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WE CAN TAKE IT, INC - http://www.wecantakeit.org - We urge you to call your US House We have the opportunity in nearly 70 years since 1942 with HR 4318 titled the 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act that will authorize the President to reestablish the Civilian Conservation Corps as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed and underemployed citizens of the United States through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes, sponsored by, Rep Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. Visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h4318:

Call (202) 225-3121 ask the operator at the Congressional Switchboard to patch you to your members of Congress.

When your call is recieved tell the receptionist that you a constituant and if your a Veteran tell them so.

MAKE SURE YOUR CALL HAS BEEN RECORDED!

If asked what you call is about tell the receptionist that you are concerned for jobs for our young adults and returning Veterans.

Then ask to be patched through to the legistlative assistant who works in Veterans Affairs or job creation.

Talking points for the reactivation of the United States Civilian Conservation Corp...

*The CCC was and would be again a cost-effective and accountable government program that would provide real green job creation and impart on those who would enroll would learn the work ethic and conservation ethic for our unskilled young men and women from the age of 17 to 26 years.

*Can be the first job opportunity for our young adults who now face double-digit unemployment.

*Can perform labor intensive-low tech green job of planting trees to perform high tech installation and maintenance of PVC panels and wind generators on our public lands.

*Can give the military a practical and peaceful mission on our soil.

* Would give our young adults a alternative national service.

*Can be adopted in other countries to give us all a chance to survive rapid climate change.

*Reactivation can be or is a real non-partisan platform issue in the 2010 Congressional mid-term elections.

End with giving the website as a reference WWW dot WE CAN TAKE IT dot ORG

Also mention the online petition.

If they are not in then leave a message on their voice mail.

Again be sure your call was recorded.

Then call the President's Comment Line at (202) 546-1111. And leave your message with the operator who will take down your information. Thank the operators for their service since they are members of the armed services.

Or email the White House at

http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/ - Send to WH Attention: :"Jobs Advisory Group".

Please sign in on the guestbook on the home page and indicate that you called and want updates.

Please sign and leave your comments for your elected Federal Officials on the Petition for Reactivation.

Sign and leave your comments ( 1. What are your feelings of the state of our environment today! 2. Why should the US government reactivate this progeam for us?) for your elected Federal Officials on the Petition for Reactivation and then even take further action and call the President's Comment line and Congress!

# 588: 1:26 pm PST, Dec 10, Barbara Harsh, California
TO: Congress & Congressional Leaders & SubCommittee Members You still have American citizens that do no fear hard work, need to be raised out of poverty and before all trust between the People and the Government are lost where there is still hope.

The reactivation will do so much to rebuild our Nation, strength the hope of our People and help restore the economy at below main street levels. We need a groundswell of voters to understand the value of a global reach on our planet is necessary but not exclusive from Nation building here too! Fix the levies, remediate the land and water, build and repair brick&mortar infrastructures. Continue the building through our IT & security infrastructure concurrently. This is a political kudo for whomever gets this new bill written and passed!

# 568: 8:20 pm PST, Nov 17, Cheryse Wellman, Ohio
There is no question that the state of our environment is bordering the precipice of disaster on so many fronts, and the cost of inaction will continue to bear heavy on generations to come. The time is now to make progressive transistions to securing the welfare of our planet, its species, and future generations.

Reimplementing CCC would be a great step in the direction of securing a sustainable future.