News & Action Alerts
April 09, 2008
Take Action!
Show the Faces of Pay Equity to Congress!
For this campaign, we encourage you to use a new feature of our Two-Minute Activist: "See Me" to show your senator that you are the face of pay equity. After you've drafted your message and completed the "Sender Information," you'll find the "See Me" feature. Just click on "Include SEE ME information," and follow the instructions to upload a digital picture of yourself and attach it to your message to your senators. In the comment box type in "I Am the Face of Pay Equity."
To urge your senators to cosponsor the Fair Pay Restoration Act, click on the "Take Action" link.
Save the Date
Thursday, April 10
Charleston 1:00 – 2:30pm
University of Charleston – Global Warming Talk
Ballroom (third floor, Geary Student Union)
2300 MacCorkle Ave. SE
Deborah L. Williams, President
Ms. Williams has been actively involved in conservation and sustainable community for over 35 years, and is now focusing on global warming. After serving in the Department of Interior's Solicitors Honors Program in Washington D.C., Ms. Williams represented the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska. Between 1981 and 1994, Ms. Williams was the Executive Director of the Alaska Consumer Advocacy Program and of the Alaska Lung Association, while serving on many boards and commissions, including Trustees for Alaska (president of the board) and the Municipal Health Commission (chair of the Environmental Health Committee.)
In 1994, Ms. Williams received a Presidential appointment and became the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Interior for Alaska, in which position she advised the Secretary about managing over 220 million acres of national lands in Alaska and working with Alaska tribes and others associated with the Department's broad natural and cultural resource jurisdiction.
She also was a Trustee on the Exxon Valdez Trustee Council and other boards. For over six years, Ms. Williams served as the Executive Director of the Alaska Conservation Foundation, winning many awards in that role.
Currently Ms. Williams is President of Alaska Conservation Solutions, an organization devoted primarily to addressing global warming. Ms. Williams has published numerous law review and other articles, has been featured repeatedly in the media (including 60 Minutes, the New York Times and the BBC), and has taught graduate-level courses at both the University of Alaska and Alaska Pacific University.
Barack Obama Events
Events are cropping up all around the state. If you want to join in go to Barack Obama to find an event near you or hook up here.
We are a new generation of voters. We are the future of America.
We are energized. We are hopeful. We are true believers.
We are ready to take our country back. We are Generation Obama.
JOIN WEST VIRGINIA GENERATION OBAMA FOR A LAUNCH PARTY
WEDNESDAY APRIL 9, 2008
5:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.
THE VAULT
227 Hale Street
Charleston, West Virginia
Complimentary beverages and food followed by happy hour specials.
Meet other Obama supporters and learn more about the West Virginia
campaign and what you can do to help.
Questions and more information:
generationobamawv@yahoo.com – www.myspace.com/Generationobamawv
Special thanks to The Vault, Jeff Barnes, Generation Obama and Obama for America.
A Note from Hillary
Everything is on the line in Pennsylvania and the states to follow. And we still have the only advantage any campaign should hope for -- the ability to determine our fate by how hard we work and how determined we are to pull through to victory.
This is one of the closest, most spirited contests for the Democratic nomination we've ever seen. And I have to tell you: I wouldn't want to be going through this remarkable experience with anyone other than you.
With a little less than two weeks to go, let's give it everything we've got.
Sincerely,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Make Your Voice Heard
President Bush is demanding a vote on the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) before he leaves office next year. The Colombia FTA is wrong for workers both in the United States and Colombia.
Tell your senators and representative that you OPPOSE the Colombia Free Trade Agreement and that they should, too. Use our toll-free number to do so today: 1-866-338-5720
And please click here to let us know how your lawmakers plan to vote on the Colombia FTA.
From Every Child Matters
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. We encourage you to start a discussion with your elected officials and candidates for public office on what they will do to re-think our public policies on preventing child abuse and neglect. These discussions are a necessary first step to develop better conditions for children and promote the information parents need to be the parents they want to be. And that first step belongs to each of us.
A study released in January by Prevent Child Abuse America calculates that an investment in the prevention of child abuse and neglect can save the nation over $100 Billion per year. The study, entitled Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States can be found by clicking here.
In The News
Lobby for Colombia Trade Pact Casts a Wide Net
By ERIC LIPTON and STEVEN R. WEISMAN
A campaign for a trade deal with Colombia has former Clinton administration aides aligned with Republicans.
By KEITH BRADSHER
For two generations, Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of low-wage countries. But that free ride may be coming to an end.
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