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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
What does Chelsea Manning want for her birthday this week?
What
does Chelsea want for her birthday this week?
What does Chelsea want for her 28th birthday this week?
This Thursday, December 17th, is heroic
WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning's 28th birthday-- the sixth
year she'll have spent her birthday behind bars for exposing war crimes, and
other information that should never have been secret in the first place.
Here are three important ways you can support Chelsea on her birthday:
Attorneys Nancy Hollander and Vincent Ward are well into the process of
preparing for Chelsea's first legal appeal next year. The appeals
process has the potential to take decades off Chelsea's 35 year prison
sentence.Donate Today!
Currently, birthday actions are planned all over the world to celebrate
Chelsea Manning's Birthday from Dec 17th-Dec 19th. Join candlelight vigils,
card-writing meetups, and tabling events in London, Berlin, Oakland,
Boston, Bucharest, Vancouver, and even Chelsea's hometown in
Oklahoma!
Click here for a list of actions world-wide.
Super secret insider info: Not only are Chelsea Manning
shirts and stuff already 50% off in our online store, if you use discount code
"chelsea" during check out, you'll get an additional 50% off. That is
insane, so please don't tell anyone else, as we can't afford for this news to
get out too broadly. Here's
the link to the store, just for you Alfred.
Chelsea honored in
Advocate's 40 under 40!
"In blogs, tweets, and handwritten letters from prison, the former Army
intelligence specialist is still trying to change the world."
"I often hear and read that many people all over the world consider me a
‘whistleblower’ or a ‘heroine.’ This experience can be a little intimidating at
times," she tells The Advocate. "That’s an idea that would be a lot to
live up to! I don’t feel like I can live up to the expectations of being a
‘heroine.’ I don’t have any special powers or abilities like a comic book super
hero. I actually feel a lot more vulnerable than that. In fact, I am very
vulnerable. I just try to be myself, and that’s all I aspire to be.” Read more...
Help us continue to cover 100% of Chelsea's legal
fees!
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