Advocacy

YOU can make a difference!!

Your legislator wants to hear from you about what is important to you!

www.house.gov

www.senate.gov
www.congress.org
www.congress.gov

On the congress.org web site, enter your zip code and it will give you the federal, state and local representatives. The house and senate web sites direct you to phone numbers, mailing addresses and e-mails. The congress.gov web site can be used to look up bills.

Be sure to:

1) Identify a bill number

2) Indicate favor/opposition to the bill

3) Provide a short reason why

4) Address only one bill or issue

5) Request a response

6) Include your address

How A Bill Becomes a Law

Day at the State Capitol
Join us for this free event!

Speakers Library
The State Capitol
Lansing, Michigan

Wednesday, May 12, 2010; 8:30am - 2:45pm

Registration, Continental Breakfast and Program

Large Print Registration

Issues Page

If you need an accommodation - interpreter or assistive listening device - when meeting with your legislator, please request the accommodation from the legislator's office. Be sure to give the office sufficient time to make arrangements.

Advocating for issues important to people who are hard of hearing, deaf or deafblind. Communication access will be provided by CART(real-time captioning) and American Sign Language Interpreters.

A Legislator's Booklet has been prepared specifically for Michigan senators and representatives. It can be viewed/downloaded by advocates. It will not be available at the event. The booklet contains the 6 issues being presented to legislators this year and includes a statement of the problem, facts to support the problem, and solutions we would like legislators to put in place to remedy the problem.

The same 6 issues have been outlined individually in two formats for you to download and review. Please go to the Issues Page to download the .pdf files.