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[United ENDA] ENDA Moving in the House, Call with Rep.
Baldwin
Dear Colleagues for a United ENDA:
The Senate is
holding a hearing on ENDA in the Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions Committee next week, on Thursday,
November 5th. More info to come!
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin was inspiring on Wednesday's
call, bringing us all up to speed on plans to move ENDA in the
House before
Thanksgiving. The Congressional LGBT Equality
Caucus is active and working on ENDA, but she told us that these
office visits MUST be matched by phone calls, emails, and visits by
constituents and organizations from home
districts. Congresswoman Baldwin underscored that
every Representative and every Senator should be
receiving calls, emails and visits.
1. Action
Alerts. Please send one a week for the next 4
weeks!
Now: use the alert below. If you
like, add a thank you on hate crimes bill
passage.
Next week: look for an alert about the
Senate hearing.
Then: look for alert on National
Call-In Days for Equality OR a House Committee
Vote.
The fourth: hopefully will refer to a
HOUSE FLOOR VOTE!
2. Use upcoming
meetings of your groups to make calls on ENDA.
If your organization is meeting in the next
few weeks, please take 5 minutes at the
start to have each person make 3 calls - one to their
Representative, and one each to their Senators. Call the U.S.
Capitol Switchboard at (202)
224-3121; they are open 24 hours a day and can
connect you to voicemail if after office hours. Use our action
alerts for talking points.
3. Get Word Out About ENDA: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube,
and Websites.
Facebook: Join United ENDA Facebook group www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5065064220&ref=ts,
update your facebook status, and use it to send ENDA messages
and alerts.
Twitter: Follow United ENDA's Twitter www.twitter.com/endanow
and retweet stuff. Send endaNOW content for us to
tweet.
YouTube: Post videos to YouTube of people
describing why ENDA is important or talking about
discrimination.
Website: Update with ENDA alerts and
information, feel free to "borrow" from unitedenda.org/!
4. Blogs. Use your blog, or start one (it is easy!) and
post about ENDA. Use the attached guide.
5. We need to ramp up the effort on state sign-on letters
for LGBT and allied groups supporting letters. Right now,
we know of letters making the rounds in CT, GA, IL, KY, NC,
OH, OK, and PA. We need letters in all 50 states! To get
connected and get sample text for letters, contact laura.hart@unitedenda.org.
6. Write Letters to the Editor and Op-Eds. Share how
important this bill is to the entire community!
Now is our moment. All hands on deck!
Yours in solidarity,
Mara Keisling and Rea Carey, United ENDA Steering
Committee Co-Chairs
*Note: This message, like all messages from the United
ENDA Steering Committee, is a confidential communication
intended for the leaders of United ENDA's nearly 400 coalition
organizations. As such it should not be posted on
websites, forwarded to listservs, or shared with the media.
Please send e-mail address updates for your organization's
leaders to laura.hart@unitedenda.org.
Action Alert Suggested Text:
Pass ENDA this fall!
Tell
Congress to Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act this
fall!
Flood Capitol Hill with calls on ENDA! Tell
Congress this bill is now top priority. Ask them to pass it now,
before Thanksgiving.
Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at: (202)
224-3121. Give your zip code and ask to be connected to your
Representative, then your two Senators.
Suggested voicemail message: My name is
_____ and a proud resident of (your city, state). I am calling
in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R.
3017/S. 1584), to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
people from job discrimination. Please take swift action to pass
ENDA this fall. I can be reached at _______ (give your phone
number). Thank you.
Or send an email to your Representative
and two Senators by clicking
here. eqfed.org/campaign/ENDA_CongressionalCampaign_passENDAfall
It takes moments to take action that will touch lives for
decades to come.
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