquiry on the Downing Street Memos (H. Res 375)? Democracy for America has set up this events system to help you do so.
http://democracyforamerica.com/congressionalmeetings
There are now 44 co-sponsors of the Resolution:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/902Don’t Hold an Event Without Telling the Media!
Call, don’t just write, your local media to alert them to your local events. The media love events that give a local angle on a national story. Help them out. Also call your local politicians and state legislators and congressional offices to urge them to attend or send a representative.Here are general resources for events, including information on working the media:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/526Here is a guide to working your local media:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/748The kits above are focused on the Downing Street Memos, but the same techniques apply for events focused on demanding that Bush meet with Cindy.
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