18 MILLION VOICES: DENVER UPDATE and STATE ORGANIZERS STILL NEEDED

IMPORTANT NOTICE: WHO WE ARE

THIS WEBSITE http://18millionvoices.blogspot.com/
IS, AND WILL REMAIN, THE ONE AND ONLY SOURCE OF CORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT 18 MILLION VOICES CURRENT AND ONGOING ACTIVITIES.

18 MILLION VOICES PLANNED AND COORDINATED, THROUGH ITS RECOGNIZED STATE GROUPS, THE ACTIVITIES THAT TOOK PLACE IN DENVER ON AUGUST 25th and 26th, 2008 AND THAT ARE DETAILED ON OUR ONE AND ONLY "SISTER PAGE" LOCATED HERE: http://rhrdenver.blogspot.com/

NO OTHER GROUP OR ORGANIZATION IS WORKING IN AFFILIATION WITH 18 MILLION VOICES AND ANY INFORMATION TO THE CONTRARY IS FALSE.

18 MILLION VOICES HAS ABSOLUTELY NO AFFILIATION WITH ANY OF THE GROUPS IDENTIFIED AS "PUMA".

18 MILLION VOICES HAS ABSOLUTELY NO AFFILIATION WITH ANY EFFORTS BEING MISLEADINGLY DESCRIBED AS:

"18 MILLION VOICES PHASE II"
"18MVP2"
"18 MILLION VOICES PHASE 2"
THE WEBSITE "18MILLIONVOICES.NET "

IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ABOVE INDIVIDUALS/GROUPS ARE ATTEMPTING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE HARD WORK AND GOOD REPUTATION OF OUR GROUP BY USING THE "18 MILLION VOICES" NAME FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES.

WE HAVE REPEATEDLY REQUESTED THAT THESE GROUPS CEASE USING THE "18 MILLION VOICES" NAME--THE GROUPS HAVE THUS FAR REFUSED TO DO SO.

WE AT 18 MILLION VOICES DENOUNCE THE DISPICABLE ACTIONS OF THESE GROUPS IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO USE THE "18 MILLION VOICES" NAME FOR THEIR OWN PUPRPOSES AND BENEFIT.

WE ARE A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION THAT DOES NOT FUNDRAISE

We are NOT engaged in any form of fundraising.
We are a grassrooots organization in the most literal sense.

If you are asked to contibute to any organization representing themselves as "18 Million Voices", please know that they IN NO WAY represent 18 Million Voices or our efforts coordinated through this website and we ask kindly that you please contact us immediately at risehillaryrise@gmail.com in the event you encounter such an activity so that we may take immediate, appropriate action.

The Founders of 18 Million Voices, who created this website, are two private citizens who have a background in grassroots political organizing and a strong commitment to advocating for women's rights. 18 Million Voices is not a non-profit, or a PAC. However, the "18 Million Voices" name is, indeed, legally protected and in use by our grassroots organization.

We do not authorize the use of the name "18 Million Voices" by any other group, and do not endorse, nor are we involved with, any efforts but those detailed on THIS website.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

DENVER UPDATE and STATE ORGANIZERS STILL NEEDED

We are still seeking volunteers to organize groups locally as State Organizers. If you do not see a meeting scheduled in your state under the State Meetings and would like to become an organizer locally in your state, please email us at RiseHillaryRise@gmail.com with the subject heading STATE ORGANIZER INTEREST and we will get back to you within 48 hours (at the latest) with the State Organizer First Steps .

Many have asked us the specific dates that they should plan to be in Denver. We are boiling down specifics related to permitting (an issue which we have mostly now solved, thanks to all who emailed information), and coordinating around other unrelated groups' various actions on the ground. Many groups planning to be in Denver have very different messages than we do, and plan to protest or have resistance demonstrations for a variety of causes, and we are coordinating our specific action efforts with this in mind.

We are asking our supporters to plan to be in Denver on August 25th and August 26th for our actions, but, we of course welcome everyone to stay for the entire convention if time and resources allow them to do so. If you are not already a member of a meetup group in your state, please do join (see the State Meetings post for specific meetings) or, if there is no meeting in your area, please consider starting a group of your own locally.

In the coming weeks, we will post more Denver specifics for those wishing to attend the actions, but who are unable to be involved in the planning of the actions leading up to August. Please keep checking back to this site often.