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Alrighty. Well, we're gonna

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go ahead and start
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if people trickle in

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that's perfectly fine.

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Good afternoon.

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My name is Eugenia
Opuda.

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I am the Health and
Human Services Librarian

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and one of the
presenters for

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today's presentation
on using

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a tool called Resistbot

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to engage
in democracy.

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So we are recording

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this presentation for the

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institutional repository.

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We want you to be mindful

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of that while we're
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the presentation and
just a heads up,

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we have no affiliation
with Resistbot.

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We are not being
paid by the tool.

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This is something
that Nikki had

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presented to the Library.

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I thought it was really

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wonderful and
easy to use and

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thought it should be shared

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with the rest of the
campus community.

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And if you have any
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feel free to chat them

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throughout the session.

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Don't feel like
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We're happy to answer

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questions along the way,

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but we'll save some time
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I'll turn this over to

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Nikki to introduce herself.

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Hi, I'm Nikki Hentz,

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and I'm the Institutional
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at the UNH library.

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And I just, I just
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spring when I, you know,

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there was a lot of
political activity

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going around about
Black Lives Matter.

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And I was a little
hesitant to go to

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protests because I wasn't

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sure about the safety.

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I live with someone
that's high risk.

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a way that I
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engage and be involved
that felt safe for me.

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college we all
get active

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and it waxes and
wanes over time.

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So I was looking
for a tool that

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could help me be engaged

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sustainably all the
time that could fit

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into just like this is

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just something that
I do regularly.

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through someone that
I, that I knew and I,

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and it really is
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I love it so
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wanted to tell
everybody about it,

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how easy it is to use

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and I'm a I'm a,
I'm a big fan.

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wasn't politically
engaged when I grew up.

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And I feel like this
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to start with.

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Let's say a
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really is unsure
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especially in a pandemic,

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what, what, what do you do?

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today is just to give

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an intro to civic
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this tool, I say that it's

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as easy as texting
and it truly is.

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We're going to show
examples of that.

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And we're gonna
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step-by-step guidance
on how this tool works.

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But we'd like for this to

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be an interactive
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If you have a
phone on hand or

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if you'd like to
open up a new

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tab on your screen,

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if you could go to

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the website right
at the top here,

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menti.com and plug
in the code 9226317.

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We'd like to know a
little bit about you.

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Have you ever
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an elective
representative before?

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So take a moment,
use the menti on

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your phone or another
tab. Use that code.

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And we're starting
to see results roll

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in. This is exciting.

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Everyone has, so far,

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all the respondents,
I have responded.

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Great. So most of you,

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if not all of
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out to an elected
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what do you think
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for those who
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out that exist for

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reaching out to their
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If you could again, use

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menti and type in
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of words that you think

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will convey your message.

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are not being sure
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Right. Feeling
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have the right words to
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You're unsure who your
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legitimate. Busy
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limited hours, full
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The feeling that you
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Reaching out to all my
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All of these are really
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And this is great because
resistbot addresses

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all of these. It's able

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to identify who
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It's able to contact
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which we'll talk a
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It often provide
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topics that others
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which is really
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And it gives you
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change your script
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So I'll pass this
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to introduce what
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resistbot is a
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to contact your elected
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It just uses the
text function

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on your phone on.

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I don't know all
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stuff behind the scenes,

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but it just sort of
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you text oh, a prompt word.

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you would text resist.

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And it just kind
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through all the steps.

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And we'll show you
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And then it takes the
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it'll ask you
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your information so that

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it can identify
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but once it
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to whoever you selected.

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Like whether it's
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from your state
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all the way to
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brushing up last
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sometimes if if email
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sometimes that
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letters, hand
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More than I thought so.

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It was started by two Silicone
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Jason Putorti and Eric Reese,

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and some volunteers.

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They had had trouble
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with their
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full full mailboxes.

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with after the 2016
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they wanted to come
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that would fax Congress on

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your behalf
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that it shouldn't
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go to a congressional
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you know, to talk
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access to their
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Congress didn't love
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it actually interrupted
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services and
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it was to be affective.

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reaching out to
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staffers to figure
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best way to contact
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with this system where
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And so we've got a
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So this is back and menti,

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if you still have your
phone up, go ahead.

