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Democracy is not a spectator sport!

A small group of thoughtful people
could change the world. Indeed,
it's the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead

Take action and call (202) 224-3121 or 225-3121 and tell the Congressional Switchboard Operator 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.

TELL THEM that the time has come to Reactivate the United States Civilian Conservation Corps!

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.

And here is more pertenent information ....

Coalition on Human Needs

27 million people in the U.S. are out of work or working fewer hours than they want and need.
That's more than one in six workers.

Our New Year's wish is for jobs, and for the supports people need while the jobs are too few.

Please send an email to your U.S. Rep. and Senators, urging them to create jobs that help low-income people and strengthen the economy.

It's simple: visit http://salsa.democracyinaction.org

The Coalition on Human Needs is working with many groups to encourage the Obama Administration and Congress to create jobs targeted to meet the needs of distressed communities and low-income people. The House of Representatives passed a jobs bill before leaving for the holidays (see CHN's Human Needs Report, http://www.chn.org/humanneeds/091223d.html). It takes important steps forward; now we must work together to build on that beginning.

For more information, see CHN's job creation page: http://www.chn.org/issues/labor/jobcreation.html
For a Huffington Post blog by CHN's Debbie Weinstein: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-weinstein/an-effective-jobs-program_b_397370.html

Thanks, and best wishes for happy holidays and for more progress in the New Year!

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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.