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#BoycottWalgreens rapid response app

"Calls to boycott Walgreens grow as pharmacy confirms it will not sell abortion pills in 20 states, including some where it is legal." - Business Insider

"The decision came in response to a letter from 20 state attorneys general who oppose abortion rights, encouraging Walgreens not to make the drugs available in their states. Walgreens' decision is part of a pattern of support for anti-abortion officials, including significant donations to officials seeking to ban or dramatically restrict abortion." - Popular Information

What happens when corporations push a political agenda and help Republicans deny women their rights? How can organizers direct public outrage to the executives who made the decision? The corporate directors who did little to block the action? The investors profiting from Walgreen denying women their freedoms?

This #BoycottWalgreens rapid response app presents the facts and makes it easy to call to protest. It is packaged as a link which can be added to tweets and socisl media posts. The app does not require any software to be installed and works on phones and laptops. People can be dialed with just one click and the app has different phone numbers for the people involved. The app can be revised at any time with new developments and can also track the number of people who made calls.

#BoycottWalgreens (Phone)

Most people get information on their phones. This app can be used on most smartphones with just a web browser. This is how the same app looks like on a phone. Notice that clicking on an image automatically dials the associated number with it.

How the Boycott Walgreens app appears on a phone.
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#BoycottWalgreens (Laptop)

The app automatically displays well on a phone, tablet or laptop so supporters can read your message on whatever device they choose. The app is stored online so you can modify it at any time with new content and calls to action. All the people with the link, immediately see your latest message.

#BoycottWalgreens rapid response app
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Designing a rapid response app

Focus on the decision makers to bring about change - Saul Alinksy
"RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions." This app includes publicly available phone numbers and photos of key Walgreens executives, board of directors and investors.

Make it easy to make a phone call to protest
A message tweeted directly requires the reader to manually dial the phone number. Adding the Rapid Response app URL (https://infogram.com/boycottwalgreens-1h7g6k0gypqyo2o) to a tweet or social media post lets people click on an image to make a phone call. No dialing needed. The Rapid Response app has a built in dialer which runs on most phones and laptops - without having to instal any software.

Make it easy for supporters to make a phone call to protest

Give supporters a phone script

Help people with a script they can use when they call Walgreens or their Senator. This script was created with the free BigStage Teleprompter app and can be shared with this link. A free teleprompter opens on clicking the link and is pre-loaded with a script. They can can use it to practice sharing their frustration with Walgreen and also use it when making the call.

Use the BigStage Teleprompter app to give supporters a phone call script to use.
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Spread your message through partners' websites

Reach more people by making it easy for your partners to share your message from their website. This Rapid Response app can be added to a website with this line of code: "<div class="infogram-embed" data-id="debe4c23-4f5f-4c09-a227-f38abd7a4c30" data-type="interactive" data-title="#BoycottWalgreens"></div><script>!function(e,i,n,s){var t="InfogramEmbeds",d=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement("script");o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src="https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js",d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,"infogram-async");</script><div style="padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px"><a href="https://infogram.com/debe4c23-4f5f-4c09-a227-f38abd7a4c30" style="color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;" target="_blank">#BoycottWalgreens</a><br><a href="https://infogram.com" style="color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Infogram</a></div>"

Learn more about creating a RAPID RESPONSE app here.

Take Away: Boycott Walgreens which helps Republicans deny women their freedom to choose when and with whom to have a family.

Deepak
DemLabs

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