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For Immediate Release: Monday, January 31, 2005

contact: Germonique Jones 202-339-9331 gjones @communitychange.org Jennifer Fuson 202-339-9350 jfuson@communitychange.org

“Actions Speak Louder” Campaign Engages Citizens in Dialogue Around Proposed Budget Cuts

(Washington, DC) In anticipation of expected drastic cuts to domestic programs in President Bush’s proposed budget, the “Actions Speak Louder” campaign will foster a dialogue with citizens in “red states” around the impact of these proposed cuts with an outreach campaign centered on targeted television ads and a new interactive website www.actionsspeaklouder.org.

The campaign led by the Center for Community Change, the nation’s leading organizing nonprofit for social and economic justice working in low income communities, will run ads beginning February 1 on local broadcast and Fox News in Missouri and Tennessee and on Fox News and CNN in Washington, DC. The ads aimed at ‘red’ state voters will spark discussion on whether President Bush’s budget reflects the persona of a compassionate man of strong moral values on which he campaigned.

“The President’s budget is not just an accounting tool—it is a statement about our priorities and values as a nation,” said Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change. “And we “blues” are looking forward to a great, free-wheeling discussion with our “red” friends about what it really does mean.”

The website www.actionsspeaklouder.org will educate people about the budget by providing information about the process—what it means and why it’s important. It will also provide an interactive web blog for dialogue and share real stories about how severe proposed budget cuts to social programs will impact a wide cross-section of America, going beyond the historically poor and into the middle class.

A coalition of groups in approximately 18 states who are part of the campaign will target both congressional districts of budget committee members and other key congressional districts through direct actions such as town hall meetings and letter writing campaigns.

The Center for Community Change is a non profit, nonpartisan social and economic justice organization helping low income and minority communities build powerful effective organizations through which they can change their communities and public policies for the better. Visit www.communitychange.org for more information.

© 2005 The Center for Community Change

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