Print out and put your documents in a folder, preferably our full-color promotional campaign folders (available through our Promotional Materials "store" ) or with a campaign logo on the front (download logo sheet  campaign_labels 1.74 Mb -- these can be printed on standard Avery 2x4 labels), and include a typed introductory letter from you with your local contact information. If you have a color brochure, include that as well. And feel free to add any other “local” materials, including local press clippings if you have them.

Remember: you’re the expert as to what will be meaningful with your member of Congress! For example, some of our organizational endorsers might resonate with a Democrat more than a Republican. If you feel any of these materials will not inspire your member, don’t include them—or replace them with something that will.

Dept. of Peace:

• HR 808, the bill to establish a U.S. Department of Peace 138.30 Kb
•  List of Congressional Co-sponsors 157.75 Kb 
• List of organizational endorsers  124.39 Kb
• List of city and local government bodies endorsing   116.19 Kb
•  Pie Chart Handout 50.91 Kb
•  Economic Costs of Violence 172.72 Kb

Optional Extras:

• Defense Secretary Robert Gates Speech, Kansas, Nov 2007   136.24 Kb
• Editorial by Alex Miller, VailTrail   64.47 Kb
• Op Ed by Marianne Williamson, The Boston Globe   69.85 Kb
• Column by Al Martinez, Los Angeles Times   75.99 Kb
• Ethics Statement letting members know it's OK according to House rules to accept the pies   50.46 Kb

Youth Promise Act:

• YPA Bill Summary 93.25 Kb 
•  Rep. Scott Press Release Announcement and Overview 41.98 Kb
•  YPA Bill Text - House Version 178.03 Kb
•  YPA Bill Text - Senate Version 175.52 Kb
•  YPA House Co-sponsors 90.75 Kb
•  YPA Organizational Endorsements 86.97 Kb
•  YPA Seattle Times Op-ed 37.32 Kb
•  YPA NYT Editorial on Youth and Gangs 24.07 Kb

Using the Peace of the Pie Pie Chart and/or Handout will help you show your member and their staff the tiny portion of the budget we need to make a world of difference.  

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