Tips for writing an effective letter to legislators
• make sure the correct person is being contacted
• focus on a specific bill in the letter
• prove authority on the issue
• talk about how personal effects of the legislation
Members of the Students for Creative Social Activism were in the Atrium Thursday to encourage students to write to their legislators.
The organization members were on hand to help students find legislation that is active in Congress, find out who the legislator is that is involved, and give tips on how to write an effective letter to them.
Ariana Brown, president of the organization, said the event was something that she has wanted to do for months.
“I think it’s going to be really helpful in just kind of breaking the ice and making people feel more confident going into writing their legislators or contacting elected officials or in any way trying to negotiate our huge government,” Brown said.
Tips the organization has for writing an effective letter include making sure the correct person is being contacted, focusing on a specific bill in the letter, proving authority on the issue and talking about how personal effects of the legislation.
Brown said some people may feel very strong about an issue, but that does not give them the right not to be cordial.
“I feel that if somebody is on their own and they are like so riled up about it that they are going to write their legislator, they are a lot more fired up than people who are just walking around the Atrium like what is this, I think I might be interested in this thing,” Brown said.
Jackson Nelschorson, a senior creative writing major, was one of the students who walked by the event and got involved. Nelschorson said it is important for people to get involved in democracy.
“Democracy is not just an every two year thing, it can happen whenever you become actively involved in it,” Nelschorson said.
The event is being hosted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
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