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Call me: Parents plea for Scientologist family members to break silence

Call me: Parents plea for Scientologist family members to break silence.

And now a Russian news agency.

RT: Call me: Parents plea for Scientologist family members to break silence

https://www.rt.com/usa/339266-scientology-billboard-echo-park/

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Family members of Scientologists are fighting to get their loved ones back, one billboard at a time. A billboard in Los Angeles reads: “To my loved one in Scientology … call me.” Now Scientology leaders are firing back against the allegations.

There are over 9,000 billboards in Los Angeles, but this one stands out. Instead of advertising plastic surgery or DUI attorneys, this display was purchased to reunite families torn apart by Scientology.

Phil and Willie Jones are ex-Scientologists who joined the church in their late teens. They estimate that they gave over $150,000 to the controversial church, but they also gave even more: their children. Their son and daughter, Michael and Emily Jones, are members of the Sea Org – a billion-year commitment according to the religion, requiring 100 hour work weeks and a wage of 10 cents an hour, according to Raw Story.

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CommunicatorIC

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Re: 'We won't stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Scientol

The Washington Post article previously re-published by the Chicago Tribune is now up on MSN:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/‘w...ldren-inside-church-of-scientology/ar-BBrCD2L
The Washington Post article previously republished by the Chicago Tribune and MSN has now been republished by Tamapa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/scient...children-inside-church-of-scientology/2272774

I guess it is possible that people in Clearwater and at Flag Land Base may hear about it.
 

phenomanon

Canyon
Re: 'We won't stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Scientol

The Washington Post article previously republished by the Chicago Tribune and MSN has now been republished by Tamapa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/scient...children-inside-church-of-scientology/2272774

I guess it is possible that people in Clearwater and at Flag Land Base may hear about it.


Let's get a billboard put up in Clearwater! Would it even be possible to find a sign company in or near Clearwater that would host it, do you think? Is there someone in Clearwater with the cojones to handle the 'cycle'?
 

CommunicatorIC

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Re: 'We won't stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Scientol

The Washington Post article previously republished by the Chicago Tribune and MSN has now been republished by Tamapa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/scient...children-inside-church-of-scientology/2272774

I guess it is possible that people in Clearwater and at Flag Land Base may hear about it.
The Washington Post article has now been republished in the Chicago Tribune, MSN, the Tampa Bay Times and now the Baltimore Sun:


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-scientology-billboard-20160411-story.html
 

CommunicatorIC

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Update on Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard project

Update on Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard project.

https://www.gofundme.com/reconnectingfamily

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UPDATE #10 49 MINS AGO

Billboard Update:

We've hit enough for a 3rd month now. The billboard company is holding July and August for us until Friday. If we can get to the target amount we can pay for and secure the billboard through August. Thank you to all who have donated to date. We are making an impact.

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CommunicatorIC

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The Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard on front page of Tampa Bay Times

The Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard on front page of Tampa Bay Times.

From Sunny Sands on the Underground Bunker.

http://tonyortega.org/2016/04/12/as...you-to-read-a-short-essay/#comment-2619787940

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Sunny Sands • 11 hours ago

The Call Me billboard made the front page of the Tampa Bay Times today (F5):

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Miss Ellie

Miss Ellie
I just got paid - will go do a small donation. Just wish I could give more.

I wish we could do a series like the Berma Shave signs....

Don't Be Lame

Don't Have Shame

Don't Be A Slave

Leave Scientology Today!

Ok I love READING poetry.... never said I was a poet.

:duh: :duh: :duh:
 

CommunicatorIC

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Re: 'We won't stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Scientol

The Washington Post article has now been republished in the Chicago Tribune, MSN, the Tampa Bay Times and now the Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-scientology-billboard-20160411-story.html
The Washington Post article has been republished in the Chicago Tribune, MSN, the Tampa Bay Times, the Baltimore Sun, and now the Portland Press Herald:

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/04/15/family-battles-scientology-to-see-their-kids/
 

Gizmo

Rabble Rouser
Ah, poor little cult, all mired up to it's nose in a shit storm of it's very own making - & sinking rapidly !

Good show !.
 

CommunicatorIC

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Re: 'We won't stop fighting': Parents use billboard to reach children inside Scientol

The Washington Post article has been republished in the Chicago Tribune, MSN, the Tampa Bay Times, the Baltimore Sun, and now the Portland Press Herald:

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/04/15/family-battles-scientology-to-see-their-kids/
The Washington Post article has been republished in the Chicago Tribune, MSN, the Tampa Bay Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Portland Press Herald, and now the Columbia Daily Tribune:

http://www.columbiatribune.com/arts...cle_652feb72-3247-5732-b9f6-15447520412a.html
 

CommunicatorIC

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CommunicatorIC

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Los Angeles Times finally "reports" on Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard story

Los Angeles Times finally "reports" on the Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard story.

The Los Angeles Times finally "reports" on the Stop Scientology Disconnection billboard story, albeit pathetically and only because of the breaking story about Ron Miscavige's book.

The Los Angeles Times "story" is:

Parents Use Billboard in Echo Park in Attempt to Reach Out to Children in Scientology.

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacket...en-in-scientology-20160427-embeddedvideo.html

The "story" consists of a now old KTLA 5 video about the billboard, simply captioned "Phil and Willie Jones banded together with other families to launch a very public and visible appeal to their children using a billboard in Echo Park that simply states, 'to my loved one in Scientology ... call me.' Chris Wolfe reports from Echo Park for the KTLA 5 News at 6 on Wednesday, April 6, 2016."

This story also has the tag: "This video is featured in these articles: JACKET COPY Father's memoir spurs Scientology leader David Miscavige to threaten lawsuit."

The linked story --

JACKET COPY Father's memoir spurs Scientology leader David Miscavige to threaten lawsuit

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacket...threatens-lawsuit-scientology-book-story.html

-- simply includes the video and caption. It does NO original reporting.
 

Little David

Gold Meritorious Patron
Maybe this by Tony Ortega helped shame the LA Times into putting the billboard story on their website:

"The Los Angeles Times, meanwhile, had done legendary work exposing Scientology in the 1990s, and even as late as 2005 it did a major piece on David Miscavige and the Int Base. But since then, the newspaper has shown almost no curiosity about the church’s controversies in its own backyard. The L.A. Times has still, for example, not written anything about the Los Angeles billboard about Scientology disconnection that has garnered so much interest by other news organizations around the world. "

4-21-16: http://tonyortega.org/2016/04/21/ho...logy-leader-david-miscaviges-worst-nightmare/
 
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