Maryland Juice has received videos and press statements announcing new television spots promoting the Dream Act and Marriage Equality. Marylanders for Marriage Equality has a new ad airing, and Educating Maryland Kids is up with million dollar ad buy featuring three new tv spots. The marriage equality ad (Question 6) features NAACP Chair Julian Bond, while the Dream Act ads (Question 4) feature dreamers, Republicans, and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (watch below):
VOTE FOR QUESTION 4 (DREAM ACT) TV AD #1:
VOTE FOR QUESTION 4 (DREAM ACT) TV AD #2:
VOTE FOR QUESTION 4 (DREAM ACT) TV AD #3:
VOTE FOR QUESTION 6 (MARRIAGE EQUALITY) TV AD:
Marylanders for Marriage Equality Releases New TV Ad Featuring Julian Bond
BALTIMORE – Marylanders for Marriage Equality released a new television ad in support of Question 6 featuring NAACP Chairman Emeritus Julian Bond. The ad begins airing in the Washington, D.C. media market today. View the ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohKo8CV7PtI&feature=plcp
Transcript:
"My name is Julian Bond. I know a little something about fighting for what’s right and just. Maryland’s gay and lesbian families share the same values, and they should share in the right to marry. I believe people of faith understand this isn’t about any one religious belief; it’s about protecting the civil right to make a lifelong commitment to the person you love. Join me in supporting Question 6. It’s the right thing to do."
Marylanders for Marriage Equality is the diverse coalition made up of 1199 SEIU of Maryland, NAACP Baltimore, ACLU of Maryland, Equality Maryland, the Human Rights Campaign, and others working to protect marriage on the November ballot.
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PRESS RELEASE #2
Educating Maryland Kids Ramps Up Million DollarMaryland DREAM Act Media Buy with New TV Ads Airing in Baltimore
A massive media campaign is underway from the supporters of the Maryland DREAM Act with new ads launching today on cable TV in the Baltimore media market pushing for Question 4. Educating Maryland Kids, the coalition of faith-based, labor union, civil rights, education, and community groups working to protect the Maryland DREAM Act released three new TV ads today and expanded the previously announced radio buy to an additional three stations in Baltimore—WQSR 102.7, WZBA 100.7, and WJZ ESPN 1300. (The radio ad is already airing during drive-time on WILF 101.9 and WPOC 93.1.) Overall, the coalition will spend over a million dollars on a media campaign in both the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. media markets before Election Day, when voters will vote on Question 4.
One of the new ads features Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown and the second includes several Maryland public school teachers, a Catholic priest, and a high-achieving DREAM student. The speaker in the third video, John Hawks, is a prominent business leader in Baltimore County and a lifelong registered Republican who supports the Maryland DREAM Act. You can view all three ads here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaK4ob95yAswFFcfNzBje5jx2RMMhUmtB.
The radio ad, now airing on five Baltimore stations, is available online here: http://educatingmarylandkids.org/dream-act-first-radio-spot/.
In addition to the major media buy, Educating Maryland Kids and its coalition partners—including SEIU, the Maryland State Education Association, the Maryland Catholic Conference, AFSCME, Maryland IAF, and CASA de Maryland—are canvassing and phone-banking across the state to educate voters about the Maryland DREAM Act, which allows students whose parents paid Maryland taxes and who graduated from Maryland high schools to pay in-state tuition.
The coalition is building on the momentum of multiple polls over the past few weeks showing strong statewide support for the ballot measure — 61% according to a recent Mellman Group poll, 58% according to a recent Gonzales Research poll, and 60% according to a recent Garin-Hart-Yang poll.
More and more Marylanders understand that Question 4, the Maryland DREAM Act, is a simple matter of fairness. Not only will voting ‘for’ Question 4 help level the playing field for all taxpayers and all talented, hard-working students, it will also prove an economic boon to the state of Maryland. A report from researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, released last week, estimates the state will gain $66 million in economic benefits for each class of DREAM students who enroll in college and further their education.
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