September 01, 2004

Founding Web Sites

Election 2004: "The World Speaks" was founded by five online projects.

My America: Letters to America
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/issue-3-115.jsp
My America: Letters to America is a site that brings together a number of high profile Americans and non-Americans. It was launched in August 2004 by openDemocracy.

Talk to US
http://www.talktous.org
Talk to US addresses a critical problem: US policies impact the whole world, but non-Americans have few ways to communicate directly with mainstream America. The international voices Americans do hear often represent only the extremes -- not ordinary people from around the world. Talk to US is changing this by gathering and distributing 30 second video messages from people around the world.

The World Votes
http://www.theworldvotes.org
Theworldvotes.org gives people all around the world a voice in the forthcoming U.S. Presidential Election. The World Votes was launched in July 2003. Ensure that your voice is heard by casting your vote electronically and add momentum to a worldwide drive to establish global democracy.

Voices '04
http://www.voices04.org
Voices '04 exists in order to foster a dialogue between U.S. voters and non-U.S. citizens in advance of the 2004 presidential election. Visitors will find a collection of Dear America and Dear World letters as well as interviews and news articles about world opinion, the presidential candidates, and the U.S. electoral process.

Earth to America
www.EarthtoAmerica.org will bring the faces and voices of the world to the eyes and ears of US voters before the 2004 elections by inviting a network of over 2,000 organisations in more than 160 countries to send messages via the Earth to America site.

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