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Friday, July 18, 2008

The Blog Picture

Hello, everyone! I wanted to take a minute to welcome you to our blog -- and to share our big plans for making this blog as helpful to you as possible.

Through this blog, we'll be connecting you to the many voices of the campaign from around the country. We want the blog - and the moving, unfolding stories we'll be sharing - to be a tool for you to use to help achieve an equal voice for America's families. So please share your thoughts and ideas.

We are grateful to the many families and organizers who will be sharing their thoughts and personal stories on this blog in the coming weeks as our campaign unfolds against the backdrop of difficult economic times and an historic election. Each time I hear another heroic story from one of our families - stories of struggle and sacrifice, resiliency and hope - I think "if the American people only knew".

Well this is our chance to connect the American people to these moving stories. Please help us spread the word so that our equal voices are heard across the nation.

Here's the content schedule so you know what is coming:

  • Monday -- Campaign Updates: the latest news on our efforts to bring 10,000 people together for a Day of Action. Take a minute to view the video from this Monday's Campaign Update post, The Journey So Far.


  • Tuesday -- Working Families Voices: weekly "Lifecast" posts from 5 different working families that will be sharing their challenges, concerns, and perspectives on their lives, current events, the campaign, and ideas for change (Watch this video from Joyce Cook and meet our first lifecaster.)


  • Wednesday -- In the News: a recap of current events in the media and how they relate to our efforts to end poverty.


  • Thursday -- On the Ground: stories from our organizers. Charles Fields did our first On the Ground post yesterday.


  • Friday -- Big Picture: My efforts to tie it all together.

You can help us amplify our voices by forwarding the blog posts and videos to friends, signing up for our email updates, and helping to spread the word on Facebook and through your social networks.

So please, check back daily-- and together we'll give a voice to America's working families.

- Luz

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Posted by Claudia Rowe @ Equal Voice For Families at 11:36 AM
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