Actions for February 2022
ACTION #1
Restore Voting Rights to People in Prison
Contact both your State Senator and your State Representative
Jo Comerford: (413) 367-4656
Lindsay Sabadosa: (617) 722-2460 or (413) 270-1166 or email: lindsay.sabadosa@mahouse.gov
Mindy Domb: (617) 722-2400 ext 4 or (413) 461-2060 or email: mindy.domb@mahouse.gov
Natalie Blais: (413) 362-9453 or email: natalie.blais@mahouse.gov
Daniel Carey: (617) 722-2060 or email: Daniel.carey@mahouse.gov
Jacob Oliveira: (617) 722-2800 x 7317 or email: Jacob.oliveira@mahouse.gov
Script: Hi, my name is ________. I’m a resident of [address with ZIP] calling to ask you to follow the lead of Maine and Vermont, and pass legislation that restores voting rights to people currently in prison. More than five million Americans are denied the right to vote because of felony convictions, and people in prison represent about 25% of that number. Every citizen deserves the right to cast a ballot. Thank you.
ACTION #2
President Biden keep campaign promises on asylum/citizenship
Contact: President Biden via the White House contact form - https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Script: Hi, I’m contacting you from [STATE] to express my continued support for compassionate immigration reform. Nationwide, millions of aspiring Americans—many of whom have risked their lives as essential workers throughout this pandemic to keep us safe, fed, and healthy—continue to live with the threat of detention and deportation. I’m calling on you to honor your campaign promises and protect immigrant communities by establishing a constitutional asylum system and providing a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million aspiring Americans in our communities.
ACTION #3
Stop the Sale of our private personal information to the Government without a search warrant
Call- or Write a postcard to: The chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees (Note: in their capacity as committee leaders, these members of Congress work for all Americans, not just their constituents, so address your letter to them as committee officials).
The Honorable Dick Durbin
Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-2152; 312-353-4952
The Honorable Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-3744; 319-363-6832
The Honorable Jerry Nadler
Chair, House Judiciary Committee
2138 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-5635; 212-367-7350
The Honorable Jim Jordan
Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee
2142 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-2676; 419-663-1426
Script: My name is [ ___ ]. I am a voter. My address (including Zipcode) is [ ___ ]. I am joining more than 50 civil rights groups in urging you to hold hearings on the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act (H.R. 2738, S. 1265). This bipartisan bill will prevent the government from accessing Americans’ private information without a search warrant simply by buying location data and other types of sensitive information from data brokers. This practice evades our 4th Amendment protection from unlawful searches. Please schedule hearings on this important bill in the 2022 session. Thank you.
ACTION #4
End Congressional Insider Trading
Call- or Write a postcard to: The House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader (Note: in their capacity as Speaker and Majority Leader, these members of Congress work for all Americans, not just their constituents, so address your letter to them in that capacity).
Contact:
Nancy Pelosi (House Speaker)
Phone: (202) 225-4965 / (415) 556-4862
1236 Longworth H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
Chuck Schumer (Senate Majority Leader)
Phone: (202) 224-6542 / (212) 486-4430
322 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Script: My name is [ ___ ]. I am a voter. My address (including Zipcode) is [ ___ ]. I value democracy and oppose corruption, so I support an end to congressional insider trading. The [HOUSE SPEAKER/SENATE MAJORITY LEADER] sets the ethical bar for our nation. While Americans struggled, 54 elected officials profited from non-public information, and senators’ holdings typically outperform the market. Previous laws have proven toothless and allowed Congress to cash in on the housing market crash and pandemic. I urge you to support proposed legislation requiring members of Congress and their families to divest or put stocks into a blind trust. Thank you.
ACTION #5
Thank NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci
Thank Dr. Fauci for his steadfast commitment to public health in the face of personal attacks. If you’d like to mail your own personal expression of gratitude, use this address:
Office of the Director, NIAID Office of Communications and Government Relations,
5601 Fishers Lane, MSC 9806, Bethesda, MD 20892-9806