ACT On Principles

From Equality Across America:

On October 11, 2009, more than 200,000 people marched on Washington D.C. in the National Equality March with one single demand: Equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states.

On May 22, 2010—the anniversary of Harvey Milk’s birthday—we will take action again to demand full equality for all LGBT people. The International Day Against Homophobia, May 17, kicks off a week of local actions and on Harvey Milk’s birthday, May 22, Equality Across America (EAA) calls on activists to converge in each of the 50 states for the Harvey Milk Day Action.

Join EAA and others on May 22, 2010, and take action for full federal equality.

We won’t wait, Federal Equality Now!

http://www.equalityacrossamerica.org/

Senator Lieberman has announced that next week, as lead sponsor, he will introduce the legislation into the Senate to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.

When he does it is imperative you relentlessly and respectfully flood with phone calls the offices of your Senators.

This week, please continue to help spread the word and help us mobilize networks on Facebook and other new media to take part in this important effort to end discrimination in our U.S. Armed forces!

This event ONLY asks you to make two 2 quick phone calls next week!

Capitol Hill Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Senate Contact List: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Facebook activists Phil Attey, Meghan Stabler, David da Silva Cornell, Lisa Equality Talmadge, Aaron E. Baldwin, Ian Jopson, Justin Elzie, and Bo Dixon ask for your help in harnessing the power of Facebook and other new media unleashing it on the Senate.

Our organizations and our lobbyists aren’t strong enough to make this happen without constituent pressure, and there is no greater way to build that pressure than through each of our individual social networks on Facebook and other new media.

Tips on Calling Your Senators:

1. Only call YOUR Senators! (Members of Congress don’t count “outside callers”)
2. Residents of the District of Columbia please make your calls to Senators Reid & Levin
3. Get them to answer: Does the Senator support the repeal?
4. Ask to be put on a special email list to be informed on the Senator’s efforts to repeal DADT.
5. Ask to meet with the Senator the next time they’re back in your district.
6. Be RESPECTFUL and RELENTLESS

Help Spread The Word:

1. Invite your friends to this Facebook event.
2. Use the “share” feature to post the event on your profile.
3. Use your status update to urge friends to call their Senators
Sample status update:
“urges my friends on Thurs – Feb. 11 to call your Senators (202) 224-3121 and demand they repeal DADT now!
4. On Twitter, tweet the following:
Join the call to repeal #DADT on #Facebook | http://bit.ly/9SC0LQ | #cc10 #lgbt #gay #equality #p2 #topprog

In addition to calling your senators, we encourage you to plug into these organized efforts to pressure Congress to repeal DADT:

Act On Principles Citizen Whip Count Effort
http://actonprinciples.org
Register and report the outcome of your calls on the ActOnPrinciples website so that we can keep a citizen whip count in the House and Senate.

Voices of Honor Campaign
http://www.hrc.org/sites/voicesofhonor
HRC and Servicemembers United have teamed up to channel email into Congress and organize lobby visits, both in your home district and on Capitol Hill.

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
http://www.sldn.org/action
SLDN is mobilizing people to lobby your Members of Congress and write letters to the editor in your local newspapers.

The Courage Campaign’s Don’t Wait Campaign
http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/DontWait
The Courage Campaign is mobilizing messages directly to Senator Levin, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee

(if there are any other organized efforts to pressure Congress, please let one of us know and we’ll add it to the list.)

To all our beautiful International Allies:
Yes, we need you, you can email Harry Reid, our Senate leader at reid.senate.gov/contact/

While you will not “count” in the staffers tallies , your voice will be heard as we build a global community of pressure on all of our leaders to move toward GLBTQI equality.

The form on the email site will ask you for a US state and zip code, you may use Vermont as the state and 05055 as the zip, so the form will accept you.

Then in yr note, just say “I am not a US citizen but as a GLBTQI ally I hope you will lift the ban on gays in the military and show the world you are moving towards equality for all” or something like that in yr own words.
The second thing you can do is invite all your fb friends to spread awareness and to highlight an effective way to stage an event to move toward GLBTQI equality globally.

Thank you for your doing your part to end discrimination in the military and for showing Congress the power of Facebook!

Yours in the united stand for equality,

Phil, Meghan, David, Justin, Lisa, Aaron, Ian and Bo

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304676615784&ref=nf

From grassroots organizers….

Three Days.

Thousands of People.

Millions of Possibilities.

If you had an opportunity to change the world, what would you do?

The organizers of the March have some ideas…http://www.civilrightsmarch2010.org/

You can read the plan, sign up to receive updates, link to Twitter, Facebook at the link below.

http://www.civilrightsmarch2010.org/

Simple tasks anyone can do to help with quake/tsunami volunteer efforts

http://bit.ly/4E68CB