<div dir="ltr"><div><br>Good morning All,</div><div> </div><div>Some of you may recall that CUCPJ/IMC worked on a local jail phone contract initiative back in 2004 that sought to stop the kick-backs being paid to the county for an inmate to make contact with their loved ones when being held in the county. We were successful locally, however, I am happy to share a remarkable National Campaign that aims at reducing phone rates throughout the United States, being led by the Center for Media Justice and our National Affiliate, Media Action Grassroot Network (MagNet). If you are able to watch this historic moment, please follow the links included in the message. If you are willing to share the information through social media, please help in that way. Thank you for your continued support for open access and justice. In Solidarity, Carol A.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Betty Yu</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:betty@mediajustice.org">betty@mediajustice.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 8:57 PM<br>Subject: ANCHORS! We need your LEADERSHIP TOMORROW, FRIDAY at 11am EST FOR THE FCC VOTE on Prison Phones!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi Anchors,<div><br></div><div>As you all know tomorrow, Friday August 9th at 11am EST is a historic FCC vote on prison phones. You can watch it live at <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live" target="_blank">www.fcc.gov/live</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I know that many of you are participating already and others have less capacity. </div>
<div><br></div><div><b><u>As the leadership of this Network, I'm wondering if each anchor can do these two things at minimum:</u></b></div><div><br></div><div>1<b>) Share this photo </b>that is attached here from your organization's and/or your personal Facebook at Twitter accounts.</div>
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<br></div><div><b>2) And you can use or modify these sample Facebook and Twitter posts:</b></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Sample FB posts:</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);line-height:18px;font-family:"lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif">Friends and family, I hope you'll tune in <span><span>on Friday</span></span> to a historic moment. The FCC will finally vote on a proposal to lower the cost of phone calls from all prisons, jails and detention facilities. Please support me by 1) tuning in to watch and 2) by sharing this postcard on your Facebook. Thank you!</span></div>
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<font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:17.98px"><span><span>On Friday</span></span> the FCC is voting on proposal to lower </span></font><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);line-height:18px;font-family:"lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif">interstate call rates for more over 2.4 million prisoners, including 400k detained immigrants and their families. Watch this historic vote and join the conversation online. Check out this postcard for details.</span></div>
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<span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);line-height:18px;font-family:"lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif"><b>Sample Tweets:</b></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);line-height:18px;font-family:"lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:17.98px"> <span><span>Fri Aug 9</span></span> @FCC will finally vote to reduce prison phone calls, join the #PhoneJustice Twitter Chat <span><span>9:00am PT</span></span> </span></font><br>
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<font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:17.98px">8/9 @FCC finally votes 2reduce prison calls join @mediaaction @prisonlegalnews @NationInside #PhoneJustice Chat 9a PT</span><br>
</font></div></div><div><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:17.98px"><br></span></font></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><span>Betty Yu</span><br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><span></span><span></span>Carol Ammons-Operation Director<br>UC-IMC, <a href="http://ucimc.org" target="_blank">ucimc.org</a><br>202 S. Broadway Avenue<br>Urbana, IL 61802<br>
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