June 8 is the first World Oceans Day. Participate in a three-pronged approach to communicate to the Whitehouse that we need President Obama to lead the way on Law of the Sea ratification.

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1. CALL-IN: Call the Whitehouse comment line at 202.456.1111 before 5 pm Eastern on June 8th. The line is manned by operators, to whom you will relay the following message, and there is no answering machine capability after 5 pm, so you must call during the day.
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   Suggested comment script:
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   President Obama, in honor of the first annual World Oceans Day I'm asking you to take the lead on getting the Convention on the Law of the Sea ratified before Congress goes home for the summer. Though the votes are there, it is unlikely that the Senate will adopt any major treaty without Presidential leadership. This treaty has broad bipartisan support and will help protect marine life, keep our ships safe in international waters, and boost our economy.
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   Mr. President, please steer the Law of the Sea towards ratification and show your commitment to working cooperatively with the international community by speaking out about this important treaty today. Thank you.
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2. CLICK TO SEND AN EMAIL: Click on the link to send an email to President Obama any time on June 8th. SEND AN EMAIL HERE
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3. SOCIAL NETWORKING CAMPAIGN: If you use any of the following sites, leave a comment (some suggestions below) for the Whitehouse on one or all of the following between now and June 8th:

http://Facebook.com/WhiteHouse
http://MySpace.com/WhiteHouse
http://Twitter.com/WhiteHouse

Suggested short comments (or make up your own!):

1. We want peaceful, clean oceans. Ratify the Law of the Sea today.
2. Make a motion for safer oceans! Support the Law of the Sea Treaty.
3. Free the Seas! Support the Law of the Sea Treaty.
4. Tired of pirates pillaging your booty? Support the Law of the Sea.
5. Law of the Sea: because fish have feelings, too.
6. President Obama - Steer the Law of the Sea towards ratification!
7. Be our captain, Obama - we need smooth sailing for the Law of the Sea!
8. Iceberg, straight ahead! Failing to ratify Law of the Sea hurts everyone. President Obama, keep us from crashing.

The White House only has simple text commenting turned on for these sites, so to make an even bigger impact with your comment, you can change your "profile pic" for the day on June 8th to the Law of the Sea icon. Now, when you leave a message on the Whitehouse page, you also provide visual support for the Law of the Sea as well!

The Icon below is a good size for all three websites (just right-click on top of the image and save it to your desktop)

Once you've saved the icon, simply change your Profile image for the day:

Here's an example of how to change your Facebook picture: