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| The Soapbox |
| A novel concept from A.C.Katz, founder of CreatingAFuture.org |
| Did you like the video snippet in the left column?
It’s 2 minutes of
A. C. Katz’s “Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport” soapbox.
Dressed as “Aunt Sam”, AC flips through signs with quotes,
jokes, poignant facts, and brilliant solutions.
She’s performed the 45-minute full version at the Body Mind Spirit Expo, Dancing Dragons, Heald College, the Mind Body Spirit Expo (yep, it’s different), and on street corners. Topics covered: The Soapbox from Dancing Dragons in August 2004 is currently being televised in Portland OR on Tualatin Valley TV, Comcast stations 21 & 23: Channel: 21 Sun 09/19/04 7:00 P Wed 09/22/04 4:00 P Mon 10/04/04 11:00 P Thu 10/07/04 9:00 A Sat 10/09/04 12:30 P Tue 10/12/04 7:00 A Thu 10/14/04 4:00 P Sun 10/17/04 7:00 P Weds 11/3/04 8:00 P Tues 11/9/04 3:00 P Channel: 23 Fri 09/24/04 10:00 P Mon 09/27/04 12:00 P Wed 09/29/04 4:00 P Sat 10/02/04 10:00 A Sat 11/6/04 3:00 P Fri 11/12/04 6:00 P Want a copy of The Soapbox for yourself and your friends? DVDs and videotapes can be yours for just $10! Email us at |
| What You Can Do : |
The hilarious and brilliant yourcongress.com has every resource we wish we could have on this website
but don't have the resources to implement. So, go there! |
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| This website has several wonderful
features: *Action alerts. They’ll tell you what votes are coming up in Congress and give you a link to instantly let you contact your reps via email. *Media blitzes. Moveon.org raises money for tv commercials and short videos to reach citizens who don’t have internet access. |
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| The website from Ben Cohen from
Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: *Action alerts. They’ll send you an email before Congressional votes with a link that will instantly fax your reps. *The ComputerAte My Vote is mobilizing people to stop electronic voting booths that don’t have a paper trail. It’s not a democracy if your vote is hacked. |
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| Sends alerts on Congressional votes about environmental issues. |
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| Elections aren't decided by the voters, they're decided by the people who count the votes.
We have a great list of resources tracking the problems with electronic voting booths. |
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| Project Vote Smart covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings. |
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*VoterPunch.org keeps track of how your reps vote on progressive issues. *Dieoff.org discusses the timeline for oil extraction – we’re
going to run out of petroleum sooner than you think, and unless we
plan for it now we’re heading for a new dark ages. |