 Dear  Friends, Young Iranians have taken to the streets to make their voices heard. Stand with them in their fight for basic human rights. This week, voters in Iran led an uprising at the polls, but vote suppression and fraud has cast the results into serious doubt. And now people are dying in the streets and in university dorms to have their votes counted. Sign our statement of support in solidarity with the Iranian people who want free and fair elections. "I stand with young people in Iran and across the world in support of free and fair elections and against voter suppression and censorship." Last November, we were free to dance in the streets or stew at a bar. We could text our friends and update our Facebook status. We could get uncensored news online and on TV. It was a free and fair election. Votes were counted and our country had a peaceful transition of power. Right now it's the opposite in Iran, there is no free flow of information - text messaging is turned off, Facebook is disabled, journalists are being told they risk dangerous consequences for filming the protests. This is nothing less than a fight for democracy and basic human rights. Our generation is leading a young voter revolution at home and abroad, and we will not let oppression get in our way. Show your support for the young voters in Iran. Go to our website sign our statement of support and then upload your message to young Iranians through videos, pictures and text. You can also get an image of support to post on your Facebook and Twitter profile pictures. (At Rock the Vote, we've already changed ours.) We will compile your messages and get them to young people in Iran. (Trust us. We know people.) We stand in solidarity with those protesting and dying for fair elections, free speech and a life free of oppression. I hope you will, too. Rock the world, Heather  |
