Take Back Your Time

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TAKE BACK YOUR TIME DAY is a project of the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy (CRESP) at Cornell University.

TAKE BACK YOUR TIME DAY is an initiative of The Simplicity Forum, a leadership alliance for the Simplicity Movement -- Promoting and Honoring Simple, Just, and Sustainable Ways of Life for All.

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Sample Email To Send To Campus Colleagues To Introduce Take Back Your Time Day

Instructions: Simply highlight, copy and paste the text below into the body of your e-mail message.

Subject: Take Back Your Time Day

Dear Colleague:

We are seeking potential panelists, participants and organizers for a teach-in/forum to be held as part of nationwide observances of TAKE BACK YOUR TIME DAY – October 24. We ask you to join us in crafting this important event. TAKE BACK YOUR TIME (www.timeday.org) is a non-partisan initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment. October 24 was chosen for TAKE BACK YOUR TIME DAY because by this date the average American has already worked as much as the average European works in an entire year!

TAKE BACK YOUR TIME DAY is intended to initiate public discourse on the "time problem," specifically

+ The extent of overwork in America and its impacts on families, communities, our health, and the environment.
+ Comparable work lives in other industrialized countries.
+ How things got this way: A historical view of labor history and public policy.
+ What can be done about it? Cultural change and possible legislation.

We are looking for faculty and staff who would be willing to participate in Take Back Your Time Day as organizers and panelists. Please let us know if you might be interested in speaking about any of the following topics (and feel free to add your own ideas):

+ Health impacts of overwork and time urgency.
+ The cultural underpinnings of our time-poverty.
+ Can shorter work-time be good for business and the economy?
+ What is the connection between overwork and environmental behaviors, ecological footprint, etc.
+ Mental health impacts of stress.
+ Family impacts of overwork and over-scheduling.
+ Is it feasible to pass shorter work-time legislation like that in Europe?
+ The history of work-time, shorter-hours movements, etc.
+ How can labor organizing achieve shorter working hours?
+ What do religious teachings tell us about this subject?

We also need volunteers to coordinate activities and to make sure that events run smoothly.

If you are interested or just curious, please contact ____________________