"Congress Decides" Letter Deliveries in Cook County?

Dear readers,

As a member of MoveOn.org, I want to pass this post along to Cook County residents. I of course wish to remain anonymous but perhaps some good soul will be willing to step up and coordinate an event for us here? Suggestion: just contact MoveOn at the link below and use boreal news to spread the word. Of course you can also send a gmail to me for posting.

Sincerely,
True North



Dear MoveOn member,

This week the House of Representatives is likely to condemn the president's plan to escalate the war. This will be an important first step—but it's only the beginning. Over the next few weeks, they'll be deciding how far they're willing to go to stop the president.

Next week, Congress is home for recess. It'll be our best chance to impact that decision. It's really important to keep the pressure up during this critical period—Congress is "the decider"—they can stop this escalation. They need to know that the public is counting on them to do that.

That's why we're organizing "Congress Decides" letter deliveries next Thursday, February 22nd. We'll join other MoveOn members and hand-deliver thousands of letters asking Congress to stop the escalation. We really need someone to step up to lead one in Grand Marais. Can you help?

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/create.html? action_id= 76&id= 9863-1732407-XqzC7Y5.ezMlOADN0GUSRA&t= 3

Leading an event is easy. The deliveries will happen around lunchtime outside of Congressional offices. We'll email other MoveOn members and invite them to attend. We'll provide the signs and we'll give you tips on reaching out to the media. Your job is to select a location to meet, register it with our online tool and then follow a few simple steps outlined in the organizing kit we'll send you.

This week, tens of thousands of MoveOn members are getting together at over 1,200 movie nights around the country to watch a powerful documentary about the human cost of war—The Ground Truth. After the movie, we'll write letters to Congress pushing them to take the next step and start bringing an end to this war.

At the event we're asking you to lead, folks will bring these letters and we'll send you hundreds more.

This is a big moment in the fight to end the war. There hasn't been so much concern about the direction of the war coming from so many people all over the country since it began. Hundreds of thousands of us are getting involved everyday and we have to keep the momentum going.

Stopping escalation is the way to get out of Iraq. If we can show Congress that Americans want escalation blocked, the only other option is a responsible exit.

It's important for our representatives to see the faces of Americans in their district who want to stop the escalation and end this war. Can you lead a letter delivery near you?

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/create.html? action_id= 76&id= 9863-1732407-XqzC7Y5.ezMlOADN0GUSRA&t= 4

Thanks for all you do,

–Nita, Marc, Matt, Justin and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Monday, February 12th, 2007
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