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ekimx425Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 5:44:00 PM EDT
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Hello friends, family, and colleagues,That is the beginning of the email that I sent to a group of people including my parents, brother and other close friends.
I am writing to tell you about an issue that is important to me. Sex education is an issue that effects everyone and giving youth age appropriate medically accurate information is vital to their future health.
I encourage you to please sign this online petition and show your support of the REAL Act http://www.amplifyyourvoice.org/realact
I try not to send too many petition forwards because I do not want people to begin to ignore my emails all together, but when I found out AFY was organizing an online petition to support the REAL Act I knew I had to let people know about it. After that portion of the email I gave some more information about the REAL Act and concluded the email saying
You can make a big difference in American youth today. Do your part, sign the petition and circulate this email to encourage others to do the same.I didn't know if I could really expect many of the people I sent it to, to actually sign it let alone forward it. But to my surprise the next day I received emails back from both my parents letting me know they had signed it and they were proud of me. Out of all my feminist and activist friends that were included on that list, only my parents responded. I was astounded. A few hours later I received another email from my Dad. Apparently my Dad had chosen to circulate the email and encourage others to sign the petition as well. I was astounded and impressed. He sent the petition to half of the faculty at the school he teaches at as well as friends he had across the country.
My parents told me they were proud of me, but I am proud of my Dad. I don't think he ever thought that one day he would be following in his child's footsteps and advocating for the issues important to them.
Thanks to my Dad the petition for the REAL Act reached way more people than I could have reached within my network.
So thanks Dad, and when this gets passed know that it was partially due to your hard work.
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Thats great! I love integenerational activism!
# Posted By vanessaaishacoleman
| 10/9/09 02:56 PM
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vanessaaishacoleman
| 10/9/09 02:56 PM
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I forward these kinds of petitions to my network of family and friends, and I'm always excited to get emails saying that they filled it out! I also started linking petitions and articles to my Facebook page, resulting in some heated debate between my more conservative and liberal friends. And while that may be a little uncomfortable at times, it's important to get the conversation started.
# Posted By EileenMySistahs
| 10/12/09 03:53 AM
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