[Volunteers] Help! Creationists increase illegal attacks; reply requested?

[Phil Terry]

Volunteers,

Can you help? As we get within a month of the 150th anniversary of the  
publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species", a small extreme part of  
the creationist community has stepped up illegal attacks on our online  
campaigns and websites and Facebook pages.

We need your help and the help of all fair-minded and reasonable  
people everywhere to show support for Darwin.

Please reply to all that apply:

[  ] Yes, I'll put the Facebook status update into my update on Monday  
(that's when it'll have most impact)
[  ] Yes, I'll also put a twitter post up about this
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to go make sure I've invited my whole Facebook  
community to the Darwin Facebook page
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to send out the e-mail below

and finally...

[  ] Yes, I'll arrange a group viewing of the upcoming Sean Carroll  
and E.O. Wilson webcasts
for details on this last point, get in touch with me.

See the suggested Facebook and Twitter posts, Facebook friends invite  
and e-mail template all listed below!

Thanks!

Phil

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Facebook update
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Put this in your Facebook post on Monday:

Help! Creationists mount illegal attacks on Darwin150. Can you help  
us? Go here: http://www.darwin150.com/home/2009/10/24/help.html

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Twitter post
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Help! Creationists mount illegal attacks on Darwin150. Can you help? http://bit.ly/46c7uX 
  #darwin #darwin150

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Invite all Facebook friends to our group
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1. Click here:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Select all your friends (by clicking on their pictures - one at a  
time)

3. Include this personal message

Hey - I want to invite you to a silly but serious group celebrating  
the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of  
Species." We have 250,000+ members and I'd love for you to join us and  
help us reach our goal of 1 million by November 24!

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E-mail to friends
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To: All your friends, co-workers, faculty, students, church members,  
etc.
From: Yourname
Subject: Help! Creationists mount illegal attacks - can you help us?

Help!

Creationists continue to mount illegal online attacks on ourDarwin150  
campaign and I'd like to ask you for help.
How can you help?

I have outlined several ways below. Would you be willing to do any of  
these?

Let me know!

Yourname

1. Join our Facebook page (250,000+ members)

Join our Darwin150 group on Facebook and get as many friends,  
colleagues, faculty, students, church members to join with you. Show  
we can continue to grow even in the face of their concerted illegal  
attacks.
Join here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123

Invite people here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Watch or organize a group to watch a live webcast

Watch on your own or organize a group viewing (classroom, friends,  
church members) of an upcoming live webcast either with scientist Sean  
Carroll, E.O. Wilson or the New York Academy of Sciences. I'd like  
your help to bring the words of these top scientists out to groups all  
over the world. This is a free and wonderful resource.

Register free here:

Wednesday, Nov 3 @8pm ET with Sean Carroll (great writer, scientist  
and speaker)
http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 @1pm ET with E.O. Wilson (great time for high school  
and college classrooms to watch together this legendary biologist)
http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 at 6pm ET with New York Academy of Sciences
webcast link coming soon

3. Consider volunteering

We need volunteers to help us build the campaign and continuously  
manage/clean-up from the creationist attacks. E-mail Phil at pterry at  
reading odyssey dot com, if you'd like to volunteer.

Why do they attack us?

We know how to reach mainstream Americans through the web and that it  
is a real threat to the creationist camp. We have more than 250,000  
Facebook members making us the largest Darwin/evolution group by far.  
The size of our group shows the breadth and depth of support for  
evolution and it means all of our online activities are a target for  
continuous 24/7 attack by creationists.

Plus we have free webcasts with some of the top scientists talking  
about Darwin and evolution. Fun but serious and compelling talks by  
the likes of Sean Carroll, E.O. Wilson, Jonathan Weiner and others  
threaten the creationist community.

Why are we going public now with the attacks?

We have been under daily 24/7 attack since we began in January 2009  
with a Darwin birthday celebration. But the small group of extreme  
creationists that attack us have stepped up their efforts as we get  
closer to the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin  
of Species."

Why don't we detail the attacks?

We don't want to help more creationists attack us by giving ideas out.  
Our all-volunteer campaign just keeps working and striving to stay  
positive and focused on what's important (and btw - we do *not*  
condone nor want illegal counter-attacks on creationist websites).