---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rebekah Spicuglia <rspicug...@arc.org> Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:19 AM Subject: Request for your sign-on to "Drop the I-Word" campaign To:
Hello media friends, thanks again for coming out to Facing Race! Looking forward to reading your pieces - please send links over when you have them, and I'll help promote:) I'm writing to ask if your media outlet would sign on **in support of the Drop the I-Word public education campaign that ARC and Colorlines launched * today*. You can play an important part by committing to drop the i-word, "illegals," from your outlet, many of you have already done so. http://droptheiword.com/ With this campaign, we are reaching out to communities to drop the i-word and to ask all media to do the same: http://droptheiword.com/. While we do public education with the community, we will start outreach to media outlets that recognize that calling people "illegals" is dehumanizing, racially charged and not neutral or accurate journalism. Already signed: ColorLines.com, GritTV, The Progressive, The Nation Foundation, feministing.com, LinkTV, FreespeechTV. We want to be able to *say that your outlet is an "i-word-free zone."*Please let us know if you will endorse or have any questions. I have attached the official pledge language and for your reference, a style guide entry in use by ColorLines. Best, Rebekah ---------- Forwarded message ---------- <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AWSxYPvUC1k8d4DQMo5iViG20uK81kcm> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KPJRITZB8MYB63Oz62jkIiG20uK81kcm> [image: droptheiwordlogo928.gif]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=k1w%2B2I5NKnDUgKHi1kSvxSG20uK81kcm>Dear colleagues, allies and friends, Today we are excited to announce the launch of Drop the I-Word<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SIDsPeO6kcZcb%2FzD%2FX%2BXQyG20uK81kcm>, a national public education campaign focused on eradicating the racial slur "illegals" from media use and public discourse. The i-word is a damaging term that divides and dehumanizes communities and is used to discriminate against immigrants and people of color. It is shorthand for "illegal alien," "illegal immigrant" and other racially charged terms. This campaign<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bqYmMHmkpWuwI2oMOHeRsiG20uK81kcm>is an extension of the work of the Applied Research Center and ColorLines.com, to popularize racial justice and give people the tools they need to make structural changes together. This is a cross-generational, multiracial initiative aimed at raising the public awareness of, and commitment to, human rights, dignity and racial justice for all people. We can stop unintentionally fueling racial profiling and violence directed toward immigrants when we Drop the I-Word<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2bylD%2BuekRx4Drzd1Zn%2BYCG20uK81kcm>as a designation for our neighbors, children and families. We can encourage others to uphold the same human values and professional journalistic standards. *Take the pledge to stop using the i-word and ask media to do the same.*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qrc7NYQqd6dB%2FULTcWK5yInWEsDI2nqj> *Visit **droptheiword.com*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tM04GcBdXDmhoi6BJb88fonWEsDI2nqj> * today. * *Rinku Sen* Executive Director, Applied Research Center Publisher, ColorLines Magazine -- *Rebekah Spicuglia Communications Manager* Applied Research Center 32 Broadway, Suite 1801 New York, NY 10004 rspicug...@arc.org Ph: 415.290.2970 *Drop the I-word. Take the pledge at http://droptheiword.com: * I dont call people illegals or other words that feed hate. 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