Cast Your Vote in ‘Turn Around America’ Video Contest

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/06/16/cast-your-vote-in-turn-around-america-video-contest/

PLEASE keep this kicked for a day or two.

by Mike Hall, Jun 16, 2008

The 12 finalists in the AFL-CIO’s “Turn Around America Online Video Competition“ have been selected. Now you can pick the winner of the contest’s Our America Award.


The dozen finalists from around the country grabbed their cameras and harnessed their creativity to answer the question: How do we “Turn Around America” in this time of a failing health care system, stumbling economy, stagnant wages, disappearing jobs and an endless war? How do we go from the wrong track to the right direction?


Click here to see the entries of the 12 finalists and then cast your vote for the video that you believe best answered the question. Votes will be counted through 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 19. All winners will be announced June 24.



Your votes will select the Our America Award. That video will be featured on the AFL-CIO website and in videos and rallies throughout the summer as part of the AFL-CIO initiative to “Turn Around America.” The mobilization will feature major events in battleground states and build grassroots momentum to elect leaders who will fight for health care, good jobs and an economy that works for all.

The idea was inspired by a question from retired steelworker Steve Skvara last summer to the candidates at the AFL-CIO presidential forum. Skvara asked: “What’s wrong with America and what will you do to change it?”

A panel of judges, including representatives from the worlds of labor, film, stage, documentaries, comedy and television, along with Skvara, will choose a national winner and a young activist winner in the video contest.


Go ahead, take a look at the finalists and vote.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. K & R Thanks, Steve n/t

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2. You got it! K&R

[Earth Bound Misfit]

3. Kick n/t