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Move the 117th Congress to Amend Campaign
Our campaign goal is to secure 125 co-sponsorships for the #WeThePeopleAmendment (House Joint Resolution 48) before the end of 2022.
To achieve this goal we have identified 135 priority targets based on the previous co-sponsorship of the amendment, Pledge to Amend signers, caucus membership, location (districts, where Move to Amend, has passed initiatives), and voting record/time in Congress.
If your Representative is not on the list below you can definitely still target them, but we suggest starting with the closest Rep to you and recruiting constituents in that District to hold a meeting with their target Representative (or their legislative staff).
Here's what you'll need to do:
- Choose which Representative you're focusing on (see below for the target list, or if your Rep isn't on the campaign target list you can elect to lobby them instead)
- Recruit 3-5 constituents to join you for the meeting
- Schedule the meeting (a Move to Amend national organizer will join you for this meeting)
- Organize a prep call to prepare
- Hold the meeting and ask your Representative to co-sponsor HJR48
- Follow up
- If they don't sign on, time to escalate your tactics! We will help you plan an appropriate action from bombarding their office with phone calls, to organizing a letter-writing campaign to dropping in at their house with Move to Amend petitions! We will work together to decide on any appropriate escalation.
We have provided you with all the tools and resources needed as well as organizing support. You will find the easy step-by-step instructions linked at the bottom of the page. Expect that this effort will take 2-5 hours a week.
Sign up below, then get started!
Kickoff Call
TAKE ACTION WEBINAR: Pledge to Amend
https://youtu.be/yjUWlekp1qUTraining Session on How to Lobby for the We the People Amendmenthttps://youtu.be/fq_pHmOAn0c
Campaign Targets
--> View targets on a spreadsheet (Google doc, opens in new window)
Sign up below to get started!
Campaign Resources
***Click on each task for related templates and instructions.
STEP 1 -- SIGN UP FIRST!
STEP 2 -- Recruit 3-5 Constituents to Commit to Join a Meeting with the Representative
- Send an email blast to the Move to Amend list asking people to sign up for the meeting
- Recruit your friends and neighbors through social media, email or text messaging
- Phonebank or text bank the Move to Amend list to ask people to commit to joining the meeting
STEP 3 -- Schedule the Meeting
STEP 4 -- Prepare for the Meeting
- Post the meeting date and time to the Move to Amend website to help promote
- Review background information about the #WeThePeopleAmendment
- Line up a Move to Amend national organizer to join you for the meeting
- Hold a prep call to review meeting roles and make sure you are each clear on what you'll say and how to make sure to get to the ask
- Send a blast to constituents on the Move to Amend list a few days in advance to ensure the office gets calls to put the #WeThePeopleAmendment on their radar before your meeting
STEP 5 -- Hold the Meeting
- Follow an agenda because you'll only have 20-30 minutes
- Take good notes, keep track of any questions you get that you can't answer on the spot and commit to following up with the answer(s)
- Enter the details and notes to the Move to Amend national database
- Make a clear ask: Will you co-sponsor the #WeThePeopleAmendment (HJR48)?
STEP 6 -- Follow up!
- Send a thank-you email with any info requests to the staffer(s) and mail a thank you note to the Representative
- Send email blasts to constituents on the Move to Amend list asking them to call each week to keep the pressure up
- In 2 weeks send an email and/or call the office and ask for a response. Be persistent! Keep trying every 2-3 days until you get a response
STEP 7 -- Celebrate or Escalate!
- Often this is all it takes, especially for Representatives who agree with our goals. But if you don't have a commitment yet it is time to escalate your tactics. We will work with you to determine how to escalate appropriately, from stepping up the phone calls, to organizing a letter-writing campaign, to car parades around their office, to delivering Move to Amend petitions to their home, and more!
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Walter Fritsch commented on Contact Us 2020-07-27 12:23:10 -0700I am a retired USPS letter carrier as well as a retired US Army veteran. I have been a devout union member of the NatlAssocOfLetterCarriers Br#19 New Haven CT 06473 approaching fifty years. I have also had the pleasure of meeting Craig Coleridge just this past November at the Greater New Haven Labor History Assoc. where he addressed our executive board members as well as other interested attendees. What an excellent, informative presentation.
I have also been involved with Public Citizen since the advent of the Citizens United ruling in 2010. Shortly thereafter I was able to obtain several signatures on petitions relative to the ruling of Citizens United. I continue to be a member and advocate of Public Citizen on the many issues with the current administration.
The purpose of this inquiry is to try and arrange for a telephone conversation with preferably Craig or someone on the staff. The question at hand is the lack of endorsements of HJR 48 from any of the five Connecticut congresspersons. It’s my understanding that the state of CT IS one the other nineteen states which have already signed the constitutional amendment to repeal the citizen united ruling.
If someone would kindly respond to this inquiry It would definitely clear up a few uncertainties with the above-mentioned matters.
Thank you kindly for your time and cooperation with these ever-pressing matters.
In Solidarity
Walter S. Fritsch JrContact Us
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I am a retired USPS letter carrier as well as a retired US Army veteran. I have been a devout union member of the NatlAssocOfLetterCarriers Br#19 New Haven CT 06473 approaching fifty years. I have also had the pleasure of meeting Craig Coleridge just this past November at the Greater New Haven Labor History Assoc. where he addressed our executive board members as well as other interested attendees. What an excellent, informative presentation.
I have also been involved with Public Citizen since the advent of the Citizens United ruling in 2010. Shortly thereafter I was able to obtain several signatures on petitions relative to the ruling of Citizens United. I continue to be a member and advocate of Public Citizen on the many issues with the current administration.
The purpose of this inquiry is to try and arrange for a telephone conversation with preferably Craig or someone on the staff. The question at hand is the lack of endorsements of HJR 48 from any of the five Connecticut congresspersons. It's my understanding that the state of CT IS one the other nineteen states which have already signed the constitutional amendment to repeal the citizen united ruling.
If someone would kindly respond to this inquiry It would definitely clear up a few uncertainties with the above-mentioned matters.
Thank you kindly for your time and cooperation with these ever-pressing matters.
In Solidarity
Walter S. Fritsch Jr