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.

Home From Denver

We have returned from Denver, and from a wonderful celebration of Women's Equality Day and Senator Hillary Clinton.

We have created a "sister site" that contains photos, narrative, videos, and press coverage detailing our Denver efforts. Please visit this link http://rhrdenver.blogspot.com to read all about it! And please keep checking back to this site for new details of our ongoing advocacy for women's rights! More to come VERY soon...stay tuned!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Thoughts on Denver, and going forward

We rarely post here in a blog format, as this site was originally created as an organizing tool for our efforts that took place in Denver. We will now be blogging here more often as the efforts of 18 Million Voices move forward. For details about our Denver efforts, please visit our one and only sister page at http://rhrdenver.blogspot.com

Going forward, the Founders of 18 Million Voices will be continuing to advocate for women's rights, but will be working mostly offline for now. The journey we all took together this past summer was an immense effort for many who were involved, and our successes exceeded all of our expectations. We again want to thank all those that got involved, supported the stated mission, and worked cooperatively and tirelessly to achieve it.

It is to our great dismay that there were some individuals involved in these efforts that clearly had less than noble intentions, and that joined us in order to change our mission to their purposes. Through the deep commitment of many core members and Organizers, those individuals' efforts failed.

It is now with great disgust that we find another individual attempting to maliciously, willfully, and knowingly exploit the 18 Million Voices name and the reputation that we have built around it, knowing full well that the name is in use, and was created by us. This individual has co-opted the name 18 Million Voices to promote her own efforts which have NOTHING whatsoever to do with the mission or purpose of 18 Million Voices, and she continues in this endeavor despite our repeated demands that she stop doing so.

The Founders of 18 Million Voices, who are the creators of this website and the 18 Million Voices name, feel this individual's behavior is a sad and pathetic commentary on humanity. It clearly would be quite simple for this person to use their own creative resources and think up a unique name for their efforts, but they choose instead to co-opt and exploit the 18 Million Voices name without our authorization or approval, despite our repeated demands that they not do so.

While some may say imitation is the best form of flattery, this individual's efforts do not constitute imitation but are simply a pathetic and sad act of blatant plagiarism and exploitation. As many of you know, we indeed changed our name at the beginning of these efforts immediately upon discovering the name we originally chose was in use by another group--which is what any decent, law abiding citizen WOULD DO. We post about this here only to share our great disappointment that any grown adult would behave in such a sad, childish, malicious, and ugly manner, and to assure all of our members and supporters that we are indeed aware of this individual's behavior and are taking the necessary steps to address it.

18 Million Voices continues in its advocacy for women's rights, and will remain candidate neutral as we move forward in our new activities. We will continue to bring the same level of professionalism and attention to detail to our efforts that we always have, and we will continue to welcome those who are committed to the cause of women's rights to join us in this journey.

Please stay tuned...we will be blogging about our activities and our thoughts more frequently in the future.