{"id":4666,"date":"2012-03-09T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T16:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=4666"},"modified":"2012-03-09T17:52:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T17:52:27","slug":"action-alert-follow-our-lead-on-march-9-%e2%80%93-five-ff-tweets-to-say-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2012\/03\/action-alert-follow-our-lead-on-march-9-%e2%80%93-five-ff-tweets-to-say-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"ACTION ALERT: Follow Our Lead on March 9 \u2013 Five #FF Tweets to Say Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>By Zeba Iqbal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you all so much for joining in our #ThankYou campaign. It was a great success!<\/p>\n

We wanted to ask you to join us again today, March 9. Our only ask is to tweet and retweet four #FF tweets today. Send\/schedule as many as you can between 12 noon and 5 pm today.<\/p>\n

CONGRATULATE: the Associated Press Reporters for Winning the Goldsmith Prize for NYPD Reporting<\/span><\/strong> \u2013Earlier this week four Associated Press reporters won the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting on Tuesday for a series of stories<\/a> about the New York Police Department\u2019s widespread surveillance of Muslims after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.<\/p>\n

Tweet this:<\/span><\/p>\n

#Congratulations & #FF @ap \u2013 @Mattapuzzo @goldmandc @esullivanap @chawley1 on Goldsmith prize re: #NYPD http:\/\/ow.ly\/9yl9A<\/a> #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n

THANK: The New York Times Editorial Board for Speaking Out TWICE this week Regarding NYPD Surveillance<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong>\u2013 On Sunday, March 4 and Friday, March 9 The New York Times\u2019 Editorials spoke out against NYPD Surveillance programs on Muslims and its impact on American Muslims.<\/p>\n

Tweet this:<\/span><\/p>\n

#ThankYou & #FF @nytimes editors for speaking against #NYPD #Muslim Surveillance of\u00a0 \u2013 http:\/\/ow.ly\/9ylso<\/a> & http:\/\/ow.ly\/9yFMt<\/a> #myNYPDfile<\/p>\n

ENCOURAGE:\u00a0Attorney General Eric Holder to\u00a0Investigate<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Reprots on\u00a0March 8 indicate that AG Holder is disturbed by reports of NYPD surveillance in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Tweet this:<\/span><\/p>\n

AG Holder & @thejusticedept we urge you to investigate #NYPD Surveillance of #American\u00a0#Muslims http:\/\/ow.ly\/9ymzy<\/a> #myNYPDfile #FF<\/p>\n

THANK: NPR\u2019s Talk of the Nation <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>NPR\u2019s Talk of the Nation on March 8 discussed NYPD surveillance on Muslims and the debated the effectiveness of ethnic mapping.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Tweet this:<\/span><\/p>\n

#ThankYou @NPR & @totn for your program on #NYPD surveillance and ethnic mapping http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/7o9r7cs<\/a> #FF #myNYPDfile @lsarsour<\/p>\n

Some Outcomes from the March 2 #ThankYou Campaign on Twitter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We were not able to track the total number of tweets \u2013 but we know that at least eight of the twitter handles we used made it into the top 150 tweeted #FFs for March 2.\u00a0 Just these tweets and retweets exceed 8,000!<\/p>\n

#30 \u2013 @jdforward \u2013 1792 #FF mentions<\/a><\/p>\n

#34 \u2013 @govchristie \u2013 1731 #FF mentions<\/a><\/p>\n

#43 \u2013 @repmikehonda \u2013 1484 #FF\u00a0 mentions<\/a><\/p>\n

#97 \u2013 @icnyu \u2013 754 #FF mentions<\/a><\/p>\n

#104 \u2013 @senatormenendez \u2013 716 #FF mentions<\/a><\/p>\n

#110 \u2013 @hsmoghul \u2013 692 #FF mentions<\/a><\/p>\n

#118 \u2013 @yale \u2013 673 #FF\u00a0 mentions<\/a><\/p>\n

#132 \u2013 @tnycloseread \u2013 635 #FF\u00a0 mentions<\/a><\/p>\n

#164 \u2013 @patheos \u2013 565 #FF mentions<\/a><\/p>\n

The campaign spread far and wide due to the committed tweeting and retweeting of many amazing people. We did get a thank you tweet from Yale; and Senator Perkins (NY Senate) retweeted some of our tweets. And, we know that at least one khutba in Virginia talked about our thank you campaign as a great example of positive strategic engagement.<\/p>\n

We need to spread awareness of this issue and we realize that tweeting is just a small part of positive engagement in the public square and with our elected officials on this issue. <\/span>But it\u2019s fun and it\u2019s easy and it does raise awareness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We hope you will join us again this week for a few hours of targeted tweeting!<\/p>\n

#ThankYou, #FF and Happy Tweeting!<\/p>\n

Zeba Iqbal (@zeba369)
\nHind Makki (@hindmakki)
\nFatemeh Fakhraie (@fatemehf)
\nWajahat Ali (@wajahatali)
\nHussein Rashid (@islamoyankee)
\nAziz Poonawalla (@azizhp)<\/p>\n

Zeba Iqbal\u00a0lives in\u00a0New York City and\u00a0was a founding member of Muslims Against Terrorism\/Muslim Voices for Peace, an organization founded in the aftermath of September 11th. She also led a grassroots effort to thank General Powell in October 2008 and presented his office with 300+ letters from the Muslim American community. Zeba was a 2009-10 Fellow of USC\u2019s\u00a0American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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