The
petition can be viewed now at
http://oxfam.org.uk/unclesam
In order for it to be successful the petition needs to
attract mass support
- we estimate that we have to gain at least 250,000
signatures before Doha
to have impact! This in turn requires the support of
organisations across
the world.
Would your organisation be able to support the global
petition in one or
more of the following ways?
1. Advertise and put a link to the petition on your
website - the petition
page is at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/unclesam/
2. Circulate details of the petition to member
organisations, alliances and
networks using this email
3. Encourage supporters to sign the petition and
encourage member
organisations and alliances to promote the petition to
their supporters or
partners
4. Endorse the petition by sending your organisations
name and contact
details to amitchell@oxfam.org.uk. We will display the
names of all
organisations that endorse the petition on the petition
site.
We have produced a variety of resources to help
organisations promote the
petition including:
An 'Uncle Sam' banner advert or campaign logo is
available if you want make
your website link more visual. The adverts can be
downloaded from the
petition site. To access the banner advert and for
further information on
how to download it onto your own website go to:
http://oxfam.org.uk/e-campaigns/unclesam/download.html
Offline materials including posters and A4 petition
sheets are also
available. Posters can be ordered from
amitchell@oxfam.org.uk and the
petition sheets can be downloaded from the website at:
http://oxfam.org.uk/e-campaigns/unclesam/download.html
I hope your organisation will be able to support the
petition. If you have
any queries please contact:
msayagues@oxfam.org.uk
amitchell@oxfam.org.uk