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JENerational Change is transforming politics into service. In 2020, Jen Perelman ran for Congress against Debbie Wasserman Schultz based on the premise that congressional representation should be treated as a term of public service, not a lifelong career. JENerational Change spotlights other candidates who challenge entrenched incumbents, regardless of their party affiliation. We speak with activists, journalists, comedians, and other public figures who seek to make a positive change for their community. Your patronage ensures that can continue building awareness for insurgent campaigns that seek to chip away at the political establishment!
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Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
#FreeAssange #FreeAssangeTelethon
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FEATURING:
1:45-2:00 p.m. ET: Nathan Fuller of the Assange Defense Committee
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET: John Kiriakou, Medea Benjamin, and Kevin Gosztola
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET: Lee Camp, Rania Khalek, and Ron Placone
4:00-5:00 p.m. ET: Justin Jackson, Kate Willett, and Jordan Chariton
5:00-6:00 p.m. ET: Norman Solomon, Marjorie Cohn, and Shahid Buttar
6:00-7:00 p.m. ET: Chris Hedges & Margaret Kimberley
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PHONE SCRIPT:
📞 Directory of Representatives: house.gov/representatives
📞 Department of Justice Comment Line: 202-353-1555
📞 Senate Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Hello, my name is [NAME] and I’m calling from [CITY]. I’m calling to ask that the United States drop its case against Julian Assange. I’m deeply concerned about the potential ramifications that prosecuting a journalist for exposing American war crimes will have on our civil liberties.
Joe Biden promised that he would end Trump’s attacks on the press, yet his administration has indicated that it will continue to seek Assange’s extradition for the crime of publishing truthful information. The prosecution of Assange creates a dangerous precedent that will prevent journalists from holding our government accountable.
Please protect our First Amendment and drop the case against Assange immediately.
Thank you for your time.
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EMAIL COPY:
✉️ Department of Justice Email Form: https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice
Hello,
My name is [NAME] and I’m writing from [CITY]. I’m writing to ask that the United States drop its case against Julian Assange. I’m deeply concerned about the potential ramifications that prosecuting a journalist for exposing American war crimes will have on our civil liberties.
As you know, President Obama’s Justice Department decided not to extradite Assange on the grounds that what he did is protected by the First Amendment. Joe Biden promised that he would end Trump’s extraordinary attacks on the press, yet his administration has indicated that it will continue to seek Assange’s extradition for the crime of publishing truthful information.
If President Biden follows through on this unprecedented assault on our constitutional rights, I believe that it will establish a dangerous standard that can be used to target and subdue journalists from holding our government accountable. Furthermore, as the ACLU has noted, “prosecuting a foreign publisher for violating U.S. secrecy laws would set an especially dangerous precedent for U.S. journalists, who routinely violate foreign secrecy laws to deliver information vital to the public's interest.”
The freedom to practice adversarial journalism is one of our most sacred American rights, and the prosecution of Julian Assange will directly undermine the purpose of our First Amendment.
Please drop your case against Assange immediately.
Sincerely,
[NAME]
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For more ways to help Julian, please visit: AssangeDefense.org
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☀️ WEBSITE: JenerationalChange.com
☀️ TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @jenfl23
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"In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
#FreeAssange #FreeAssangeTelethon
—
FEATURING:
1:45-2:00 p.m. ET: Nathan Fuller of the Assange Defense Committee
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET: John Kiriakou, Medea Benjamin, and Kevin Gosztola
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET: Lee Camp, Rania Khalek, and Ron Placone
4:00-5:00 p.m. ET: Justin Jackson, Kate Willett, and Jordan Chariton
5:00-6:00 p.m. ET: Norman Solomon, Marjorie Cohn, and Shahid Buttar
6:00-7:00 p.m. ET: Chris Hedges & Margaret Kimberley
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PHONE SCRIPT:
📞 Directory of Representatives: house.gov/representatives
📞 Department of Justice Comment Line: 202-353-1555
📞 Senate Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Hello, my name is [NAME] and I’m calling from [CITY]. I’m calling to ask that the United States drop its case against Julian Assange. I’m deeply concerned about the potential ramifications that prosecuting a journalist for exposing American war crimes will have on our civil liberties.
Joe Biden promised that he would end Trump’s attacks on the press, yet his administration has indicated that it will continue to seek Assange’s extradition for the crime of publishing truthful information. The prosecution of Assange creates a dangerous precedent that will prevent journalists from holding our government accountable.
Please protect our First Amendment and drop the case against Assange immediately.
Thank you for your time.
—
EMAIL COPY:
✉️ Department of Justice Email Form: https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice
Hello,
My name is [NAME] and I’m writing from [CITY]. I’m writing to ask that the United States drop its case against Julian Assange. I’m deeply concerned about the potential ramifications that prosecuting a journalist for exposing American war crimes will have on our civil liberties.
As you know, President Obama’s Justice Department decided not to extradite Assange on the grounds that what he did is protected by the First Amendment. Joe Biden promised that he would end Trump’s extraordinary attacks on the press, yet his administration has indicated that it will continue to seek Assange’s extradition for the crime of publishing truthful information.
If President Biden follows through on this unprecedented assault on our constitutional rights, I believe that it will establish a dangerous standard that can be used to target and subdue journalists from holding our government accountable. Furthermore, as the ACLU has noted, “prosecuting a foreign publisher for violating U.S. secrecy laws would set an especially dangerous precedent for U.S. journalists, who routinely violate foreign secrecy laws to deliver information vital to the public's interest.”
The freedom to practice adversarial journalism is one of our most sacred American rights, and the prosecution of Julian Assange will directly undermine the purpose of our First Amendment.
Please drop your case against Assange immediately.
