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**MEDIA ADVISORY**

SEN. JOHN EDWARDS & SEN. BARACK OBAMA HEADLINE NATIONAL CONFERENCE CALL FOR WAKEUPWALMART.COM SUPPORTERS

DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WILL CALL ON WAL-MART TO “PUT FAMILIES FIRST” & BECOME A MORE RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYER

WAKEUPWALMART.COM TO ANNOUNCE START OF ITS 6-WEEK HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN, “HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS”

Washington, D.C. - WakeUpWalMart.com, one of America’s fastest growing grassroots social movements, will hold its first national conference call for supporters to announce the start of its 2006 holiday campaign.

The national conference call, entitled a “Call for Change”, will highlight two of the Democratic Party’s brightest stars, Senator John Edwards and Senator Barack Obama, who will be speaking out and calling on Wal-Mart to put families first and become an employer that reflects the best of American values.

During the conference call, Senator Obama and Senator Edwards will also encourage the 285,000 supporters of WakeUpWalMart.com, and all Americans, to continue the fight to change Wal-Mart and change America for the better.

WakeUpWalMart.com will also announce the start of its 6-week 2006 Holiday Campaign, entitled “Hope for the Holidays,” The goal of this year’s holiday campaign is to build community pressure on Wal-Mart to put families first and end its anti-family business practices and policies which hurt its 1.39 million workers, their families, and America.

Supporters who would like to listen to the call will be able to RSVP for the Conference Call at www.WakeUpWalMart.com/feature/conferencecall.

WHAT: NATIONAL CONFERENCE CALL WITH WAKEUPWALMART.COM,
SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS & SENATOR BARACK OBAMA

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 15TH, 7:00 PM EST with SENATOR BARACK OBAMA
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 15TH, 10:00 PM EST with SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS

WHO: SENATOR BARACK OBAMA
SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS
PAUL BLANK, CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR FOR WAKEUPWAMART.COM

****To listen to either conference call, please dial (888) 801-1510. The passcode is 849485.****