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Still Time to Take Part in Video Contest: Turn Around America

 

by Mike Hall, May 16, 2008

Poll after poll shows that most Americans believe this country is on the wrong track, going in the wrong direction. We’re worried about a failing health care system, stumbling economy, stagnant wages, disappearing jobs and an endless war.

 

How do we “Turn Around America?”  Jesse from

California says the first step in the right direction starts with each and every one of us. In his entry to the AFL-CIO’s Turn Around America Online Video Competition, Jesse says:

America’s headed in the wrong direction, and things must change. And as it always has, it must start with me.

Click on the video to see his full entry.

 

You still have time to enter the contest—the deadline is May 20. This weekend is a perfect opportunity to park the lawn mower and break out the camera and tell us:

  • How can we turn around what most of us agree is our country’s wrong-headed direction?

  • What’s not working?

  • What changes would you like to see?

  • How do we get it done?

You can use any form of visual expression, including song, poetry, comedy and/or animation in the form of a video, to send us your thoughts and ideas.

The contest is part of the union movement’s “Turn Around America” mobilization in which we’re reaching out to working family voters around the country, building grassroots momentum to elect leaders who will fight for workers’ freedom to form unions, fair trade and an economy that works for all.

There are a number of guidelines you will need to follow. For example, the videos must be less than three-and-a-half minutes in length; you must be at least 14 years old as of April 1, 2008; and the video must not include any reference to any political person, candidate, party, association or corporation in any way.

Did we mention that the national grand prize is a $2,000 check?

Some contest-winning videos will be featured in TV ads getting the “Turn Around America” message out to voters and candidates this election year.

Click here for the entire set of guidelines, here for contest rules and here for full list of prizes. 

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