Lend Us Your Voice

ACS CAN is asking volunteers to be a part of a special multimedia project that will weave the voices of a variety of people like you together into a single video. It's simple to join in - just call the toll-free number below, read the script we've provided, and when you're done, upload a photo of yourself for us to use in the video (the last part is optional). If you've got a webcam, you could try recording the script on video and uploading it, too!

It's easy -- just call the number below and read the script after the beep!

Read the script below once or twice for practice.

After completing the script, add any other comments you have about health care reform (it's ok to skip this part)

Call toll-free: 1-800-215-4913

Upload a photo of yourself for us to use in the final video using the form below. Don't worry -- your name won't appear anywhere alongside your photo. (it's also ok to skip this part)

After the instructions, recite the script below.
(Click here to see the script in a larger font!)

My name is [your first name].

I'm from [state].

There's been a lot of talk lately about changing the way our nation provides health coverage. It's a good thing, too, because we need action now, not later.

Health care reform isn't about politics, it's about people like you and me. People like my family. People like my neighbors.

(If you know someone who died of or survived cancer, say this line here:
"People like my [husband/wife/mother/father/sister/brother/friend")

That's why we're speaking up now, before it's too late.

Health care needs to be affordable, accessible and adequate.

The reward for beating cancer shouldn't be a lifetime of medical bills and the loss of your health insurance.

No one should EVER have to choose between their life savings and saving their life.

NO ONE should be punished for surviving cancer... and no American should be un-insurable.

That's why we need action NOW, not later.

That's why Congress needs to hear from all of us before it's too late.

Join us in this fight. Go to www.acscan.org to join the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and tell Congress how important health care reform is to you.

Before it's too late.

Upload your photo or video recording.

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