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Please come back and enter

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the code 92 26 317.

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For those of you
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we are doing a
poll question.

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Menti.com.

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If you have a phone on you,

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you can plug that
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Or you can open
up a new tab on

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your computer and it

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prompts you enter
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So I'm just going
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a little time to log on.

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And we just have two
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The first one, e-mails
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work just as well
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Do you think that this
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some data that
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actually do work as well

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as calling your
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Emails to
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just as well as a
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 is this true or false?

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This is also true.

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So this was quite
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get into the
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The email messages
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effective as
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calling, comments

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durimg a telephone
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how how far phone calls
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which was, so I'm
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a study where it was like

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a survey of
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where they sort of asked
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and they say like,
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about like lobbyists are
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You know, you
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everything with
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surprised to see
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the list emailing was.

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individual email letters.

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it doesn't have
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because your
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they really are
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people that they think are

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going to vote for the.

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then they might not listen.

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those online petitions,

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like they don't
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like are you my
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or are you actually
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individual email message is

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like very helpful,
you know.

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And so they, they hired

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an independent
analysis group

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to run an independent
evaluation

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of their effectiveness.

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And they found
that in yeah,

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in two controlled studies,

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they created at least
12 thousand net votes

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in the midterm
elections in 2019.

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And in a Wisconsin race,

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they found that they had

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over 800 in a
statewide race.

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So it really, it's sort
of like if you if you

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are contacting and reaching

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out to your
representatives,

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you are sort of more

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like you do get that
feeling of like,

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oh, I am a part of
this democracy.

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I am like, I

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do have a say in
what's going on.

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And so you're
more likely to

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vote if you're going to

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reach out to your
representative and it's,

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it's cost effective
and very timely.

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Because that's part
of the reason why.

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Part of the reason
why mailed in letters

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are less effective than

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email is that they
have to be ever

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since the anthrax scare,

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whatever that was, they
ended up having to

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be quarantined for a while

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and they just get
scanned and sent over.

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So there's sort
of a time delay,

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but this is you can get,

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you know, I when I use it,

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I send an email and I
get like a like hey,

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we got your message
thing like right away.

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So it's a very timely,

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cost-effective
way to reach out.

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Yeah, and like
I was saying,

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I, you know,

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I've received direct
communication.

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I even got a phone
call from one of

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my Congress folks to talk

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about something that I

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had message them about.

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So it really, we are,

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they are hearing us when
you think about it.

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Reminders and nagging work

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in your everyday
life like it's

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your when your mom

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nagged you enough times

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finally you'd be like,

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oh, fine, I'll
clean my room.

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But, you know, so
they don't know

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what we think unless we
tell them otherwise.

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They're only hearing
from the people

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who have the,

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the access to send
lobbyists to Congress or

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to go meet and

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not everybody has
that kind of time.

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But if they hear
from enough people

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from personal messages,

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then they will, you know,
it can't like that,

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it can change their
minds that in in 2015,

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I believe, that the FCC

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ended up ruling in favor
of net neutrality.

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Whereas originally they had

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been going to vote against that.

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But they heard from
so many people

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that it ended up
changing their minds.

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So it does, if
enough of us contact

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them enough and let them
know what we think,

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then they can respond to

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our needs as a
society better.

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And for me, when I

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tested it out for
the first time,

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because it was
through text message.

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I wasn't really sure
what to expect.

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I I did all I followed
all the steps, it said done.

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And i was quite

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honestly surprised
to see in

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my email inbox responses

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by State Representative.

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So it really does work.

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I don't know why
I was surprised

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because the tool
did what it said.

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It would be a little
funny like if you're

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not used to that
sort of thing and I

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wasn't sure,
like I was like,

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What is this something
that you know,

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but it really send

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them an email
and it just does

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sometimes at
work you can say

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like this e-mails
from this person.

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It basically does that.

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So it looks like they're

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getting an e-mail directly

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from you and they can

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respond directly to you.

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It's internet magic.

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Oh, yeah, here's
an example of it.

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Prompts here at
the top and then

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you just say,

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like who do you
want to message?

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So I most often
messaging Congress

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and you can either
specify like

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a house or the senate.

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And you just type out
your email in the text.

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And if you mess
up, you can,

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as you see down below,

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it says, oh, if this
if this looks right,

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you can say sand.

