<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hey volunteers,<br><br><div>Please remove the word "illegal" from the language in my note to you below. I've updated the language below.</div><div><br></div><div>I realize it comes across as strange. While it's true that some of what they are doing is illegal, it's just simpler to say "attacks".</div><div><br></div><div>And do reply and let me know which of the below things you can do!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Phil </div><div><br>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.<br><br>We need your help and the help of all fair-minded and reasonable people everywhere to show support for Darwin.<br><br>Please reply to all that apply:<br><br>[ ] Yes, I'll put the Facebook status update into my update on Monday (that's when it'll have most impact)<br>[ ] Yes, I'll also put a twitter post up about this<br>[ ] Yes, I'm happy to go make sure I've invited my whole Facebook community to the Darwin Facebook page<br>[ ] Yes, I'm happy to send out the e-mail below<br><br>and finally...<br><br>[ ] Yes, I'll arrange a group viewing of the upcoming Sean Carroll and E.O. Wilson webcasts<br>for details on this last point, get in touch with me.<br><br>See the suggested Facebook and Twitter posts, Facebook friends invite and e-mail template all listed below!<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>Phil<br><br>----------------------------<br>Facebook update<br>----------------------------<br><br>Put this in your Facebook post on Monday:<br><br>Help! Creationists mount attacks on Darwin150. Can you help us? Go here: <a href="http://www.darwin150.com/home/2009/10/24/help.html">http://www.darwin150.com/home/2009/10/24/help.html</a><br><br>----------------------------<br>Twitter post<br>----------------------------<br><br>Help! Creationists mount attacks on Darwin150. Can you help? <a href="http://bit.ly/46c7uX">http://bit.ly/46c7uX</a> #darwin #darwin150<br><br>----------------------------<br>Invite all Facebook friends to our group<br>----------------------------<br><br>1. Click here:<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123</a><br><br>2. Select all your friends (by clicking on their pictures - one at a time)<br><br>3. Include this personal message<br><br>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!<br><br>----------------------------<br>E-mail to friends<br>----------------------------<br><br>To: All your friends, co-workers, faculty, students, church members, etc.<br>From: Yourname<br>Subject: Help! Creationists mount attacks - can you help us?<br><br>Help!<br><br>Creationists continue to mount attacks on ourDarwin150 campaign and I'd like to ask you for help.<br>How can you help?<br><br>I have outlined several ways below. Would you be willing to do any of these?<br><br>Let me know!<br><br>Yourname<br><br>1. Join our Facebook page (250,000+ members)<br><br>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.<br>Join here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123</a><br><br>Invite people here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123</a><br><br>2. Watch or organize a group to watch a live webcast<br><br>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.<br><br>Register free here:<br><br>Wednesday, Nov 3 @8pm ET with Sean Carroll (great writer, scientist and speaker)<br><a href="http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/">http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>Tuesday, Nov 24 @1pm ET with E.O. Wilson (great time for high school and college classrooms to watch together this legendary biologist)<br><a href="http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com/">http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com</a><br><br>Tuesday, Nov 24 at 6pm ET with New York Academy of Sciences<br>webcast link coming soon<br><br>3. Consider volunteering<br><br>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.<br><br>Why do they attack us?<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Why are we going public now with the attacks?<br><br>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."<br><br>Why don't we detail the attacks?<br><br>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).</div><div><br></div></body></html>