Tell Congress what you think! What is POPVOX.com?

MoInSTL wrote:Terrific first post and welcome! Will you be around to help monitor this thread if there are questions?

@HelpThe99ers wrote:Hello everyone.

Good morning! I am a member of Help the 99ers and have seen all you do
for the unemployed with your wonderful site as well as your advocacy on
Twitter. Thank you for sharing this website with us. We all know that
we have to make our voices heard in Congress loud and clear and POPVOX
is a great way to achieve that goal. Thank you for sharing this with us
and for all you do on behalf of the unemployed and underemployed in
America.

I'm the author of helpthe99ers.blogspot.com - this is my first post here on Unemployed Friends.

Those who have seen my Twitter posts, may have seen me refer to a website called POPVOX - it's a new website created by former Congressional staffers, with the goal of making it easier for constituents (like you and me and the rest of the 99er community) to have our say.

I cannot endorse it highly enough. I think POPVOX has the potential to be a game-changing way to make our voices heard.

With one click, our Representatives can see this:

A national map showing every person who supports the bill. Imagine if every 99er was shown there. Imagine if our families and friends, our supporters and advocates, were all represented on that map.

Do you think Congress would hear us? I do.

Adding your voice to POPVOX is easy: you can simply say "I support" or "I oppose" a bill, or you can add your story to those already there.

I would ask every one here to add their voices: http://pvox.co/bfQp1i

Thank you.

@HelpThe99ers wrote:Hello everyone.

I'm the author of helpthe99ers.blogspot.com - this is my first post here on Unemployed Friends.

Those who have seen my Twitter posts, may have seen me refer to a website called POPVOX - it's a new website created by former Congressional staffers, with the goal of making it easier for constituents (like you and me and the rest of the 99er community) to have our say.

I cannot endorse it highly enough. I think POPVOX has the potential to be a game-changing way to make our voices heard.

With one click, our Representatives can see this:

A national map showing every person who supports the bill. Imagine if every 99er was shown there. Imagine if our families and friends, our supporters and advocates, were all represented on that map.

Do you think Congress would hear us? I do.

Adding your voice to POPVOX is easy: you can simply say "I support" or "I oppose" a bill, or you can add your story to those already there.

I would ask every one here to add their voices: http://pvox.co/bfQp1i

Thank you.

@HelpThe99ers wrote:As of March 3:

H.R. 589 has 72 co-sponsors, all Democrats.
POPVOX has recorded 179 constituent opinions (147-31 in support) and 3 organizations have endorsed the bill.

It's a good start.

Congress listens to their constituents, so the more people we can get to express their support, the better.

@HelpThe99ers wrote:Hello everyone.

I'm the author of helpthe99ers.blogspot.com - this is my first post here on Unemployed Friends.

Those who have seen my Twitter posts, may have seen me refer to a website called POPVOX - it's a new website created by former Congressional staffers, with the goal of making it easier for constituents (like you and me and the rest of the 99er community) to have our say.

I cannot endorse it highly enough. I think POPVOX has the potential to be a game-changing way to make our voices heard.

With one click, our Representatives can see this:

A national map showing every person who supports the bill. Imagine if every 99er was shown there. Imagine if our families and friends, our supporters and advocates, were all represented on that map.

Do you think Congress would hear us? I do.

Adding your voice to POPVOX is easy: you can simply say "I support" or "I oppose" a bill, or you can add your story to those already there.

I would ask every one here to add their voices: http://pvox.co/bfQp1i

Thank you.

DesperateInRI wrote:

@HelpThe99ers wrote:Hello everyone.

I'm the author of helpthe99ers.blogspot.com - this is my first post here on Unemployed Friends.

Those who have seen my Twitter posts, may have seen me refer to a website called POPVOX - it's a new website created by former Congressional staffers, with the goal of making it easier for constituents (like you and me and the rest of the 99er community) to have our say.

I cannot endorse it highly enough. I think POPVOX has the potential to be a game-changing way to make our voices heard.

With one click, our Representatives can see this:

A national map showing every person who supports the bill. Imagine if every 99er was shown there. Imagine if our families and friends, our supporters and advocates, were all represented on that map.

Do you think Congress would hear us? I do.

Adding your voice to POPVOX is easy: you can simply say "I support" or "I oppose" a bill, or you can add your story to those already there.

I would ask every one here to add their voices: http://pvox.co/bfQp1i

Thank you.

Please add your voice today!

Congressional staffers say that messages from their constituents are getting lost. When Congress receives some 300 million emails per year, that's not hard to imagine. Add in the phone calls, letters, faxes, Facebook posts, tweets, et al, and it's no wonder that it's impossible to get a conversation going.

Coming from a ten-year background working with a number of advocacy organizations, Rachna Choudhry knew the problem well.

99ERS TRY POPVOX - Not confident sad tales of human suffering get through to congressional staffers, one advocate for extra weeks of unemployment benefits for the superlong-term unemployed is trying www.popvox.com. Check out the testimonial.

@HelpThe99ers wrote:We received a mention in The Huffington Post:

99ERS TRY POPVOX - Not confident sad tales of human suffering get through to congressional staffers, one advocate for extra weeks of unemployment benefits for the superlong-term unemployed is trying www.popvox.com. Check out the testimonial.