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If not, you can clear it,

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you can just restart.

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You can preview,

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which we'll show you
in the next slide.

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You can add to it

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if you want to add
another and you can

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send it in more
than like you

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don't have to
type it all in

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one long texts, you
can break it up.

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There is a character
limit which I

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discovered the first,
I try to do something,

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but it is you can type

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a fair amount before
you get that.

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Like this is a little
too long, trim it down,

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but that's part
of it too, is,

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it is more effective to

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send sort of shorter,
more concise things.

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You don't want to

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tell them a life
story there.

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They're busy folks as well.

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And then you just hit send

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and it'll send it along.

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If you're not
sure what to say,

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they do provide
examples of what you

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could say or what

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the structure
could look like.

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So they guide you through,

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through everything,

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which is quite
nice and yeah,

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you can redo it
and preview.

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And as you can see,

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you can, after you sent it,

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though, it'll ask like,

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do you want to
share this with

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others nearby if
they're unsure?

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If you're like,
yeah, I want

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to share with
with everyone nearby.

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It shares it on
Twitter as well.

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And they even have
a new feature

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that they can submit it to,

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letters to the editor
on your behalf as well.

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So something else I
seen as petitions.

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Yeah. So texting a
code or a word.

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Yeah. I feel like
the petitions

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I because I think what is

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more effective is like

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a personal email and
that's the thing too,

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is like I was very
nervous at the beginning,

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like some folks are saying,

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I'm not sure what to say.

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But I realized
like, I'm not they

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they they have studied.

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They talk to people
who know that,

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they know what the
issues are like.

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Just say you just have
to say like what you

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what you've what
Bill or whatever

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that you want
them to support,

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and why it's personally
important to you.

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Those are, those are
the effective messages.

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Like You don't have to

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write a persuasive essay.

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You don't have to like lay

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out all the arguments they

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just need to know
like, do my contents,

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constituents support
this or not,

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and how are they personally

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connected to the issue?

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So this is just an example

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because you can say like,

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oh, show me an example.

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This is an
example of one of

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the first ones that

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I sent my blocked
out my information.

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But it does, this
sort of shows,

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this is how they
show them that

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you are a constituent.

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So they're more
likely to like,

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read and file away
your your concerns.

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Yeah. And this
is how they turn

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that text message
into and email,

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which is on the right,

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the transformation
that I think didn't

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occur to my head and
for some reason, right.

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Are they going to
spam their phone?

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And what's nice
about it is now you

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have their contact, right?

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So if you didn't

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want to use resist spot

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will want to take them.

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Just directly respond or

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reach out. You could.

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And there's there's a guide

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on the resistbot

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website in case
you're like,

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wait, who do I?

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What does the senate email

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if I want to do that?

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So there's the guide on

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the website and I think

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any Text help or something,

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it'll it'll ask you

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a few questions and I'm
gonna get you there.

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But if you just like to
just look at a list,

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look at the menu, what
am I going to contact?

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And I do, I, I do it
all the time now.

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Anytime I'm I'm in
the car and I just

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hear something on NPR.

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I get to my destination.

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I don't know what
I'm going to email,

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so and I just type out

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a little message
and send it.

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And it just it's I mean,

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even though now
I know that I

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can message them directly,

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it's just it's
so efficient.

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It's so easy.

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For my for my town
representatives.

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I have to look
them up directly,

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but doesn't like you
Eugenia was saying,

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it's a good gateway
cuz now you're like,

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oh, like I can
email these folks.

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They are not they are
our representatives.

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They're here to represent

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our interests and needs.

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And so once you start
talking to them,

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you realize it's
not as scary

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like none of their
responses are, you know,

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I was a little afraid
I was gonna get yelled

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that they're going to
say like, you know,

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but even the town one
there was somebody

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that was on a
different side

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of the issue than I was,

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but we had a very

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civil back and forth

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and I was like, oh, well,

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this is where we
sort of came to

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an understanding about what

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I was talking about.

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But nobody, you know,

520
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they're not going to
yell at you and you just

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get in that mindset
of like, Oh, it is,

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it's my job as citizens and

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let them know what

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I think in such an
accessible way.

