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911Truth.org provides all of our important education,
advocacy and support without any foundation or organizational
funding--it is only through the generous donations of concerned
individuals like you that we can continue. We honestly appreciate every
single penny! Below are several ways you can help. Please, support these
efforts as generously as you can!
Where does your money go? Please review our 2009 Goals below and a few
of our powerful past accomplishments to the right.
Ways to Give
Online, Paypal or Credit Card
Choose the amount of your One Time Donation or your Monthly
Sustainer level. You can donate through either
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as outlined below:
By Mail
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By Credit Card on the Phone
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About the IRS...
We do not have tax-exempt status with the IRS -- your donation
is therefore not tax deductible. We hope that our effective work, coupled
with the fact that we’re at least as frugal with your money as you are,
will suffice as your 'reward' for giving. If you are considering a significant
gift, for which a tax deduction is an important issue, please call Janice
to discuss available options at 785-597-5729.
Our Online Store: The 911Truth.org Resource
Center
Proceeds of purchases made at our Resource Center directly support the
work of 911Truth.org. This e-store is the only
such source online for sales that support this organization and our grassroots
groups. Please consider placing a banner or link to the store at your
site to help generate funds for us--we want to be able to make many
more resources available to these group leaders, and this will help. (Contact
webmaster@911truth.org for code or pick one up at 'link
to us')
In-Kind Donations
If you provide a service or product, such as printing, marketing/PR, fundraising,
tax accounting, writing/editing, t-shirt printing, law or something else
that might be useful to the organization, please consider contributing
by making these services available to us at a discount or at cost. In
addition, we are always in need of assistance with airfare, so if you
have frequent flyer miles to donate, please contact us (janice@911truth.org).
Volunteer Help
Become a Grassroots Organizer -- enter your information at the
Grassroots
Organizers Page
Help us by sharing your expertise and time -- contact Janice@911truth.org
Outreach
Share 9/11 truth-related information everywhere you can. Tell people about
the Grassroots Organizers list. Join up with or start a group in your
local area. Share the store link for 9/11 truth materials. Talk to your
legislators, write your newspapers, call in to radio shows. Wear a button
or t-shirt, put a sticker on your car, plant a sign in your yard. In short,
share the urgency of our mission every chance you get!
Again, please accept our sincere appreciation
for your courage, and your generosity, in the struggle for 9/11 Truth!
Thank You!!!
2009 Goals and Projects
This section will be updated throughout the year as we identify future
opportunities. To read the full 911Truth.org Mission Statement, please
click
here.
Website, Newswire, Email Alerts
Our main priority remains providing the best, most reliable online source
for 9/11-related news, activism opportunities, and investigative information
to which you can turn with confidence, knowing the information will be
as well-vetted as we are able to confirm, and pertinent to the broad pursuit
of truth that affects our lives now in so many areas. As Orwell continues
to rolls in his grave, we attempt to post information not only about the
outrages with which we're being pummelled, but also analysis and perspective,
and as often as possible, actions you can take in response. At this point,
9/11 has been used as the justification for such egregious expansion of
corporate and police-state incursions into our lives we are addressing
much more than just the crimes of 9/11 themselves. If we are to appeal
to and engage millions of Americans in joining us to correct the direction
of this runaway train, we must continually post reminders of how we're
still being affected by 9/11. Thus, you are seeing a broader scope of
news subjects now being posted. We have available an RSS feed, picked
up by many sites now, which provides links to 911truth.org stories as
they are posted (available
here).
9/11 Commission Documentation Analysis and Reporting
The 9/11 Commission requested that all documentation and reports supplied
to them be made available, through the National Archives, by January 9,
2009. We have learned that a significant amount of that information will,
indeed, become available soon. That means we need to assemble work groups
now to begin digitizing, cataloging, and reviewing the data; a significant
relational database must be built to help analyze the information; writers
will be needed to review and assemble the information so that we can present
it to you as quickly as possible. Once we see what information has been
released (and how much of it has been redacted), we'll need to file Freedom
of Information Act requests for missing documentation and reports. And
we'll need to coordinate campaigns to push for the release of whatever
information may be withheld. This project will be a huge undertaking,
and we intend to work closely with other 9/11 truth organizations, as
well as other groups that have been previously involved in information
processing projects like this, working collaboratively to draw on existing
strengths and skills in order to accomplish this momentous task.
