Robert Applebaum's blog

Welcome to the fastest-growing grassroots effort on Facebook and the web! Since January, 2009, through Facebook, Twitter, MoveOn.org and media attention, over 650,000 people have joined this cause to make their voices heard. Our success is entirely due to the active participation of our members. As such, here's a few tips on how best to get involved:

Dear Friends and Supporters:

As you may already be aware, I've applied for a Democracy for America scholarship to attend this year's Netroots Nation Convention in MN this June.  In order to win the scholarship, I must demonstrate a certain level of grassroots support and, to do that, I need to ask you to help me out by clicking on the DFA logo and voting for me:

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Specifically looking for someone whose loans are in DEFAULT and can't afford bills, rent, or food b/c of the defaulted student loan hanging over their head.Ideally looking for people in the NY-NJ-CT area but anyone within a reasonable driving distance from NYC is fine.

If interested, email a brief description of your situation to me at applebaum@forgivestudentloandebt.com and I'll forward it to the reporter working on the story.

Thanks!

Rob