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I mean, if you're
somebody like me,

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calling and leaving

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a voicemail really
trips me up,

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especially if I
don't know who

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the person is in,

530
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I feel like it's important.

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So calling us very,

532
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it gives me a little
bit of anxiety

533
00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,255
and they have to
really practice at it.

534
00:20:32,255 --> 00:20:34,460
And letters take
time, right?

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00:20:34,460 --> 00:20:35,750
So writing a
physical letter

536
00:20:35,750 --> 00:20:37,010
and getting the stamps

537
00:20:37,010 --> 00:20:39,890
and the envelopes and

538
00:20:39,890 --> 00:20:41,660
then the time it takes
to get delivered.

539
00:20:41,660 --> 00:20:43,190
But this is such
a good tool

540
00:20:43,190 --> 00:20:45,350
for lots of people texts,

541
00:20:45,350 --> 00:20:46,970
they're all
familiar with it.

542
00:20:46,970 --> 00:20:50,885
Again, entry level and
you see that it works.

543
00:20:50,885 --> 00:20:53,090
So this is, this is
quite a nice way to,

544
00:20:53,090 --> 00:20:54,410
I think, take

545
00:20:54,410 --> 00:20:57,180
those baby steps
toward engagement.

546
00:20:58,030 --> 00:21:01,940
So that was, that was
our presentation.

547
00:21:01,940 --> 00:21:03,530
We are opening
up the floor in

548
00:21:03,530 --> 00:21:04,070
case there are

549
00:21:04,070 --> 00:21:05,570
any questions from
the audience.

550
00:21:05,570 --> 00:21:07,880
We hope we did a clear

551
00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,285
and helpful explanation
of the tool.

552
00:21:11,285 --> 00:21:13,970
Edwards, I will share it.

553
00:21:13,970 --> 00:21:17,720
What does Newton's with
your family members,

554
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,310
whoever you
think would like

555
00:21:19,310 --> 00:21:21,305
to engage to
using this tool.

556
00:21:21,305 --> 00:21:24,170
Yeah, I told my friends
like you resist,

557
00:21:24,170 --> 00:21:33,590
but so feel free

558
00:21:33,590 --> 00:21:36,305
to chat your questions
through mentee,

559
00:21:36,305 --> 00:21:38,195
through the zoom chat,

560
00:21:38,195 --> 00:21:39,680
or feel free to unmute

561
00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,870
yourselves if you
feel comfortable.

562
00:21:41,870 --> 00:21:43,430
In the meantime, while

563
00:21:43,430 --> 00:21:44,630
you're thinking about it,

564
00:21:44,630 --> 00:21:47,540
we will be putting
our slides as well

565
00:21:47,540 --> 00:21:48,710
as this recording in the

566
00:21:48,710 --> 00:21:50,870
institutional repository.

567
00:21:50,870 --> 00:21:53,060
So make sure if you'd like

568
00:21:53,060 --> 00:21:55,895
to check it out again
to look in there.

569
00:21:55,895 --> 00:21:58,040
I'll find a link
and put it into

570
00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,720
chat so you have
access to it.

571
00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:04,820
So we've got one
question or a statement.

572
00:22:04,820 --> 00:22:06,440
Oh yeah, I also
have a lot of help

573
00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:08,225
for voting keywords
in their guide.

574
00:22:08,225 --> 00:22:09,680
How would you like to

575
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,200
speak to that? Have
you used them?

576
00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:16,490
I haven't used that feature

577
00:22:16,490 --> 00:22:18,200
but I do know that
was sort of I

578
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,065
think like you can if
you want to find out

579
00:22:21,065 --> 00:22:24,440
like where I think

580
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:25,490
it's like if
you're registered

581
00:22:25,490 --> 00:22:26,600
to vote and how to vote,

582
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,179
you just you text
vote, I believed.

583
00:22:29,179 --> 00:22:31,100
And then it all
sort of walk you

584
00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:31,910
through the steps and

585
00:22:31,910 --> 00:22:33,215
like what what do
you want to know?

586
00:22:33,215 --> 00:22:35,270
And I haven't personally

587
00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:37,895
I have not used
this either.

588
00:22:37,895 --> 00:22:43,475
Able to him gave me
keywords, make your,

589
00:22:43,475 --> 00:22:45,455
your letter more compelling

590
00:22:45,455 --> 00:22:47,240
or is that I think I think

591
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,580
the keywords are
just the words

592
00:22:49,580 --> 00:22:52,115
that you type to send.