New Administration, New Opportunities
President-elect Obama ran for office on a promise of hope and change…
We intend to hold him to this promise, to urgently negotiate a change
from the unprecedented secrecy implemented by the Bush Administration
to much greater transparency. With the "hope" of "changing" our situation
by overturning 9/11-based draconian measures such as the Military Commissions
Act, Patriot Acts, Executive Orders and Security Directives, Continuity
of Government measures, and the massive redirection of our money away
from desperately needed domestic programs to military, police-state and
mercenary funding, we believe we can help to restore our Bill of Rights,
immediately end torture and secret rendition, end the Iraq and Afghanistan
wars, and begin to right our nation's future path. We are working now
to prepare proposals asking for significant changes that will lead to
truth-telling, accountability, provision for the thousands of 9/11 first
responders now in such desperate need, and more. Clearly, we will need
to work closely with other organizations to effect these changes, and
will continue to make that a high priority.
Grassroots Contacts Support
Nearly 200 grassroots
organizers in as many cities (and nearly 40 countries) have now affiliated
with us, and 911Truth.org will continue to provide networking, communication
tools, support and encouragement to this semi-autonomous, decentralized
group of courageous individuals and their local groups. We have been asked
to provide regional "Activists' Tools" workshops, providing opportunities
to learn about specific skills such as media communication techniques,
group building, audio-video production and dissemination, dealing with
group-dynamics issues, research/writing, etc. We would like to make this
the year we are finally able to provide these workshops!
Coalition-building with Other Groups
We recognize the need to join forces with other groups working for government
transparency and accountability. We will continue and increase our efforts
in this arena in 2009, as we experience the changing of the guard now
underway. In particular, we will work as closely as possible with groups
pushing for justice for the Bush Administration's crimes, including investigation
of potential 9/11 crimes (criminal negligence and obstruction of justice,
at least). We also try to support legitimate truth-telling candidates
for public office (particularly supporting third parties), groups working
to end corporate personhood, and to reduce/remove corporate control over
specific areas of our lives, such as media, banking, food production and
supply, education, etc. State and Local Initiatives for 9/11 Truth &
Accountability: As always, we try to identify mechanisms for state and
local efforts, and support groups pressing for ballot initiatives, referendums,
resolutions, etc.
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Some of our Past Accomplishments include ...
(See also, Achievements,
Highlights and Major Initiatives)
National Conference--January 2008--Santa Cruz, CA
Our first gathering of 2008 was a phenomenal success! 300 participants
gathered to brainstorm and strategize on how to build a new media network,
resulting in amazing ideas and plans. Details and info has been posted,
and is being updated by working groups, at Truthemergency.us
and Truthemergency.pnn.com.
Implementation of these ideas will take a concerted, long-term effort,
and we are excited to be working with such broad-based activists in this
critical area. You will begin seeing more 'New Media' articles posted
at the site as the year progresses. An alternative newsire, which can
replace all corporate media as a daily source for news, has been created
as an outcome of this conference: mediafreedom.pnn.com/5174-independent-news-sources
Commissioned A National Poll for Summer 2007
Zogby/911Truth.org 2007 poll results were released September 6, 2007.
Read
the press release here. Our thanks to a few very generous donors for
making this expensive process possible. Total cost for the poll was just
over $6,000. Unfortunately, in spite of our best efforts, an official
press release from Zogby, posting at their front page, and PRWeb release,
the media has entirely blacked out this important information. The results:
51% of Americans support a new investigation, are very important to use
in speaking with your elected officials. Please, make use of this project.
Post the results to your websites, include a link in your email signatures,
deliver them to your legislators, newspapers, clergy, and friends. We
are not a "fringe minority" to be dismissed. We are
a significant
cross-section of mainstream America, and we demand to be heard!!
Grassroots Contacts Support, Continuing
The list of Grassroots Contacts grew during 2007 and 2008 by approximately
100 organizers in cities and towns across America, Europe, Australia,
and South America, and we were able to make more resources available to
them. We continue to hold monthly national conference calls, and provide
daily support via email and phone to these great organizers.
Coalition-Building
This is an ongoing area of emphasis for us. In the last couple of years
we have
• attended the national meeting of World Can't Wait in November
2008 in Chicago, which was extremely valuable
• participated with 27 other national/regional organizations at
the NYC Emergency Impeachment Summit held in February, at which the Impeach07.org
Coalition formed.
