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Ways You Can Help

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Do More Than Stand. Take Steps. Do you wish NFL players stood for the national anthem?  Are you sad that their protest makes it seem patriotism and social justice are at odds when they're not?  Wish you could do something about it?  You can. Here are ways you can promote I Stand and its message. 1. Share the I Stand lyric video on your social media.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh9tUn1Q-2U 2.  Like and then SHARE the I Stand Song Facebook page. 3. Send an email to your contacts telling them about I Stand.  Invite them to visit the website at  https://istandsong.blogspot.com/ to hear the song, watch the music video and learn more. 4. Buy a copy of the song, give it to your local high school and suggest they play it during pregame warm ups before sporting events as a reminder to stand when the anthem is played. It's available on iTunes.  http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1332181131?ls=1&app=itunes 5. Share the link to b...
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