Task 4: Contact Your Representatives

Citizenship is about action and it's time to put to use everything you have learned this year. Contact the White House and your congressmen about an issue you feel needs their attention.

You will probably receive a response, but it may take several weeks and will probably be a boilerplate that tangentially addresses your concerns.

Nevertheless, congressional and White House staffers do keep a basic tally of "pro" and "con" letters and phone calls on controversial issues.

If you feel comfortable sharing your letter or the response you receive, please let me know. I will post your samples here for future classes to use as a reference.

Writing Guidelines

How to Write Letters to Congress from About.com
Sample Letter that I wrote in 2013 regarding potential U.S. intervention in the Syrian Civil War. The opinion expressed in this letter is my own and you are perfectly free to disagree with it.

Contact Websites

Click on the links below to submit your letter. After filling out your personal contact information on each page, copy and paste the text of your letter into the comment form. Be sure to change the salutation for each submission.