Thank you to the more than 600 people who have signed this petition to help Amena and her baby find safety with her family in Winnipeg. Your support is making a difference! The campaign is building in momentum; this week we’ve received media coverage from numerous news outlets. It is crucial we capitalize on this momentum and take further action to support the family. The lives of two innocent people depend on it. Please further support the campaign as follows: 1. Sign our Thunderclap with Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr to help raise awareness of the campaign https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/68455-rescueafghanwomanandbaby 2. Contact elected officials by social media, mail, or phone. • If sharing on social media, you can use the sample tweets and Facebook posts (see below). If you write your own, please tag elected Canadian officials (see below). • If in Canada, you can write a letter to your Member of Parliament, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, or Minister of Immigration Ahmed Hussen. If you don’t know who your MP is you can use your postal code to find your MP by going to: http://www.ourcommons.ca/en/members If you need guidance and tools to work with, email Farima Afaq at afaq22f@mtholyoke.edu 3. Share media coverage with your networks. • CTV News https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/winnipeg-grandparents-plead-for-canadian-reunion-with-afghan-family-1.3828080 • CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/afghanistan-couple-in-winnipeg-begs-canada-for-help-1.4561684 • CBC News (French) https://www.facebook.com/icimanitoba/videos/10155560166968195/ 4. Continue to share the petition with your networks. 5. Join our Facebook page for up-to-date information https://www.facebook.com/Help-Amena-and-baby-to-flee-Afghanistan-and-join-family-in-Winnipeg-155456415113821/?modal=admin_todo_tour Sample Tweets: Sign the petition #RescueAfghanWomanAndBaby to help Amena & baby flee persecution in #Afghanistan and join their family in #Winnipeg, #Canada goo.gl/DgdD4c @JustinTrudeau @AhmedDHussen @MaryamMonsef @MichelleRempel @jimcarr_wpg @TerryDuguid @DrRobbieO Amena’s husband was killed in #Afghanistan. Sign this petition to bring her and her two-year old to #Winnipeg to reunite her with family goo.gl/DgdD4c @JustinTrudeau @AhmedDHussen @MaryamMonsef @MichelleRempel @jimcarr_wpg @TerryDuguid @DrRobbieO Amena and her two-year old son are in hiding and in extreme danger since her husband was executed at the age of 30. She is internally displaced, traumatized, and living in poverty. Help her and her child by signing this petition goo.gl/DgdD4c and help her join her family in #Canada @JustinTrudeau @AhmedDHussen @MaryamMonsef @MichelleRempel @jimcarr_wpg @TerryDuguid @DrRobbieO Sample Facebook Posts: Dadvar was executed in #Afghanistan. His wife and two-year old son are now in hiding and traumatized. Help them flee persecution and facing a similar fate as Dadvar, and join their family in #Canada. goo.gl/DgdD4c. Let elected officials in Canada know that every minute counts. Amena and her two-year old son are in hiding after husband was killed in Afghanistan. Sign this petition to reunite them with their family in Winnipeg, Canada goo.gl/DgdD4c. Tag these elected Canadian officials on Twitter: • Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau • Ahmed Hussen @AhmedDHussen • Michelle Rempel @MichelleRempel • Maryam Monsef @MaryamMonsef • Jim Carr @jjimcarr_wpg • Terry Duguid @TerryDuguid • RobertFalconOuellett @DrRobbieO • Dan Vandal @stbstvdan • Kevin Lamoureux @Kevin_Lamoureux • Daniel Blaikie @Daniel_Blaikie • MaryAnn Mihychuk @MPMihychuk • Robert Sopuck @RobertSopuck • Candice Bergen @CandiceBergenMP • Ted Falk @MPTedFalk • James Bezan @jamesbezan Thanks for your continued support. In solidarity and hope.