593
00:22:52,115 --> 00:22:54,600
Ok. Yeah.

594
00:22:56,980 --> 00:22:59,300
Yeah, it's just so helpful

595
00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:00,470
and it really I mean,

596
00:23:00,470 --> 00:23:01,070
that's part of the reason

597
00:23:01,070 --> 00:23:02,300
why the presentation

598
00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:03,935
didn't super long.

599
00:23:03,935 --> 00:23:05,180
Because it really does

600
00:23:05,180 --> 00:23:06,350
walk you through
everything.

601
00:23:06,350 --> 00:23:07,760
Like it doesn't just give

602
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,110
you their movie hanging.

603
00:23:10,810 --> 00:23:13,460
Even if you like,
I have sometimes

604
00:23:13,460 --> 00:23:15,440
forgot to head to toe.

605
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,990
I'm done. And I'll
be like, Okay,

606
00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:19,730
I did it and then
I'll put my phone

607
00:23:19,730 --> 00:23:21,905
down and then resist
spot. Well, thanks.

608
00:23:21,905 --> 00:23:27,450
Hey, so do you
want to finish?

609
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,595
So I see a question
from crystal.

610
00:23:31,595 --> 00:23:33,770
Yeah. I was just
wondering if there's

611
00:23:33,770 --> 00:23:35,660
any I know you've

612
00:23:35,660 --> 00:23:37,190
poked around and done
a lot of research,

613
00:23:37,190 --> 00:23:40,340
but as a like,
Are they put off?

614
00:23:40,340 --> 00:23:41,360
If you say something that's

615
00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:42,380
like way too similar

616
00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:45,140
to like what everybody
else has been saying.

617
00:23:45,140 --> 00:23:47,210
Can they tell that it's

618
00:23:47,210 --> 00:23:49,220
like sort of a template if

619
00:23:49,220 --> 00:23:51,200
you use some of the
suggested worthy and

620
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,360
that other people have
used where i like,

621
00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:55,100
is it still just
like fine to just

622
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,465
keep kind of saying
the same thing.

623
00:23:57,465 --> 00:24:00,310
And I think I
think it's what I

624
00:24:00,310 --> 00:24:03,730
think the if I'm
remembering correctly,

625
00:24:03,730 --> 00:24:06,910
what really it's like
if they're getting

626
00:24:06,910 --> 00:24:08,890
the exact same wording

627
00:24:08,890 --> 00:24:10,210
and it just sounds and,

628
00:24:10,210 --> 00:24:10,780
you know, and that's

629
00:24:10,780 --> 00:24:11,760
the same texts, the thaw,

630
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,800
unlike those
change.org things

631
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,320
or whatever like
be really the,

632
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,255
the studies seem to
show that they really,

633
00:24:19,255 --> 00:24:21,220
those don't really do much.

634
00:24:21,220 --> 00:24:23,770
They're good for
raising awareness,

635
00:24:23,770 --> 00:24:28,190
but it's really like
a personal email.

636
00:24:28,830 --> 00:24:32,290
And someone must
have attended

637
00:24:32,290 --> 00:24:33,849
our internet security

638
00:24:33,849 --> 00:24:36,174
data security
session yesterday.

639
00:24:36,174 --> 00:24:38,410
With that question
is, is it secure?

640
00:24:38,410 --> 00:24:41,180
Do we know what they
do with our data?

641
00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:46,885
I don't know. That's
a great question.

642
00:24:46,885 --> 00:24:52,360
Cause I do the only thing

643
00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:55,105
I do know is that the
letters that you send,

644
00:24:55,105 --> 00:24:57,580
you have the option
to be able to

645
00:24:57,580 --> 00:25:00,505
share it with
others or to not.

646
00:25:00,505 --> 00:25:02,455
So I know that that is

647
00:25:02,455 --> 00:25:04,450
a feature in terms
of what they do

648
00:25:04,450 --> 00:25:06,475
with X date out

649
00:25:06,475 --> 00:25:09,590
of production collection
on the website.

