Contact Your Legislator
We must be impatient for change. Let us remember that our voice is a precious gift and we must use it. Claudia Flores Claudia Flores is a Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Flores’s research and advocacy focuses on international human rights, issues of inequality and failures of good governance and rule of law.
Example Letter to Appointed Officials
Here is a template for writing a letter to your local legislator. Remember to use the tips from the previous page while detailing the reasons for your outreach. Dear Senator/Representative/Mayor <their name>, As a resident of Chelsea, I am contacting you today to discuss the issue of ______. <Write a sentence summarizing issue.> <Write a sentence with your request - what you want to accomplish with the letter.> <Write a few sentences elaborating on why the issue is important to you as a voter, why the issue is important to the community, and why you feel this way.> Thank you for your attention to this issue and your hard work to improve our commu- nity. I look forward to speaking with you. Sincerely, <Your name> <Your contact information>
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minis- ter and activist who became a preeminent leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience.
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