2 YEARS TOO LONG Weekend of Mobilization – July 29-31 2011

TAKE ACTION on the weekend of July 29-31!

July 31st will be the second anniversary of Josh and Shane’s unjust detention and their “final hearing” in an Iranian court.

We need to call out LOUD and CLEAR for their far too long denied FREEDOM!!!

After two years of playing games with Josh and Shane’s lives, our families, and everyone that yearns to see them free, Iranian authorities have the opportunity to finally show the world that they are capable of compassion, putting humanitarianism above politics, and living up to promises they have made for nearly two years now.

At the same time, we cannot sit and wait passively for Iranian authorities to do the right thing. Iran needs to know that the world is watching what its judiciary does. We are calling on YOU to take action in your community, in whichever way feels right for you. You can put up posters in your community, you can light a candle, you can say a prayer, you can record a video or write a song, you can write an op-ed or post a blog, you can screen ‘Free Shane and Josh: An Urgent Plea for Compassion’ (available on DVD), and you can hold an event and invite your local media to cover it. The important thing is that you make yourself visible, make yourself heard, and make it crystal clear that enough is enough!

This is our chance to show Iran the range of people and communities who are determined to see Josh and Shane free. We urge you to join us in what we pray will be the final push for their FREEDOM!

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your solidarity. ~ The Bauer, Fattal and Shourd Families

WHAT YOU CAN DO

1. Please RSVP to our general facebook event listing for the weekend to get us started on identifying locations and organizers who are able to get something off the ground.

2. Please download, share, print and post the postcards in this blog post. Post them on facebook and twitter, use them as avatars, print them as postcards and share them with everyone you can!
3. As you mobilize, please do include this great initiative being coordinated by a group of friends of Sarah, Shane & Josh in your plans – both in terms of your individual campaign actions and in spreading the word to your networks. Shane and Josh need ALL the voices they can get calling for their FREEDOM!!!

Please help us ensure that we build the strongest collective voice that we can!

On behalf of Sarah, Shane & Josh and their families and friends, thanks so incredibly much for all of your past and ongoing efforts to FREE ALL THREE!!!

Farah for Free the Hikers