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Network Resources: Peer Mentoring Network: Advocacy: Letter Writing Campaigns |
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Mentor
Sarita Rogers
Guiding Questions 1) Letter-writing campaigns work at more than one level. Do you have both a detailed letter from an executive director/ board president, and a more general mass mail letter prepared for use when needed? 2) To begin your letter-writing campaign, have you: Identified key decision makers to be targeted? Prepared for your grassroots an action alert with a sample letter attached? 3) Is your letter: concise, with the purpose clearly stated in the first paragraph? Is the tone constructive? Is there flexibility for the writer to supplement his/her personal perspective? Additional Resources Visit http://capwiz.com/pca/mail/compose/ to see how you can write letters to your legislators on various issues using Prevent Child Abuse America's CapWiz system. See http://www.ounceofprevention.org/index.php?section=policy&page=alertdetail for a specific example about how one state is writing letters on behalf of their program. Tips on effective letter-writing. More... Visit http://63.66.87.48/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=NHSA&hotissue=1 to see how Head Start formulates their letter writing campaign. Think about how this approach could be modified for your advocacy work with Healthy Families America. |
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