TALK TO OBAMA
Last fall, we spoke directly to President Obama. In less than 24 hours, we were the most tweeted topic in DC and had the number one spot on MTV’s Twitter tracker. Because of our efforts, we shed light on the Sudanese referendum and Darfur. Not only did we speak to Obama, but he answered, telling us that Sudan is a high priority for his administration, directly crediting student efforts, and urging us to continue to "put pressure on your elected representatives to get involved."
Now, we have another important opportunity to ask the White House about how the U.S. will react regarding Sudan. We can act together in order to ensure that U.S. continues to prevent an outbreak of war and keep attention on Darfur.We have four opportunities this week to reach the White House’s ear: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We will be sending information on each of these days about what and who to target with your tweets.
Following the President’s Address, senior White House officials will take your questions about issues covered in the speech live from the White House. We need you to tweet your questions–just like you did last fall–to ask President Obama what the U.S. will do for Sudan.
On Tuesday, January 25th, start by tweeting and posting on the White House Facebook:
@whitehouse Pres. Obama, what steps will you take to prevent the outbreak of war following Southern Sudan’s referendum? #sotu
Tweet all day, and tune in online for the live speech from the White House at 9 pm EST at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu-questions.
On Wednesday, January 26th, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs!
Tweet the following before Press Secretary Robert Gibbs holds his post-State of the Union press briefing.
@PressSec what steps will the U.S. gov. take to prevent the outbreak of war following Southern Sudan’s referendum? #1Q
Tweet all day, and tune in online for the live speech from the White House at 9 pm EST at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu-questions.
On Thursday, January 27th, at 2:30 p.m. EST, President Obama will answer our questions in a live YouTube interview from the White House.
Last year, more than 700,00 votes were cast based on constituents’ questions.
Let’s make sure that today our questions are answered. Today, submit your questions at facebook.com/whitehouse.
Post the following:
@PresObama what steps will the U.S. gov. take to prevent the outbreak of war following Southern Sudan’s referendum? #1Q
Learn more at youtube.com/askobama.
Lastly, on Friday, January 26th, Vice President Biden will be answering our questions.
Go to Yahoo.com to submit your question and check back again to see his answers on Friday.
Please contact your Outreach Coordinator with any questions about our Tweet-a-thon. We can repeat our success and continue to create accountability on national, public forums with this week’s opportunity.