A Call to Action: Let's Keep It Going

[tgards79]

The latest in BTRTN's activism series, "A Call to Action"...
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2017/03/a-call-to-action-lets-keep-it-going.html

[riversedge]

1. Postcards, emails, phone calls and letters may feel like a drop in the bucket. And in isolation, th

.......... Postcards, emails, phone calls and letters may feel like a drop in the bucket. And in isolation, they are. But collectively, they send a message from the electorate to the elected. So I encourage you to channel the anger, not just into Facebook posts and cocktail party rage (though both have a place in keeping us informed and involved), but also into activism.

One small example is Tom's letter to The New York Times (which was published online) in response to John Kasich's March 10 op-ed piece. Here's the letter. If you read something that drives you wild (and I know you do, multiple times a day), why not write your own. Let's keep it going.

[murielm99]

2. Most of them have local offices, too.

They may have offices in more than one community at home. Haunt those offices, even if they are not there. Go back repeatedly, so that your visits get attention.

Hold town halls with a picture of the absent rep., or a cardboard cutout. Get publicity for those town halls.