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H.R.4170 Campaign - Get Involved

By Denise Smith, Kasey Oliver, and Ryan Jacobi in ForgiveStudentLoanDocumentary.com

H.R.4170 Campaign - What every member should do to get involved in the H.R.4170 Campaign!

Pease register at the www.forgivestudentloandebt.com Website! Stay up to date on all the latest FSLD news and share your story and participate in the forums!

#1 Petitions!!!

Sign the following petitions created by Robert Applebaum, Esq., founder of forgivestudentloandebt.com, asking Rep. John Kline (MN), The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama to Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (H.R.4170):

• Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 at http://signon.org/sign/support-the-student-loan.fb1?source=c.fb&r_by=525506
• Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (H.R.4170) at http://www.change.org/petitions/support-the-student-loan-forgiveness-act-of-2012-h-r-4170

• Easy to read Summary and FAQ sheet: http://www.forgivestudentloandebt.com/content/hr-4170-fact-sheet
• Full bill text: http://www.forgivestudentloandebt.com/content/student-loan-forgiveness-act-2012-hr-4170-bill-text

Please also sign the following petitions in support of H.R.4170 created by members of the student loan community:

• Rep Nancy Pelosi: Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (HR 4170) at http://www.change.org/petitions/rep-nancy-pelosi-support-the-student-loan-forgiveness-act-of-2012-hr-4170
• Rep John Carney: Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (H.R. 4170) at http://www.change.org/petitions/rep-john-carney-support-the-student-loan-forgiveness-act-of-2012-h-r-4170

• Rep Jim Moran: Support The Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (HR 4170) at http://www.change.org/petitions/rep-jim-moran-support-the-student-loan-forgiveness-act-of-2012-hr-4170
• Rep Mike Turner: Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (H.R.4170) at http://www.change.org/petitions/rep-mike-turner-support-the-student-loan-forgiveness-act-of-2012-h-r-4170
• The President of the United States: Pass H.R. 4170 Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 at http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-of-the-united-states-pass-h-r-4170-student-loan-forgiveness-act-of-2012
• Rep Mike McIntyre: Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (HR 4170) at http://www.change.org/petitions/rep-mike-mcintyre-support-the-student-loan-forgiveness-act-of-2012-hr-4170#

#2

Weigh in at PopVox by clicking on “support” and send a message to your representative. (There is a character limit of around 1500 for your comments)

https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/hr4170

#3

Go to OpenCongress and click the green “support” check mark, upper right side of page and send a message to your Representative and Senators—you also can print a copy for mailing.

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h4170/show

#4

Mail a letter to your Representative strongly urging them to co-sponsor and support this bill! Tell them why you support H.R.4170, what its passage would mean to you personally and how it would benefit the economy!

Find contact Information: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

#5

Call your Representative and strongly urge them to co-sponsor and support this bill!

Tell them why you support H.R.4170, what its passage would mean to you personally and how it would benefit the economy!

Find Your Representatives/Senators at http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

#6 If there is are open seats in your state, contact the candidates to ask them what their position is and encourage them to support H.R.4170.

Look here to locate them: http://www.politics1.com/states.htm

#7

Email your friends, family members and everyone you know!

Send them this petition link:

• http://signon.org/sign/support-the-student-loan?source=s.em.cr&r_by=2058688&mailing_id=2695

Ask them to sign. Tell them your story and explain how H.R.4170 will benefit not only borrowers but also our economy!

#8

If you are on twitter, tweet the following message to your followers:

• Support The #StudentLoanForgivenessAct of 2012 http://signon.org/s/KftCVc #signon #highered #studentloans

#9

If you are on Facebook, copy & post the following message on your wall:

• Support The Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012!!! Please sign, then SHARE SHARE SHARE!!! http://signon.org/sign/support-the-student-loan?source=s.em.cr&r_by=2058688&mailing_id=2695

#10

If you are on other social networking sites please reach out there as well. The more we reach out, the more likely we are to hit our goal of 1 million signatures!

#11 Ready to take a really BIG step? Write to every last Representative in Congress. Set a daily goal and work down this list:

• pdf version at https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1u0DvarjLiVNDRlT1h4MXlTcC13WDJPX0lRUGYwdw

• xlxs version at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Alu0DvarjLiVdE5jSERwQk1rY2RCQWRuR1hKbUFCRkE