Join Health Care Action Day 2/24

The latest from Edwards '08...

This month, John Edwards became the first and only candidate to announce a real plan for universal health care. We made headlines, signed up thousands of supporters, and sent in letters to the editors of papers across the nation—a good start.

As Elizabeth wrote yesterday, changes this big don't work when they come from the top down. We've got to do more than elect John Edwards president. We've got to build a nationwide mandate for universal health care from the bottom up—while also reaching out to those who need health care today. So this weekend, one by one, that's exactly what we aim to do.

This Saturday, February 24th, is our National Day of Health Care Action. Local chapters of John Edwards One Corps have already planned events nationwide to spread the word, build support, and help out those in need. And, if you'd like to organize your own action, we've got all the materials you need to make it a success.

Just click here to learn more and join in.

Here are just two examples of the many creative events John Edwards One Corps chapters are hosting this Saturday:

From John N. in Chicago, Illinois:

Chicago volunteers for Senator Edwards are invited to gather to distribute information on the Senator's critically acclaimed plan for providing affordable quality health insurance for ALL Americans on Saturday, February 24th at Millennium Park. We also hope to provide paperwork for citizens not yet registered to vote.

From Rose A. in Alexandria, Virginia:

Please join us this month as we each write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper in order to publicize John Edwards' plan for universal health care coverage!! Also stay tuned for details about our effort to participate in a Red Cross blood drive....

From coast to coast, fellow John Edwards supporters will be gathering this Saturday to fight for universal health care.

Some of us will pass out fliers explaining Senator Edwards' health care proposal while signing up new supporters. Some of us will gather to write letters to the editor of local newspapers. And some of us will give blood or find other ways to help those in our community who need health care today.

But all of us will be taking action because we share the core belief of this campaign: Transformational change is not someone else's job for another time. Changing America is our responsibility, and it begins today.

To learn more and join in, just click here.

Thank you,

Ben Brandzel
John Edwards for President

P.S. Make sure you check out this great video of Senator Edwards discussing his health care proposal at a recent town hall in Iowa.

To learn more, click here (and here is a fine editorial by Paul Krugman).