Words You Can Use: The BAVC BLOG

by Angelo Sacerdote, TIMA Manager and Senior Preservation Specialist
Have you ever tried to call an entire congressional committee because you wanted to give them your two cents? If you have, you know how tedious it can be . . . finding all the members, phone numbers and contact people. If you haven’t tried because its such a hassle, or because you never thought about calling anyone besides your own representative or senator, now is your chance to use the latest in democratic convenience - committeecaller.com. Committeecaller.com was created by Fred Benenson, a student at NYU who started the NYU chapter of Free Culture. One day, Fred was trying to call members of the Committee on Education and Labor to voice his concerns about the “College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007.” Following links to all of the numbers and dialing the phone is a tedious process, so Fred found a way to automate it and share it with you. And now you can use it to call any committee and make your voice heard! Fred is working on developing the application into a larger platform for VoIP activism. Learn more about Fred on his website.