Friday, March 27, 2009

In-District meetings with your congress persons

Congress is expected to be in recess April 6-17 for the Easter Passover break. Now is the time to schedule meetings with faith leaders and others with your congress person. This information is from our National partner to organize the "Neighbor-to-Neighbor In-district Meetings"

Neighbor-to-Neighbor In-District Meetings

Establishing close relationships with your members of congress is crucial to enacting humane immigration reform.

Purpose of Neighbor to Neighbor In-District Meetings:
  1. To understand where the member stands on the issue.
  2. To understand that member’s interests.
  3. To (hopefully) get a commitment of support for our issue.
  4. To build relationships between our people and public officials and institutions influencing our community.
  5. To put our faith into action in public arenas.

Because the process of change takes time, lobby visits should be viewed as a part of a larger process. We need to gather information, build power, and continually get better at what we do and how we do it.

I am arranging one meeting with Linda Sanchez in California's 39th District. Contact me immediately to be a part of that meeting.

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