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What Would You #AskObama?

Rekha Arulanantham,
Litigation Fellow,
红杏视频 National Prison Project
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January 24, 2012

This week we鈥檒l be at President Obama鈥檚 third State of the Union address. Well sort of. We鈥檒l be there virtually by participating in the event through Twitter. For the rest of the week, we are dedicating our Twitter handle to the speech and plan on asking the president and his staff about the state of civil liberties.

Starting at 9 p.m. tonight, we鈥檒l be watching the hashtag #SOTU as we watch President Obama deliver his address, while simultaneously checking out graphics, data and stats on the that will correspond with his speech.

Though the speech itself only lasts an hour, President Obama and his staff have ample time to answer a number of civil liberties questions during 鈥渙ffice hours:鈥 designated time slots on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday devoted to responding to concerned citizens鈥 inquiries on topics such as LGBT issues, women鈥檚 rights and health. (To find out what topics will be covered, you can check out the schedule by clicking and scrolling down.)

We鈥檒l be asking our own questions, retweeting yours, and throwing in our opinion on responses when necessary. We hope to see you online, watching and participating with us!

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