Got this in the email today, thought y'all might have some ideas....
Dear MoveOn member,
The last few days have been simply astounding.
Over 166,000 of
us have signed the letter to President Bush
asking him to let
the inspections work. Then over 14,000 of us
chipped in nearly
$370,000 to support an Iraq advertising campaign,
which will
kick off with a full-page copy of our letter in
the New York
Times this week.
Of course, that'll just be the beginning. The
incredible
generosity with which folks have contributed to
the Let the
Inspections Work media campaign allows us to
stretch out in
directions that were previously out of reach.
We'll make sure
that our message is heard.
We're working with Fenton Communications to
dramatically expand
our print ad campaign. On Thursday, we'll be
running our ad
nationally in USA Today. And later this week,
we'll be
co-sponsoring another New York Times ad, signed
by prominent
public figures. We can't give you details on
that yet -- it's
embargoed until a press conference on Tuesday.
But we're not stopping at newspapers. Next week,
we'd like to
run ads on radio stations in Washington, DC. And
because we're
a grassroots organization, we'd like your help in
coming up with
them.
Are you an aspiring playwright? Professional ad
man or woman?
Writer? None of the above? Take a crack at a
60-second script
for a radio ad with the "Let the Inspections
Work" theme. Post
it to our radio ads ActionForum (below) by
Wednesday at 12:00 PST,
and rate what other folks have posted. We'll
scour the best ideas
from this forum when we decide what to put on the
air in
Washington, DC. It could mean airtime for your
script.
You can post your ad script and rate other folks'
ads at:
http://www.actionforum.com/forum/index.html?forum_id=251
Beyond radio, here's how our campaign will shape
up over the coming
week:
* When the New York Times ad runs, we'll make a
storm of phone
calls -- thousands -- which will increase its
visibility and impact.
* Later, we'll work together to write thousands
of letters to the
editor, one of the most effective ways of getting
free political
press.
* On Wednesday, we're helping to launch the Keep
America Safe/Win
Without War coalition, a group of major civic
organizations
including the NAACP, the National Organization
for Women, the
National Council of Churches, and a number of
other organizations.
The coalition will publicize and organize a
mainstream grassroots
opposition to the Bush plans for pre-emptive,
unilateral war.
The momentum for letting the inspections work is
clearly building.
Thank you for being part of what is already an
amazing campaign.
Sincerely,
--Eli, Peter, Wes, Joan, and Carrie
MoveOn.org
December 9th, 2002
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