Sad Eyed Lady
The Fly
With President Bush planning a trip to Africa this January, it is vital to let him, his administration and our Congress know if you support committing increased monies to the world's poorest continent to battle the AIDS pandemic and other problems. You can read more about these issues at datadata.org
DATA recently completed the "Heart of America" tour through the Midwest where Bono and others ? including actress Ashley Judd and her sister, singer Wynonna, actor/comedian Chris Tucker, and some very special friends from Africa. Many here kept close watch and had a keen interest in these events out of deep concern for these imperitive issues facing our brothers and sisters in Africa and, therefore, the world. Did you want to be part of this tour but could not get there? It is not too late to be part of it.
During each stop on the tour, audience members were given several postcards and asked to mail two in to a representative (President Bush, your members of the House and Senate) and give ten to friends and ask them to mail them in, too.
Here is a link to a scan of the front and back of the postcard ? if someone would like to post the actual scan below, feel free:
http://community.webshots.com/image4/8/76/85/57987685SQjXZE_ph.jpg
You can get mailing and email addresses ? as well as phone numbers?? for all representatives at http://congress.org/ If you are so inclined, print out the scan and either fashion a postcard out of it or put it in an envelope and mail to your representatives in time for President Bush's trip to Africa. You can also encourage others to do the same.
His address is:
President George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
president@whitehouse.gov
You can then email DATA at action@datadata.org and let them know you have send in postcards, encouraged others to and/or called your representatives.
As Bono said along the tour, "I can't change the world but WE can," and noted that the politicians really do read their mail. Remember, they represent US.
I think it would be good to have a list here, too, of those who have taken some postcard or calling action! However, only put your name if you are comfortabe with it. We can start a list below and each additional person can just cut-and-paste the most recent list and add a number with your name next to it. Let's see what we can do!
6,500 people die of AIDS in Africa every single day. No break for Christmas.
DATA recently completed the "Heart of America" tour through the Midwest where Bono and others ? including actress Ashley Judd and her sister, singer Wynonna, actor/comedian Chris Tucker, and some very special friends from Africa. Many here kept close watch and had a keen interest in these events out of deep concern for these imperitive issues facing our brothers and sisters in Africa and, therefore, the world. Did you want to be part of this tour but could not get there? It is not too late to be part of it.
During each stop on the tour, audience members were given several postcards and asked to mail two in to a representative (President Bush, your members of the House and Senate) and give ten to friends and ask them to mail them in, too.
Here is a link to a scan of the front and back of the postcard ? if someone would like to post the actual scan below, feel free:
http://community.webshots.com/image4/8/76/85/57987685SQjXZE_ph.jpg
You can get mailing and email addresses ? as well as phone numbers?? for all representatives at http://congress.org/ If you are so inclined, print out the scan and either fashion a postcard out of it or put it in an envelope and mail to your representatives in time for President Bush's trip to Africa. You can also encourage others to do the same.
His address is:
President George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
president@whitehouse.gov
You can then email DATA at action@datadata.org and let them know you have send in postcards, encouraged others to and/or called your representatives.
As Bono said along the tour, "I can't change the world but WE can," and noted that the politicians really do read their mail. Remember, they represent US.
I think it would be good to have a list here, too, of those who have taken some postcard or calling action! However, only put your name if you are comfortabe with it. We can start a list below and each additional person can just cut-and-paste the most recent list and add a number with your name next to it. Let's see what we can do!
6,500 people die of AIDS in Africa every single day. No break for Christmas.