Lobbying and tracking our meetings with members of Congress and their staff are vital aspects of the Department of Peace campaign. Please be sure you enter your meetings in our database. Thank you.
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CA bay area activists meet with Rep. Anna Eshoo (center) to discuss the legislation.
This section offers an overview of the most effective ways to work with your members of congress. All the following activities are designed to impact the
decisions made by the US Congress. And all of them count:
private meetings, letters and calls to our Congresspeople go far
toward determining the positions they take. The U.S. Congress
is a reactive body, and when the citizens make their priorities
known, it makes a difference. Every action you take counts.
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Tips on getting a meeting with a member of congress. You can meet with a Representative or an office aide either in Washington
DC or in a local office. These tips should be helpful.
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Tips on holding a successful meeting with members of congress. Your goal is to engage your Congressional representative or staff in a dialogue on our common goal of a less violent world.
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Tracking our meetings with members of Congress and their staff is a vital aspect of the Department of Peace campaign. It allows us to create a comprehensive picture of lobbying activity nationwide, and to track the history of activity with each specific member. In this way, we ensure that the work of this campaign goes beyond our individual experiences.
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Mary Jane LaVigne's story about the MN group meeting with Senator Dayton at the Department of Peace conference
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