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Top 10 Reasons to Take Action
9) To remind corporations and elected officials that ordinary people do make a difference.
"I'm Mad and I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore"
Jeanette Spoor could be living a life of leisure in retirement. Instead she's at rallies, on picket lines, meeting with allies to build coalitions of activists and, most recently, helping lead protests against a New York congresswoman who wants to kill Medicare.
"I just don't think I could go to sleep at night without giving it my best shot," says Spoor, the president of CWA Local 1103's Retired Members' Chapter. "I have stamina and energy and I'm going to fight for what I believe in."
"I Can't Think About Pain. I Think About Helping People"
Trading lazy summer days for the chance to make a difference, CWA activists turned up the heat on lawmakers at "August Accountability" events from coast to coast.
Together with allies, they packed town hall meetings, protested outside politicians' district offices, leafleted at airports, wrote letters and made phone calls throughout August and early September. And now they're ready for more.