Take Action
Click here to support Elizabeth Warren’s Student Loan Fairness Act to reduce student loan interest rates.
Click here to stop bailing out Wall Street and support Senators Sherrod Brown & David Vitter’s Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act.
Click here to stop chained CPI from cutting benefits for seniors.
Call your senators and representative at (202) 224-3121 and ask them to raise the minimum wage.
Make a donation to AFV so we can fight to stop the sequester cuts.
Click here to say “thank you” to President Obama, and encourage him to keep fighting for progressive values.
Click here to donate to AFV, so we can keep fighting the politicians who are so determined to hold the economy hostage and shut the government down.
Click here to tell Congress that we can’t afford to cut programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid – what we need now is jobs, not cuts.
Click here to tell the board at Susan G. Komen for a Cure to reverse its decision to defund breast cancer screenings for low-income women at Planned Parenthood clinics.
There are many things you can do from home to let your elected officials know you have concerns. Below are a few suggestions about what you can do to help make a difference.
Write A Letter To The Editor
Letters to the editor are an effective way of speaking to a large group of people, and often get the attention of elected officials. First, you should pick an issue that you feel strongly about. One important thing to remember is that newspapers like to publish letters that have a local tone, so your letter should address how the issue is pertinent to people in your area.
If you need the address for your local paper, check out this site which has links to papers all over the country: www.newslink.org
Call, Write, or Email your Elected Official
Not sure who represents you in Congress or how to get in touch with them? Check out www.congress.org – all you need to know is your zip code!
Organize a letter writing party to get your message across en-masse, or get your friends to send letters via email. Communicating with your elected officials is imperative to the democratic process.