Action Alert: DREAM Act, Support Higher Education for All Students.

January 14, 2009

CHANGE.org is holding a nationwide competition to identify "the best ideas for change in America". The top 10 ideas will be presented to the Obama administration just before inauguration day and change.org has pledged to back a national advocacy campaign to turn each of the top 10 issues ideas into actual policy.

We have a chance to make The DREAM Act one of the 10 campaigns but we need your support.  Voting ENDS January 15th!  Right now the DREAM Act is in 11th place.  Voting only takes 2 minutes.  The winning ideas will be presented on January 16th, at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. 

VOTE TO SUPPORT THE DREAM ACT

1. Go to http://www.change.org/
2. Click on the box marked "vote now" on the left side of your screen.
3. A screen will pop-up.  Fill in your name, e-mail and password. 
4. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the email address you provided.  Click on the link provided in the email. 
5. Go back to www.change.org/ideas/view/pass_the_dream_act_now and click on the "vote now" box to vote.
6. Pass the link on to friends and family so that they can vote!

ENDORSE THE DREAM ACT

1. Go to www.change.org/ideas/view/pass_the_dream_act_now
2. On the right hand side of the screen you will see a heading titled "Endorsements for this idea", click the link underneath that heading.
3. A registration screen will pop-up, asking for the name of your organization, the URL to your website and your logo*.  Submit the information.  After review, change.org will email your approval and your logo will appear under the endorsement section.

* In order to submit your logo you must save your logo as an image to your desktop and then simply upload it when asked for the logo.

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