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ENDA (the Employment Non-Discrimination Act) will be in the U.S. House in September for an expected full committee hearing, committee mark up and vote. Now is crunch time for grassroots action. Congress's August break is the LAST time for you tell your Representative and two Senators IN PERSON that ENDA is urgently needed and a top priority.
Metropolitan Community Churches' Global Justice Team is joining United ENDA (UnitedENDA.org) to gain assistance from citizens across the United States regarding this important legislation. Regardless of the positions of your elected officals, please consider meeting with them in August.
Two years ago, we saw this bill enter the House of Representatives, but the legislation passed then did not include our transgender siblings. This is our opportunity to participate in making a change for inclusion!
It is your personal visit -- the faces and voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and friends and family -- that will make the difference for this legislation.
Thanks to the efforts of advocate organizations, we have access to tools to make this action easy for you. Helpful tips on meetings, public events and more are readily available in the National Center for Transgender Equality's ENDA Toolkit and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund's ENDA Toolkit.
Senators' and Representatives' calendars fill up fast. Please get an appointment now, for August. You don't need to be an expert, you just need a little information -- but mostly, all you need is to speak from the heart as their constituent about why ENDA is needed. Need more information about ENDA?
Once you've visited, please feed the information back to us on this report form or the form in NCTE's ENDA Toolkit.
Please, act now. We cannot let this moment pass us by.
In solidarity, and with great hope,
MCC Global Justice Team, Rev. Pat Bumgardner, Chair
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