Here's a brief letter you can send to your email circle. Please only contact people who know you personally as spam hurts our mission.

I hope you'll join us in an exciting grassroots movement on the Internet that will help us change the face of U.S. television, literally!

Change the Sample is designed to convince Nielsen Media Research to change its sampling method of U.S. Latinos.

Research indicates the current measurement method undercounts the viewing of young, U.S. born Latinos contributing to a skewed perception of American Latinos in the media and a gross under-representation on English language television.

Change the Sample gives people a voice in shaping a very important issue that affects everyone, Latinos and non-Latinos.

By signing the online petition you send a message to Nielsen Media Research and major media and marketers that you believe Latinos deserve a fair representation on English language television.

I hope you'll join us today at:

http://www.ChangeTheSample.com and click on “Online Petition”