Today is also a massive nationwide call-in day organized by Change that Works, Organizing for America, Families USA, MoveOn, Consumer Union, SEIU, Organize for American, HCAN, and PICO.

With crucial negotiations taking place in Congress, OFA volunteers and other organizations are raising our voices to make it clear to our representatives: it’s time to deliver on health care reform.

Click here to get the phone numbers of your U.S. representatives as well as calling tips and a sample script.

Also, sign up to receive the call-in number and pledge to call here.

Change That Works is also phone banking all day today to get people to call their representatives. Shifts are 9-11 am, 11-1 pm, 1-3 pm, 3-5 pm. Stay the whole shift or come when you can. Sign up to phone bank here.

Your voice and actions are vital to the passage of Health Care Reform. So thank you for anything, and all, you can do.

Change that Works can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr.

It's not all about the benjamins.

On Monday, Tony Cani and Michael Chapman of Change That Works campaign, a project of the Service Employees International Union which is focused on building a grassroots network across the country in support of healthcare reform, joined us to talk about healthcare. Michael, a registered nurse, told us one particularly harrowing story of a man who, along with his family, was living the American dream until a healthcare crisis took it all away.

You can listen to our interview with Michael and Tony here or by clicking on the arrow below.

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Tomorrow, you can join Michael, Tony, and other Nashvillians in support of healthcare reform as they gather at 12 noon at Congressman Jim Cooper’s office on Church Street to sign a “Declaration for Affordable Healthcare” and to present personal mementos demonstrating what they have had to give up in order to afford health insurance coverage.

This event has been coordinated with other events organized nationwide by the SEIU and Change That Works to call on Congress “to make healthcare more affordable, give people the freedom to choose their coverage, and offer the working people the same quality healthcare that members of Congress receive.”

Congressman Cooper’s office is located at 605 Church Street (at the downtown public library).

Part 1 – A Showstopper! Well, Maybe Just a Surprise Call John Spragens, soon to be ex-communications director for Coop!, calls us early in the show and updates us on what went on in Washington with Healthcare reform and with Congressman Jim Cooper. Wait…ex? [31MB download mp3]
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Part 2- Interview with Councilman Jason Holleman The councilman joins us to talk about the exciting world of zoning (no really, its interesting!) and the Bells Bend redevelopment plan – also know as May Town Center. We learn about the origins of the plan, where it is now, and if it ever go away. [25MB download mp3]
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Part 3- Celebrity Deaths Aren’t the Only Thing That Comes in Three’s After a brief remembrance of some recently passed celebrities, its time to highlight the complex dynamics of the extramarital affairs of our elected officials. [11.3MB download mp3]
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Part 4- Its Back! Media Matters for America Smackdown MMFA research fellow Elbert Ventura returns to tell us all the shenanigans swirling around the healthcare and energy policy legislations. [18MB download mp3]
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Part 5- Healthcare: The Next Frontier Toni Cani of SEIU’s Change That Works campaign and RN Michael Chapman have returned from a trip to Washington, where they met with the staff of the Tennessee congressional delegation on the subject of healthcare. Toni Cani talks about the efforts to keep “public option” in the foreground of the discussions and Michael Chapman lets us in on the harsh realism of our present healthcare system. The stories will curl your hair. Later we take your calls about your own healthcare concerns and experiences. [54MB download mp3]
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