URGENT ACTION!!
October 9, 2008
Dear Friends,
This is the first of regular posts calling you to our important work. Our most pressing goal is to make it possible for our next President to forge a new moral path in our country by signing The Executive Order Against Torture. We will focus on this in the next two weeks.
We want to flood our congressional and senate representatives with the sheer numbers of supporters of the Executive Order principles. We are setting an October 31deadline for gathering signatures so that they can be presented to our public officials after the election, at our November 12 even in Seattle, “A Call to End All Torture.”
Additionally, we want your representatives to attend the November 12 event. We cannot ask them to endorse the project until after the election. Thus, we are asking their presence at this post-election event–both so they can learn more about our perspectives on ending all US-sponsored torture and so they can receive our petitions in support of the Executive Order that will finally achieve our goal.
Two Requests:
- Help us gather thousands of signatures of endorsement for the Executive Order. WSRCAT is officially choosing this coming weekend, October 11-12, and the following weekend, October 17-18 as SIGNATURE SATURDAY/SUNDAY. Let’s see how many signature we can get from our homes, neighborhoods, places of worship. Our experience shows that most signatures can be garnered taking it to the streets.
- We want to form teams of 2-3 or more to target the following areas: Pike Place, Ballard Sunday Market, West Seattle (Alki and California), MLK area, downtown Bellevue, downtown Kirkland, YOUR URBAN CENTER
All you need is the signature sheets, Executive order principle, flyers for the November event, a pen, a clipboard, and a smile. If you have never done this, it is simple and can be a good time, especially when done in teams. Be sure and send them away with the flyer.
Also, Help us recruit your elected officials to attend the November 12 event!
Your congressional rep wants to hear from YOU! Will you call/visit their office and invite them to attend the November 12 gathering as a special guest of WSRCAT? If you make an appointment to visit with 3 or more, it will be more effective.
1st District – Jay Inslee
2nd District – Rick Larsen
3rd District – Brian Baird
4th District – Doc Hastings
5th District – Cathy McMorris
6th District – Norm Dicks
7th District – Jim McDermott
8th District – Dave Reichert
9th District – Adam Smith
Senator Patty Murray and Senator Maria Cantwell
http://apps.leg.wa.gov.districtfinder.congress.aspx
The League of Women voters guide is the first link under blog roll.
Again, they want to hear from you. You are there WSRCAT representative. Please let Rob Crawford know if you are going to visit or have secured one of our elected officials.
Wishing you courage and peace,
Shannon Parks-Beck
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