Call To ACTION — Repeal DADT!

This Thursday, as the Senate Armed Services Committee meets again to hear testimony on repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, it is vital that citizens flood the Senate with phone calls demanding the law be repealed NOW!

Capitol Hill Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Senate Contact List: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Our organizations and our lobbyists aren’t strong enough to make this happen without constituent pressure, and there is no greater way to build that pressure than through each of our individual social networks on Facebook.

Tips on Calling Your Senators:
1. Only call YOUR Senators! (Members of Congress don’t count “outside callers”)
2. Residents of the District of Columbia please make your calls to Senators Reid & Levin
3. Get them to answer: Does the Senator support the repeal?
4. Ask to be put on a special email list to be informed on the Senator’s efforts to repeal DADT.
5. Ask to meet with the Senator the next time they’re back in your district.
6. Be RESPECTFUL and RELENTLESS

Help Spread The Word:
1. Invite your friends to this Facebook event.
2. Use the “share” feature to post the event on your profile.
3. Use your status updates to urge friends to call their Senators
Sample status update:
“urges my friends on Thurs – Feb. 11 to call your Senators (202) 224-3121 and demand they repeal DADT now!
4. On Twitter, tweet the following:
Join the call to repeal #DADT on #Facebook | http://bit.ly/9SC0LQ | #cc10 #lgbt #gay #equality #p2 #topprog

In addition to calling your senators, we encourage you to plug into these organized efforts to pressure Congress to repeal DADT:
Act On Principles Citizen Whip Count Effort

http://actonprinciples.org

Register and report the outcome of your calls on the ActOnPrinciples website so that we can keep a citizen whip count in the House and Senate.

Voices of Honor Campaign

http://www.hrc.org/sites/voicesofhonor

HRC and Servicemembers United have teamed up to channel email into Congress and organize lobby visits, both in your home district and on Capitol Hill.

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

http://www.sldn.org/action

SLDN is mobilizing people to lobby your Members of Congress and write letters to the editor in your local newspapers.

The Courage Campaign’s Don’t Wait Campaign

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/DontWait

The Courage Campaign is mobilizing messages directly to Senator Levin, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee

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