• traveled to Atlanta in August 2007 for the amazing,
first-ever United States Social Forum, where we joined with some 15,000
other people to march through historic downtown Atlanta, caucus, and talk
with hundreds of other groups and leadership, distributed thousands of
fliers and DVDs, hosted four tables with other 9/11 truthers, presented
a well-attended two-hour workshop on 9/11 and social justice. We prepared
and introduced a referendum
calling for an independent, international investigation into 9/11,
which was overwhelmingly passed by the full assembly at the final gathering
of attendees.
• coordinated an August gathering of coalition
groups in NYC, which included representatives of several of the NYC 9/11
truth groups and non-9/11-specific organizations, and participated in
a similar gathering in Philadelphia in July.
• assisted and supported local groups across the
nation in working together with other local/regional activist groups to
introduce and promote 9/11 truth information and joint actions and campaigns.
• attended and presented a 9/11 truth informational proposal (rejected)
to the United for Peace & Justice national meeting in 2006.
911truth.org Working Groups Initiative
We attempted to create specific-focus Working Groups during 2007-8, and
brought together interested people in many of these areas at different
periods during the year. We continue to welcome responses to this call:
Legal--Research, Representation, Networking - We would like
to improve our effectiveness in pursuing legal redress by developing
ongoing relationships with people in the legal field.
Research & Investigative Journalism / 9/11 Newswire -
We receive lots of editorial submissions. But we need investigative
research pieces focusing on specific aspects of the 9/11 crimes
and consequences, and analytical articles to help readers make sense
of the information.
Public Relations/Marketing - Much help still needed here!
How can you can plug in here...?
Campus Outreach - We found that college groups come and go...
Conference calls among campus groups were being held regularly, until
students changed schools or graduated! We will, of course, continue
helping as much as we can to support growing groups of student activists.
Resource Development - Materials continue to be created and
coordinated, and added to the Downloads page. If you have resources
to share, or graphics/ creative skills, please contact us.
Fundraising - Clearly, we still need MUCH help in this area!
Many of the projects we most want to undertake require funding. For
instance, we desperately need, right now, to set up project-management/database
software to effectively plug in the hundreds of volunteers we're hearing
from. Even with extremely frugal budgeting, we need more funds to run
this organization and achieve our goals -- the ultimate goal, of course,
is that soon there will no longer be a need for the organization! [Update:
Given the worsening state of the economy, WE NEED HELP FINDING A PROFESSIONAL
FUNDRAISER ASAP!! Ideas?
International Outreach and Networking - International groups
grew by leaps and bounds in 2007, and 911truth.org has many of these
listed on our Grassroots and Links pages. If you have 9/11 truth related
materials in a language other than English, please let us know, so we
can add them to the Downloads page (fliers/handouts), Articles, and
Video/Audio sections.
To help with any of these continuing needs, please contact Janice@911truth.org.
Thank you!
2006 highlights ...
- Major 9/11 truth event in Chicago: 9/11:
Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming Our Future: An International Education
and Strategy Conference, June 2-4, 2006, which featured five keynote
speakers and over 40 workshop leaders, and included both education and
strategy tracks. Out of this event have come a host of new ideas and
relationships. Many of these workshops are being edited and made available
in as many formats as possible. To watch the workshops online, see our
Multimedia
Page. To buy the DVDs, check the e-store.
- The Grassroots
Contacts list grew steadily, listing contacts in over 35 states
and five other countries at the end of the year.
- Worked to make flyers and other educational materials more readily
accessible, and added many to the website.
- We commissioned Zogby International to conduct a nationwide poll,
similar to the Zogby poll we coordinated in July 2004. Results can be
viewed at: "Zogby
Poll Finds Over 70 Million Voting Age Americans Support New 9/11 Investigation"
- Continued to make new materials available at our online 911Truth
store.
- Politics911 was launched 7/22/06, the anniversary of the 9/11 cOmmission
Report, to put 2006 candidates for federal office on the record re.
their views on the need for a new and authentic 9/11 investigation.
This offered activists significant information as they determined how
best to support political candidates this fall. Please review INTRODUCING
"POLITICS 911" for more information as you determine how to get
involved for the '08 elections.
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