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[Street]
[City, State, ZIP]
[Date]
Mayor _________________
Council President ________________
Council Member _________________
Council Member _________________
Council Member ___________________
Council Member __________________
Council Member __________________
Council Member __________________
City of __________
[Street Address]
[City, State, ZIP]
Re: Request for Discussion Concerning Proposed United States Department
of Peace
Hon. Mayor, Council President, and Council Members:
There is currently legislation before the United States House of Representatives to create a cabinet-level Department of Peace, [INSERT CURRENT BILL NUMBER], which will be headed by a Secretary who reports to the President. Representative __________________, who represents [Name of State]’s ___th Congressional District, is a co-sponsor of the bill [or has not yet signed on as a co-sponsor of the bill].
[INSERT CURRENT BILL NUMBER] holds peace as an organizing principle in our society by elevating domestic and international peace policies to the highest levels of the federal government. The establishment of a U.S. Department of peace would be beneficial to our community as a whole.
As residents of [Name of State]’s __th Congressional District, we are requesting discussions regarding [INSERT CURRENT BILL NUMBER] with the City Councils of each of the [# of cities] cities that comprise the ___th Congressional District. As such, we are requesting that a discussion be held before Your Honorable Body so that we may make a presentation regarding this bill. After the presentation, we request that Your Honorable Body adopt a resolution supporting the establishment of U.S. Department of Peace to be sent to Rep. __________.
We are requesting that the discussion be scheduled on the earliest possible date. During the discussion, we would like to make a Power Point Presentation and will contact the City Clerk regarding this issue.
Attached for your review is a copy both of [INSERT CURRENT BILL NUMBER] and of the proposed Resolution. If you have any questions, please contact me during business hours at (___) ___-____.
Respectfully,
[Signature]
[Name of city resident,
or owner of city property,
or owner of business
located in the city]
On behalf of:
[List names of all
DoP activists from
the congressional
district]
Enclosures
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