Progressive Secretary

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Hello everyone!

 

Below is a copy of a letter sent to me by my cousin Chrissy about a web site

service called Progressive Secretary which seems to me a good place to further

internet activism... Carmen

 

Hey Yall,

 

It was just brought to my attention that a recent petition to help the women of

Afghanistan that I sent around was dead/closed. Since I have no desire to waste

my time/energy/space, or anyone elses, by sending around dead/closed petitions,

I have looked around for a more reliable way to do activism over the internet.

(Not to say that ALL e-mail petitions are bogus- I think that using the internet

to do activism is AWESOME, I just can't tell the difference between stuff that

is still relevant and stuff that isn't.)

 

The friend that pointed out that the internet petition that I sent around was

dead forwarded me a newsletter from THE PROGRESSIVE SECRETARY, which is a

nonprofit organization that spearheads a lot of internet letterwriting/activism.

I checked out their website and they seem to do really good work. NOt only do

they ask specific questions about the issues that you are intersted in and how

many times a month you

would like to be contacted about letters, they also ask you who in the

government you want the letters to be sent to. This last part is my favorite

because then I'm not just sending petitions with my name on them into the void

that is the internet, you know?;-)

Anyway, I've enclosed their web address if your interested:-)

 

http://www.ProgressiveSecretary.Org.

 

Chrissy

 

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