Here is another edition of press releases I get. These make for some interesting reading but it wouldn't necessarily be something I would post at work.
First, an update from the National Priorities Project, asking for money:
These are extraordinary times.
NPP is buzzing with research and new publications, connecting with diverse communities and forging groundbreaking communications work.
Every week an activist or national organization says to us “You are our 'go to' resource for accurate budget information...No one does this work better than you do.” Our work has never been more important. And, we need your help to continue.
NPP provides concrete tools to individuals and organizations across the U.S. working for social and economic justice. Our research and materials make their work more powerful and effective.
RESEARCH
Since the fall we've released seven major reports. Each highlights the local impact of federal spending for the issue it addresses. Find the reports at http://www.nationalpriorities.org/publications.
In the next few weeks – with the help of a host of national colleagues – we will issue a Security Spending Primer, an innovative tool dedicated to expanding our nation's understanding of national security while building widespread capacity to tackle military spending. It's time.
NETWORKING AND TRAINING
Networking and Training is building lasting relationships with grassroots organizations across the country, largely in communities of color. This work is dedicated to systemic and lasting priorities shifts. It will ensure that NPP remains relevant and useful to broad-based and transformative social change.
COMMUNICATIONS
Our material is out there, speaking truth to power! In the last several weeks alone, staff have done a dozen radio interviews on the FY2010 budget, we've been picked up on blogs like Huffington Post, Jo had a piece published in The Nation
on-line (find it here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090608/comerford?rel=hp_picks).
We've also had significant print media attention, like a recent AP hit that resulted in articles in 73 state papers, 3 national papers/magazines and 85+ website replications.
Your financial support makes all this possible. Please, please make a contribution today. These economic times are challenging. Help us close the gap in our annual revenue goal by making a meaningful gift for new national priorities!
Second, this one, from Mass Media Distribution, on where all those jobs Obama promised are [or aren't?]:
"Where Are Obama's 4.5 Million Jobs?" Recent College Grad Asks Prez
New York, NY (MMD Newswire) June 1, 2009 -- With millions of recent college graduates unable to find work and with countless older Americans thrown into foreclosure, bankruptcy, and shame, one recent grad is asking Obama where those 4.5 million "new" jobs are hiding.
"Where are they, President Obama? Because I have applied to literally hundreds of jobs -- media jobs, regular office jobs, and blue collar jobs... nothing has come up. And my situation is far from unique," says David Seaman, a recent college graduate living in New York.
"The media is covering older Americans who are struggling with foreclosure, because maybe it's sexy to have footage of a house with that big FORECLOSED sign out front. But no one is talking about the millions of us who have degrees and can't find work in this economy," he adds.
Seaman has posted a video on iReport.com asking the President where the jobs are, and is forwarding the link to everyone he knows:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-264659
"I would like to get us to a million views this week, maybe if enough people see this, someone in the administration will actually show it to the President. This isn't a PR stunt; this is the real deal. No one is covering this issue."
Email: dseaman@gmail.com
Video: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-264659
First, an update from the National Priorities Project, asking for money:
These are extraordinary times.
NPP is buzzing with research and new publications, connecting with diverse communities and forging groundbreaking communications work.
Every week an activist or national organization says to us “You are our 'go to' resource for accurate budget information...No one does this work better than you do.” Our work has never been more important. And, we need your help to continue.
NPP provides concrete tools to individuals and organizations across the U.S. working for social and economic justice. Our research and materials make their work more powerful and effective.
RESEARCH
Since the fall we've released seven major reports. Each highlights the local impact of federal spending for the issue it addresses. Find the reports at http://www.nationalpriorities.org/publications.
In the next few weeks – with the help of a host of national colleagues – we will issue a Security Spending Primer, an innovative tool dedicated to expanding our nation's understanding of national security while building widespread capacity to tackle military spending. It's time.
NETWORKING AND TRAINING
Networking and Training is building lasting relationships with grassroots organizations across the country, largely in communities of color. This work is dedicated to systemic and lasting priorities shifts. It will ensure that NPP remains relevant and useful to broad-based and transformative social change.
COMMUNICATIONS
Our material is out there, speaking truth to power! In the last several weeks alone, staff have done a dozen radio interviews on the FY2010 budget, we've been picked up on blogs like Huffington Post, Jo had a piece published in The Nation
on-line (find it here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090608/comerford?rel=hp_picks).
We've also had significant print media attention, like a recent AP hit that resulted in articles in 73 state papers, 3 national papers/magazines and 85+ website replications.
Your financial support makes all this possible. Please, please make a contribution today. These economic times are challenging. Help us close the gap in our annual revenue goal by making a meaningful gift for new national priorities!
Second, this one, from Mass Media Distribution, on where all those jobs Obama promised are [or aren't?]:
"Where Are Obama's 4.5 Million Jobs?" Recent College Grad Asks Prez
New York, NY (MMD Newswire) June 1, 2009 -- With millions of recent college graduates unable to find work and with countless older Americans thrown into foreclosure, bankruptcy, and shame, one recent grad is asking Obama where those 4.5 million "new" jobs are hiding.
"Where are they, President Obama? Because I have applied to literally hundreds of jobs -- media jobs, regular office jobs, and blue collar jobs... nothing has come up. And my situation is far from unique," says David Seaman, a recent college graduate living in New York.
"The media is covering older Americans who are struggling with foreclosure, because maybe it's sexy to have footage of a house with that big FORECLOSED sign out front. But no one is talking about the millions of us who have degrees and can't find work in this economy," he adds.
Seaman has posted a video on iReport.com asking the President where the jobs are, and is forwarding the link to everyone he knows:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-264659
"I would like to get us to a million views this week, maybe if enough people see this, someone in the administration will actually show it to the President. This isn't a PR stunt; this is the real deal. No one is covering this issue."
Email: dseaman@gmail.com
Video: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-264659
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