THE BURNED OVER DISTRICT

If you have a blog or post on a blog join with us in making everyone aware of the 2 Million unemployed who will be cut off from benefits beginning in December if Congress doesn't act.

If you post on a blog, or have your own blog, make Tuesday, November 16 the day you post a blog on the unemployment crisis and the need for Congress to continue the federal unemployment benefits program. When you post your blog, put the link up in a Twitter tweet -- include the hashtag #blog4ui -- and send it to @laidoffleftout or @MomsRising or better yet both. We'll be retweeting throughout the day, helping to raise all our blogging voices for unemployed workers and their families.

Or, if you don't yet post on a blog, you can send us a blog entry anyway! Just use our Unemployedworkers.org Blog-A-Thon entry page. Just enter your information and a brief blog submission. It can include things like a personal story, information on why Congress needs to continue the unemployment insurance program, or a local angle on the jobs situation and unemployment in your area. We'll be reviewing entries, and posting as many as we can to a continuing series on our website -- Raising Our Blog Voices -- in the days and weeks ahead.

Squeezed for time? Then you can just post your 'micro-blog' message on Twitter. Send us tweets supporting continued unemployment benefits to @laidoffleftout or @MomsRising (or both) and include the hashtag #blog4ui so others can follow along as well.

So, on Tuesday, November16, in addition to calling Congress on the National Call-In Action Day you can also raise your blog voice as part of the coordinated Blog Carnival and Blog-A-Thon for unemployed workers and their families. You'll find all the information and background you might need in this post from our blog, and in the National Employment Law Project's report "Out in the Cold for the Holidays."

Many thanks. See you on the Blog-A-Thon.

And do not forget the 99ers who have already been cut off from benefits and still can't find work.