Volunteers needed to 'smile and dial' in support of healthcare reform Oct. 21

It's 'time to deliver' on healthcare reform. With that in mind, Volunteers For Change-Fresno and other groups are invited to lend their support to healthcare reform with a public option at a phonebanking session, scheduled 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Communication Workers of America (CWA) Hall, 4422 E. Ashlan Ave. in Fresno.

CWA Vice President Stan Santos will kick off the event at 5 p.m. with a short presentation on health insurance reform. After that, volunteers will 'smile and dial' constituents of Rep. Jim Costa (who's still withholding his support for both healthcare reform and a public option) to encourage them to express their support for healthcare reform and the public option with Rep. Costa.

Bring your cell phones, chargers and extra minutes. Scripts, snacks and good company will be provided.

Want to participate? Contact V4CF member Connie Peterson at c.peterson8784@sbcglobal.net, or sign up on the event page at MyBarackObama.com.

President Obama's weekly address: Taking on the insurance companies down the stretch

From our friends at Whitehouse.gov:

In his weekly address, and as the health insurance reform debate enters into its final stages in Congress, President Obama denounces the desperate and deceptive last-ditch efforts of the health insurance companies to derail it.

If the viewscreen below is not visible, President Obama's weekly address can be viewed on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqXgp5mWU00.

From the Daily Kos: Time to employ campaign spirit in support of the public option

V4CF member Ruth Afifi sent this Daily Kos article along, encouraging those who supported Barack Obama last year in his campaign for the Presidency employ that same spirit and energy toward support of the public option in healthcare reform. From the Daily Kos:

It's time for those who phone banked and wrote letters to get back down to it. We need to be the change, we need to feel the hope, and this time it's health care reform that's at stake. It's time to hold Obama's feet to the fire, exactly as he asked us to do, because we cared then and we still care. Do we want to be drowned out by the voices of Washington politics-as-usual? The same old, same old? No! It's the hour of hope; the time for cynicism is no more.

Want to get it done? Call. Write. Tweet. Here's the info:

Email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Comments: (202) 456-1111
Switchboard: (202) 456-1414
Fax: (202) 456-2461
TTY/TDD Comments: (202) 456-6213
Twitter: @whitehouse @BarackObama:PUBLIC OPTION NOW! NO TRIGGERS! NO CO-OPS! NO OPT OUT! PUBLIC OPTION NOW!

The full article is available on the Daily Kos website.