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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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Apr 11, 2015 03:40 PM
Chelsea's
Cosmo interview and "Thank You!" to supporters
Thanks to supporters like you,
Wikileaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning has receivedover 17,000 letters and messages of support while in
prison!
This outpouring of support is due in part to the Write for Rights campaign of leading human rights organization
Amnesty International.
Amnesty International has shared
Chelsea Manning’s thank you note to them- and to all her supporters who have
taken action:
I wanted to thank all of you so very much for your actions of support and
solidarity. I understand that over 200,000 actions were taken – that’s absolutely
incredible!
...My days here are busy and very routine. I work at a vocational wood shop
during the week – about the same number of hours as a full-time job. I am taking
college correspondence courses for a bachelor’s degree... Click here to read more of Chelsea Manning's thank
you!
With Warm Regards,
Cosmopolitan interview with Chelsea Manning
The April issue of
Cosmopolitan magazine featured an
interview with Chelsea Manning, reflecting on her life now and
before prison.
With Cosmopolitan's circulation above 3 million, Chelsea's story
will have the potential to reach and inspire new young audiences.
Chelsea shares about an emotional turning point for her, her time in
Iraq:
Dealing with reams and reams of emails, memos, and reports of people
dying around me every day — to the point it becomes just a statistic to
many people — made me realize just how short and precious our lives
really are.
I could’ve been killed at any moment too. We all can, really. So what
better day to start being ourselves than today, right? Yeah, it sounds
tacky, but it’s absolutely true. Click here to read more of Chelsea Manning's
Cosmo interview!
Chelsea can continue to be a powerful voice for reform,
but we need your help to make that happen. Help us support
Chelsea in prison, maximize her voice in the media, continue public education,
fund her legal appeals team, and build a powerful movement for presidential
pardon.
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