Visits to Congressional Home District Offices
Experienced advocates say that nothing works better than an in-person meeting with a member of Congress and his or her staff. Take advantage of Congressional recesses to connect with your Congressional representatives. Or pay a visit to home office staff even if the Representative or Senator isn't in town.
Here are some tools to help you prepare for these visits:
- Working to restore NHPRC's FY2008 appropriation: Guidelines for visits to Congressional home offices
http://savearchives.pbwiki.com/f/GuideForHomeOfficeVisits-2007-04.DOC
- "Effective Communication Tip: Don't Ignore District and State Congressional Offices"
http://savearchives.pbwiki.com/f/ASAE-EffectiveComm-DistrictOffices.doc
- "Tips for a Successful Meeting With Your Elected Officials"
http://savearchives.pbwiki.com/f/Meeting%20Elected%20Officials.doc
- Contact information for members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government,
INCLUDING HOME OFFICE INFORMATION.
2007-HouseSubcommitteeFinancial-DC&HomeCointactInfo.doc
- List of members of the House Appropriations Committee with hot links to their home pages
http://savearchives.pbwiki.com/f/HouseAppropCttee2007.doc
Take the following along with you to leave with the representative or his/her staff.
If you can, adapt them to fit the special interests of the representative or circumstances in your state.
- Issue Brief on NHPRC from the National Coalition for History
http://savearchives.pbwiki.com/f/FY2008-NHPRC-IssueBrief.doc
- Safeguarding a Nation's Identity, the executive summary of CoSA's Emergency Preparedness report. Contact Vicki Walch to obtain additional free copies (mailto:vwalch@statearchivists.org or phone 319-338-0248). It is also available for download as a PDF at http://www.statearchivists.org/prepare/
- NHPRC Impact Sheets: "What has NHPRC funding done for our state?"
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