Subject: Your memo:
From: "The White House" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:41:38 -0600

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President Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Eastern.

He's got a stack of memos from policy experts here at the White House.

We wanted help from another set of experts, so we asked you to help us draft a different kind of memo to the President. More than 20,000 of you have weighed in so far.

This is what you told us.

Check it out, then visit 
http://click.mail.whitehouse.gov/?qs=0e5f24727afbe302cc1800f28fec38a924697a38c8a18018a165d21b04a3c50e2f9c8002bd5dbead 
WhiteHouse.gov/SOTU.

Didn't get a chance to add your voice? 
http://click.mail.whitehouse.gov/?qs=0e5f24727afbe302f65e2d913f2017da5503ed034bccf31377f0afa324c0d530ec32bd9814a3622a 
It's not too late.

About you:

23,928+

People who wrote in to tell us what was important to you.

50

States that participated (in addition to DC and the territories, too!).

6

The number of Americans who sent in a message from Cedar Falls, Iowa -- where the President just spoke on the importance of high-speed broadband.

What's important to you:

We tallied up your responses -- all 23,928 of them. Economic issues were by far the most-often mentioned, with one in three citing them as priorities.

But other issues were important to you, too: 22% focused on renewable energy and climate, and more than 16% highlighted education issues.

Your priorities:
  Economy
(37%)

  Energy
(22%)

  Education
(16%)

  Health Care
(10%)

  Other
(15%)

What you said:

We asked you to tell us more about your priorities -- and what made them so important to you.

&ldquo;Anyone who works for a living should not be forced into poverty.&rdquo;

FRANK from Fort Mill, SC

&ldquo;Today's job market is changing quickly and our traditional education system isn't preparing graduates to enter the field. Training Americans with skills for good jobs will not only help individuals make a better life for themselves, but will also help the American economy.&rdquo;

KRISTA from Cathedral City, CA

&ldquo;Roads, bridges and schools need to be maintained and upgraded. These shovel-ready jobs are a necessity.&rdquo;

GERALD from Coppell, TX

&ldquo;The more renewable energy we produce, the more money stays in our country/region.This is helpful for our regional economies, as we often can produce local energy and create local jobs and reduce the transportation needs for distributing energy.&rdquo;

TED from Washburn, WI

How you pledged to take action:

Achieving change on these issues is something all of us can play a role in.

When we asked how you'd play your part, you pledged to write letters to the editor, tell your friends, and volunteer.

Your actions:
  Tell a friend
(35%)

  Share your story
(25%)

  Volunteer
(24%)

  Write a letter
(16%)

It's not too late.

Didn't get a chance to share your priorities for 2015?

You've still got time:

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