1. Notify everyone we can reach in the disability community - an estimated 120,000 people - of our intent, and of the need for their assistance in our endeavors. From direct responses, quickly build a state-leader/community organizer action network. [See goals #2, #4 and #7 below for actions we will suggest.]

2. Coordinate letter-writing parties/campaigns to reach each Justice of the Supreme Court. These letters will be personal - not organizational - communications. The Justices, or at the very least their influential clerks, will learn that: a. people with disabilities and their families have a personal stake in the Supreme Court decision, b. people with disabilities want to live, c. people with disabilities do not feel safe from euthanasia even with state and federal laws and the Sixth Commandment currently on the books.

3. Coordinate the creation and placement of advertisements stating Not Dead Yet's position in the alternative and disability press/newsletters. If resources become available, or if we can activate the Advertising Council quickly enough, we hope to place these ads in the Washington Post and other national press. Although people with disabilities will lead this effort we will ask all Americans to join us for our Supreme Court vigil.

4. Encourage outreach to mobilize religious communities. Also coordinate outreach to large and small non-profits which advocate for people with disabilities.

5. Coordinate a network of writers with disabilities and writer-allies of people with disabilities to submit Op-Ed pieces and letters to editors all over the U.S., most particularly to the papers in and around Washington, DC.

6. Coordinate contacts with the national press to encourage the coverage of news on this issue [e.g. another Kevorkian killing] from the point of view of people with disabilities and their allies. Create and mail a press packet.

7. Coordinate a vigil of Americans with disabilities and their allies at the steps of the Supreme Court. Our goal in numbers is 20,000 people. Yes, in the cold of January. [Note: This vigil will not involve civil disobedience, but will capture media attention by other means.] The vigil will require, among other things, press notification, logistical and environmental supports; headline entertainers and celebrity support; prop-making and signmaking; travel. The network to accomplish these goals is currently under construction. Each of the eight projects has begun - but just begun. Each is a massive undertaking in itself. We will need the help of literally thousands of heroes to meet our goals. We need your help, and the help of every hero you can enlist, in this effort. With your help, we shall succeed.

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