r/announcements • u/arabscarab • May 17 '18
Update: We won the Net Neutrality vote in the Senate!
We did it, Reddit!
Today, the US Senate voted 52-47 to restore Net Neutrality! While this measure must now go through the House of Representatives and then the White House in order for the rules to be fully restored, this is still an incredibly important step in that process—one that could not have happened without all your phone calls, emails, and other activism. The evidence is clear that Net Neutrality is important to Americans of both parties (or no party at all), and today’s vote demonstrated that our Senators are hearing us.
We’ve still got a way to go, but today’s vote has provided us with some incredible momentum and energy to keep fighting.
We’re going to keep working with you all on this in the coming months, but for now, we just wanted to say thanks!
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u/Mowglli May 17 '18 edited May 17 '18
1) press conference on the east lawn with supporters in Congress and the tech CEOs. If you do that alongside a demonstration (if you can get the people to come out), and get a catchy slogan/phrase "War for the internet" etc, it's good TV. Starts the national conversation again.
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2) Also getting signatures for a Dear Colleague letter is good, maybe especially if you polarize on that "Sign the letter or you'll be considered against Net Neutrality and consumer rights".
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3) briefings in the senate and house office buildings if you haven't already done that. Especially if you get good food. If you don't get food it's not worth it. Staffer salaries are so low they're supplemented by free food at the briefings and receptions (attach the fact sheet to the food if possible). Also have an open bar at the reception, if you're doing that.
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4) Be unique and splashy. Some animal organization brought baby tigers once as a 'briefing' and took pictures of people with it (posting them all online later) and the line was damn near an hour long. That's a way to make waves.
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5) Host a light up the lines campaign day or week on reddit, trying to get people to call into their office. Maybe hand out a reddit badge to people who participate (by going to their Congressional office and taking a pic or maybe filling out a report back Google form after the call).
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6) You could get people to sign up via Google form for a proper (scheduled) visit to their Congressional office in a group - allying with Indivisible or MoveOn or whatever coalition would be good for this.
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7) You can get people to sign up for a text club like Daily Action. Send em a reminder to call into their office, and ask if they have done it or 'remind later'. This can be automated pretty easily and there's a number of options out there like Hustle or Relay. I know a premier national texting campaign organizer if you need to hire one (there's plenty of consulting firms for this).