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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"SilverAge LC BB"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"SilverAge LC BB"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Susan McLucas [mailto:susanbmcl@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 09, 2022 10:07 AM<br><br></span></p><div><div style='margin-top:6.0pt;font-size:0.875rem' id="gmail-m_-4232814586899406078m_-5846036872329787947m_-3420518765598600014gmail-:19f"><div id="gmail-m_-4232814586899406078m_-5846036872329787947m_-3420518765598600014gmail-:19e"><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Dear friends of Assange,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>I think you are probably also friends of the prisoners at Guantanamo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Tuesday is the 20th anniversary of the opening of the detention center at Guantanamo, in Cuba! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>I would like to stand out on Tuesday, Jan 11, at Park St Station at 1pm. I have plenty of signs and jumpsuits. Please join me, if you can and want to. I will do a press release. Sometimes anniversaries get press out. It will be very cold (around 10 degrees) so dress accordingly. We will stay for an hour or so. Come prepared to speak if you like. We will put our action on social media after the fact, to amplify our reach. You don't have to but, if you know you'll come, I'd love to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>I think it's also important to write letters to the editor. <a href="mailto:Letter@globe.com" target="_blank">Letter@globe.com</a> is the address for writing the Boston Globe. Let's send them lots of letters and hope they print one or two. Also consider writing local papers (though not weekly ones, at this late date). They print letters more willingly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>There are 39 men at Guantanamo, including 13 who have already been cleared for release, some of them for many years! Biden has only released one, though he ran on a promise to close Guantanamo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Please write to President Biden. The really easy way is at <a href="http://whitehouse.gov/contact" target="_blank">whitehouse.gov/contact</a>. It probably has more impact to write a letter to The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave,NW, Washington, DC, 20500. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Those of you who use Twitter, please light it up with our message on Tuesday. Christopher Spicer, who has joined us at some of our protests and who works with Witness Against Torture, forwarded this call for Twitter posts on Tuesday. (I've left all the groups that have forwarded it in my message to you, in case it's useful to know and also in case you might want to get involved with them. I'm attaching their call for tweets, which can also serve as inspiration for letters to the editor and the president.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>A good source of info on Guantanamo, and a good group to support, is CloseGuantanamo.org.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Thanks for caring about Guantanamo. I hope to see some of you Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Susan McLucas, 617-501-9125<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>_____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Dr. Maha Hilal</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Justice for Muslims Collective</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1155CC'><a href="mailto:innocentuntilprovenmuslim@gmail.com">innocentuntilprovenmuslim@gmail.com</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=22 height=21 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/jpukK-5i-a977827uPVBYhr8HHdqh4Ar-8rPK-hjtJtbuWFCIPDOg_j_UQXB5irBAnj1hjl1ZDk6xnXnpY0ACXfUzCIZp5rbq9Pb9ivlPZ_EGqRrbwZY9uoaMb0meEK-w8eJmHmh">1325 G Street, NW Suite 557, Washington, D.C. 20005</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.justiceformuslims.org/" target="_blank">www.justiceformuslims.org</a> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bryan Bowman</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:bryanb@rethinkmedia.org" target="_blank">bryanb@rethinkmedia.org</a>><br>Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 2:48 PM<br>Subject: *Important* Social Media Kit and More Info for Gitmo Anniversary<br>To: <<a href="mailto:active-hrscoalition@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">active-hrscoalition@googlegroups.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi all, </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Attached is a social media toolkit we put together for the Gitmo anniversary on Tuesday, including graphics and sample tweets. Feel free to draw from and tweak the sample tweets as you wish, but it’s also important for folks to have individualized posts ready to go throughout the day. We will be using the hashtag <b>#CloseGuantanamo</b>. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>While we are encouraging folks to be active on social media throughout the day on Tuesday, <b>we will also be doing a “Tweetstorm” at 12pm EST. </b>Please make sure to have a few posts teed up for that time. You can schedule tweets by signing into your account at <a href="http://tweetdeck.twitter.com/" target="_blank">tweetdeck.twitter.com</a>. You can draft a tweet there and will see a “schedule tweet” option below the text box. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Given the way Twitter’s algorithm works, the Tweetstorm will help boost our content and hopefully get our hashtag trending. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We encourage you all to respond to this email to the listserv with any content, resources, or information that you would like others to help amplify. <b>But the most important way we can amplify each other’s content and maximize our impact is for folks to join the Twitter DM group ReThink is creating.</b> Once the group is created, everyone will be able to share all of their relevant Guantanamo-related tweets so that others can retweet and maximize their reach. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>If you haven’t done so already, please respond to this email with your and/or your organization’s twitter handle if you’d like to be included in the group. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. I will be out of the office next week, but Emily will be following up with you all ahead of Tuesday. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>All the best, </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'>Bryan Bowman <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'>Peace and Security Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'>ReThink Media <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'>617-688-2542<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'>--<br>This listserv is solely for members of the Human Rights & Security coalition.<br>---<br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Active - HRSCoalition" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:ACTIVE-hrscoalition+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">ACTIVE-hrscoalition+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>To view this discussion on the web visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ACTIVE-hrscoalition/CAM1mQftKTd4S2NTXAHyHS%3Dydv8-JK8dXogiRsJFWHkB7oivR%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ACTIVE-hrscoalition/CAM1mQftKTd4S2NTXAHyHS%3Dydv8-JK8dXogiRsJFWHkB7oivR%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com</a>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WitnessAgainstTorture OT" group.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div style='margin-top:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;font-size:0.875rem' id="gmail-m_-4232814586899406078m_-5846036872329787947m_-3420518765598600014gmail-:1a8"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Susan McLucas<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>617-776-6524, cell: 617-501-9125<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>BicycleRidingSchool.org, StopExcision.net<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>14 William St, Somerville, MA 02144<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>