650
00:25:13,260 --> 00:25:19,300
So they send your your
information a lot like

651
00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:22,240
your address and your word

652
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,105
or whatever you're in
along to Congress.

653
00:25:25,105 --> 00:25:27,505
Because they
don't, they don't,

654
00:25:27,505 --> 00:25:28,360
they throw away

655
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:29,890
messages and
voicemails without

656
00:25:29,890 --> 00:25:31,630
information verifying
that you're

657
00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:34,030
actually a constituent
of theirs.

658
00:25:34,030 --> 00:25:35,710
They don't sell

659
00:25:35,710 --> 00:25:37,990
the contact information
anyone ever.

660
00:25:37,990 --> 00:25:39,760
And you should
never be contacted

661
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,350
by anyone else as
a result of using

662
00:25:41,350 --> 00:25:43,090
the service will shut
down the service

663
00:25:43,090 --> 00:25:45,145
rather than sell data
to keep it running.

664
00:25:45,145 --> 00:25:46,780
And they do have a
terms of use and

665
00:25:46,780 --> 00:25:49,600
privacy policy on
their website.

666
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:54,880
And it is a FIFO
one sees something.

667
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,010
If a non-profit.

668
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:05,820
It's not 501 C3,
but five O16.

669
00:26:05,820 --> 00:26:07,250
But thank you.

670
00:26:07,250 --> 00:26:09,510
That's actually
really helpful.

671
00:26:10,660 --> 00:26:15,900
Creates c four as
we're looking at out.

672
00:26:16,450 --> 00:26:21,930
Thank you. Resist Smithson.

673
00:26:26,860 --> 00:26:28,010
Yeah.

674
00:26:28,010 --> 00:26:28,610
And they have they have

675
00:26:28,610 --> 00:26:30,260
a frequently asked
questions page

676
00:26:30,260 --> 00:26:33,180
with the answers.

677
00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:35,570
And I've just
put in the chat,

678
00:26:35,570 --> 00:26:37,580
the scholars repository
so that you can have

679
00:26:37,580 --> 00:26:40,175
access to this
later as well.

680
00:26:40,175 --> 00:26:43,650
But any other
final questions?

681
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,660
And we just got a
so this is one of

682
00:26:53,660 --> 00:26:58,410
the one of the
founders in the room.

683
00:27:07,630 --> 00:27:12,575
That's okay. But I
would bet I would ask.

684
00:27:12,575 --> 00:27:15,380
No worries. I may
cut that out.

685
00:27:15,380 --> 00:27:18,680
Thank you all for your time

686
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,990
this afternoon and coming

687
00:27:20,990 --> 00:27:23,690
to learn a little bit
more about Resist spot.

688
00:27:23,690 --> 00:27:24,590
This is

689
00:27:24,590 --> 00:27:26,630
the second presentation
of civic engagement.

690
00:27:26,630 --> 00:27:28,715
We can, we highly
recommend that you

691
00:27:28,715 --> 00:27:31,520
check out our next
one's for tomorrow?

692
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,200
We have guest presenters

693
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,120
from the bow regard center,

694
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,790
Office of Community
Equity and Diversity,

695
00:27:37,790 --> 00:27:39,800
as well as New
Hampshire and

696
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,595
listens from the KRC
School of Public Policy.

697
00:27:43,595 --> 00:27:45,425
They will be talking
about different forms

698
00:27:45,425 --> 00:27:47,105
of activism.

699
00:27:47,105 --> 00:27:49,280
And then the afternoon
session from

700
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,040
New Hampshire
listens about voting

701
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:53,420
and speaking out and

702
00:27:53,420 --> 00:27:55,670
the importance of doing
so and the impact

703
00:27:55,670 --> 00:27:59,870
it has on your community,
local and abroad.

704
00:27:59,870 --> 00:28:02,030
So feel free to
check those out.

705
00:28:02,030 --> 00:28:04,140
And the the,

706
00:28:04,140 --> 00:28:06,020
the remainder sessions for

707
00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:07,415
the rest of this week.

708
00:28:07,415 --> 00:28:10,054
As we move into
open October,

709
00:28:10,054 --> 00:28:12,245
have a wonderful
afternoon and

710
00:28:12,245 --> 00:28:13,370
feel free to
reach out to us

711
00:28:13,370 --> 00:28:15,570
with any other questions.