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Ready or Not, The Census is Coming!

What if, in 10 minutes, you could help secure federal funding to support education, health care, housing and economic development in your community?  By filling out the 10 questions on your census form when it comes in the mail next week (starting March 15) and mailing it back, you can help your neighborhood, city, and state.  Counting every person living in this country is a huge job and we need everyone’s participation!

>> Tell your family and friends to fill out their census form and mail it back!

Write Your Senators: America's Workforce Deserves Better!

Join the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and our partners in the Half In Ten Campaign as we urge the Senate to immediately extend Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits and COBRA subsidies through the end of 2010 while providing critical aid to local and state governments.

>> Write your senators and urge them to continue these vital benefits.

Call Your Senators: Protect Consumers

As our nation enters the new year, millions of families will struggle to make ends meet, while many big businesses – which have received billions of dollars in aid from the federal government – continue to employ the same disreputable tactics that so devastated our economic system.  Congress must take the necessary steps to assist people suffering the most in these trying economic times, and help safeguard families from unfair lending practices. 

>> Call your senators and urge support for the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 with a strong Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

Confirm Dawn Johnsen for Office of Legal Counsel

The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) serves as a legal advisor to the White House and federal agencies within the Department of Justice. The OLC advises on a number of issues that directly affect our civil and human rights, such as voting rights, criminal justice, religious discrimination and immigration. Dawn Johnsen knows what it takes to run the OLC, and through her work as a constitutional law professor she has proven her knowledge of the government's adherence to our constitutional rights. She will use her experience and knowledge to guide and advise our President and our federal agencies on integral decisions that impact our personal lives.

>> Call your senators and tell them to confirm Dawn Johnsen as head of the OLC

Hey Congress - Finish What You Started!

As the president highlighted in his first State of the Union address, a number of achievements have been made over the past year. However, there remains a great deal of work to be done. Our community members need good jobs, affordable and accessible health care, and assurances that they can achieve the American dream.

>> Call your members of Congress at 202-224-3121 and urge them to finish the legislative priorities they started last year.

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