Loving Day Letter to Obama

I just wrote a letter to the prez and sent it to a group called Loving Day. We want to get national recognition of a very important civil rights case in the U.S., something I have been trying on my own for 30 years. Maybe this will affect change.


If you care to contribute to this effort, here is the e-mail I received:


We need your help to make Loving Day an officially recognized national day of celebration in the United States. It could even become a national holiday!

Here's how you can be a part of it:

• Write a nice letter (or five) to the President of the United States asking for official recognition of Loving Day
• Include the words "Dear Mr. President: Please make Loving Day an official holiday!" (or your interpretation of that message)
• Please use white, unruled 8.5 x 11 inch (or A4 size) paper.
• Place your letter in a standard size business envelope (or a 9x12" envelope if you'd prefer not to fold your letter).
• Mail your letter before 1/20/12 to: Loving Day, PO Box 2214, New York NY 10008-2214

Loving Day will put all of the letters into a nice package and send them to the White House.

Feel free to get creative and to make your letter especially heartfelt and unique! You can write a simple letter - or make your letter into a work of art! Here are some of the letters we've already collected:

http://lovingday.org/make-loving-day-official

Here's some sample text to get you started:
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Dear Mr. President,

Please make Loving Day an officially recognized national day of celebration.

Thank you very much!

Sincerely,

YOUR NAME HERE.
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Do you teach a class? Host a play group? Make it a group activity! The more entries we get, the better. When the President sees how many people believe in making Loving Day an official holiday, he'll be inspired to make it happen. Let's work together to make Loving Day an official national holiday!

For more info (or to share with friends), please visit:

http://lovingday.org/make-loving-day-official

Please note that by sending us your letter, you agree to the terms of the Loving Day Artwork Release. We may scan it and post it to our website (among other things), and we will eventually mail it to the President of the United States!

http://lovingday.org/loving-day-artwork-release