Sincerely,
[NAME]
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For more ways to help Julian, please visit: AssangeDefense.org
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☀️ WEBSITE: JenerationalChange.com
☀️ TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @jenfl23
☀️ PATREON: patreon.com/JENerationalChange
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"In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Betty Hart is an actor, director, instructor, and woman of faith whose mission is to help create space for necessary conversations.
Betty is known for her TEDx Talk "Canceling Cancel Culture with Compassion," wherein she advocates for curiosity, diversity, empathy, and valuing the whole of a person rather than individual aspects. Cancel culture generally refers to celebrities, but what about the people in our inner circle we are cancelling due to ideological differences? What if instead of removing people from our lives, we extended compassion to them?
Betty is also a member of the Actor’s Equity Association, the union for professional actors, and a director. Additionally, Betty is a full time facilitator and lead of the Experiential Learning Team for Kaiser Permanente’s Arts Integrated Resources (AIR). The Experiential Learning Team creates and delivers workshops for the community on such varied topics as laughter as wellness, care equity, bias, and cultural sensitivity.
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❌ Betty's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbiho...
❌ Betty's Instagram: @ActorBetty
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Friday Mar 19, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Georgia Davenport is the founder of Whole Washington, a grassroots coalition of healthcare professionals and activists who are determined to bring universal healthcare to the State of Washington and throughout the nation.
Georgia founded Whole Washington in 2017 to support candidates who are working with urgency to make Universal Healthcare a reality. Whole Washington does not support an incremental approach and believes that the only way to true social justice, cost relief, and personal freedom is through a single-payer system.
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🏥 Georgia's Twitter: @GeoDavenport
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Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Margaret Kimberley is a New York-based writer and activist for peace and justice issues.
Dr. Cornel West has called her “one of the few great truth tellers who, along with Glen Ford, Adolph Reed, Jr. and Bruce Dixon, preserved her integrity during the Obama years.” She has been an editor and senior columnist for Black Agenda Report since its inception in 2006. Her work has appeared in the Dallas Morning News, Consortium News, American Herald Tribune and CounterPunch. She is a contributor to the anthology In Defense of Julian Assange. She is a graduate of Williams College and lives in New York City.
In her new book "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents," Margaret explores America's relationship with race and black Americans through the lens of the presidents who have been elected to represent all of its people.
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✒️ Margaret's Twitter: @freedomrideblog
✒️ Black Agenda Report: BlackAgendaReport.com
✒️ Margaret's Book: http://steerforth.com/titles/prejudential/written+by-margaret+kimberley
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Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Jennifer R. Farmer is a writer, trainer and activist communicator.
Jennifer is the author of the forthcoming book, “First and Only: How Black Women Navigate Work and Life.” In the book, Jennifer offers practical strategies for Black women to thrive in workplaces that can be ambivalent about their success, as well as tips and stories from psychologists, activists, and organizational experts that equip Black women to lead others and heal past wounds.
Jennifer is the founder of Spotlight PR, a boutique firm specializing in communications strategy and training for leaders and groups committed to social and racial justice, Jennifer has provided services to national organizations and celebrities committed to social and racial justice. She has worked with Nina Turner, Killer Mike, Dr. William J. Barber II, Edgar Villanueva, and a host of social justice organizations such as the Funders’ Collaborative for Youth Organizing, Repairers of the Breach, United Methodist Women, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and more.
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🚀 Jennifer's Website: JenniferRFarmer.org
🚀 Jennifer's Twitter: @PR_Whisperer
🚀 Jennifer's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-R-Far...
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Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Jason Smith President of the Broward County Professional Firefighters and Paramedics Union (IAFF Local 4321).
The International Association of Fire Fighters is a labor union representing paid full-time firefighters and emergency medical services personnel in the United States and Canada.
The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada. Jason began his career as a Firefighter/Paramedic and then rose through the ranks as an Acting Driver, Lieutenant, Captain, Battalion Chief and even Assistant District Fire Chief. He started his union involvement in 2001, when he joined the IAFF local 3080. In 2003, he joined local 3333 and in 2005 was assigned his first position as Sergeant of Arms. In 2019, Jason decided to run for President and ran unopposed.
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🚒 Website: bcfire.com
🚒Twitter: @iaff4321
🚒 Facebook: @BCFIRE
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Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Georgia Davenport is the founder of Whole Washington, a grassroots coalition of healthcare professionals and activists who are determined to bring universal healthcare to the State of Washington and throughout the nation.
Georgia founded Whole Washington in 2017 to support candidates who are working with urgency to make Universal Healthcare a reality. Whole Washington does not support an incremental approach and believes that the only way to true social justice, cost relief, and personal freedom is through a single-payer system.
🏥 Whole Washington's Website: WholeWashington.org
🏥 Georgia's Twitter: @GeoDavenport
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Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Since AOC’s monumental primary upset of Joe Crowley in 2018, a progressive uprising has been sweeping NYC.
Dianne Morales is a former public school teacher turned non-profit difference maker for at-risk youth & the LGBTQ+ community. As a non-corporate funded candidate, Dianne represents a people-first agenda that prioritizes:
* Guaranteed Housing for All
* Democratizing Healthcare
* Defunding the Police
* Public Infrastructure investment
In Dianne's own words, her platform "is built on the belief that politics should work for all the people and that we are stronger and better positioned to grow when every New Yorker is prioritized, oppressive systems are eliminated and barriers are removed. The people who help keep New York City afloat, in and out of a pandemic, are the same ones struggling because our system was designed for them to struggle."
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DONATE TO DIANNE: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/webste
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🍎Dianne's Twitter: @Dianne4NYC
🍎Dianne's Website: dianne.nyc
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