Make Your Voice Heard
The August recess for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives is right around the corner! This is a time traditionally used by lawmakers to meet with constituents and hold town halls. Next month is the perfect opportunity to exercise your duty as a citizen to show up, stand up, and get involved with issues in your state and country.
Whether in person or online, make plans to attend a town hall when your senators or congressperson get back from DC. While there are a number of factors that might keep elected officials from holding “traditional” townhalls, it’s important to hold them accountable for their views and actions on behalf of America.
On civic engagement
Here’s what you can do:
Find out if your elected official has a plan to hear from constituents.
If they do — SHOW UP!
If they don’t — Ask why.
Click below to contact your representatives and make your voice heard:
While your senators and member of Congress are just heading home for the recess, you have elected officials who are always home and available to hear from their constituents. This is a great time to check-in and see what your local officials are up to.
How can you get involved now beyond town halls? Check out 76 things you can do to boost civic engagement from the Brookings Institute and build your own bucket list.
On civic education
School boards have been featured in the news a lot lately. Not sure why they’re in the spotlight? Find out here.
Curious about who is on your child’s school board? Take a look.
Take action
Getting together with friends or family this weekend? Turn it into a Junto! Here are a few questions to help prime the pump.
$1.5 billion in student loan debt has been forgiven – love it or hate it? Why?
Where do you stand on the Olympics? Should the games go on and will it be the same with no fans in the stands?
If the filibuster is gonna stick around in the Senate – should you at least have to earn it by talking for hours and hours like the old days?
How much do you know about your local school board?
What would it take to make civics sexy again?
We’re all in this fight together! Will you chip in $10 so we can continue to rally more citizens like you to join our mission?
