We need to identify 5 people in each of the 83 Michigan counties who are willing to collaborate and organize their counties under the Family Rights Coalition [See web site at frcmi.org]. Each guy and gal needs to find 5 others and create a phone tree to facilitate communication within their county. Eventually, each county group must organize thier own county meetings to plan and implement coordinated statewide actions county by county. Everyone needs to join the Family Rights Coaliton to help expand our data base and facilitate communication statewide..
2006 is the year. We need grassroots leadership and organization by county so that we can have a voice in the next election, effect judgeships, establish a court watch and be able to organize letter writing campaigns to legislators, other officials and newspaper "letters to the editor."
We are asking people to sign up as precinct delegates in the political party they identify with. This is the lowest level of elected office and involves minimal responsibility, but can make a great difference in organizing power to influence what happens. Anyone who is willing to become a precinct delegate should e-mail the executive director of the Family Rights Coalition, Jay Fedewa at jafedawa@frcmi.org.
We need people to distribute leaflets at the courthouses in their counties that will lead them to join the Family Rights Coallition and collaborate with the local frc representatives in their respective county. We also need to be able to distribute cable programs statewide through the citizen public access cable venues. We will be producing our second cable program next month
* Finally, we need people to committ to donate to the Family Rights Coalition on a monthly basis so that we have some basic cash flow to accomplish things. Go to the web site at frcmi.org and click on donate for information about how to contribute. We are accepting minimum donations of $0.50 monthly. If we organized 10,000 people to give consistently at this level, we would have $5000 monthly. That would make a difference. We're all broke, but I am certain each of us waste $1.00 monthly that we could committ to FRC. Every dollar brings us closer to our goal of organizing our state and asserting the voice of the people. .
* We have decided to hire a lobbyist and have identified a divorced father with his own lobbying firm and 25 years of experience in the lobbying field in Lansing to take on this role. This one activity will cost several thousand dollars monthly, but will give us a daily presence in the state legislature and professional strategies and materials for working this effort to empower the families of Michigan to fight back.
* No more whining folks. Only leading and following those who will lead
* Who is willing to join in this process and be accountable for taking a task and working it?
* Please contact Michael T. Ross, MD, President of the Family Rights Coalition at mtross152@comcast.net if you are ready to make a difference. If you don not have a specific area of interest, we can suggest things you can do.
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