You CAN influence your elected officials. Find out who they are. Meet with them, as our own Nina McLellan is doing with Rep. Marcy Kaptur, along with a delegation she organized. For President, Ohio Senators and Congresspeople, view contact information.

What are the best ways to influence Congress?

According to a poll of Congressional staffers, here they are, in order of effectivenss:

Constituent Visits
Consituent Representative Visit (someone like you who represents constituents)
Individualized Letters
Individualized Email
Individualized Faxes
Phone Calls
Lobbyist Visit
Form Letters
Form email

From the Congressional Management Foundation

Pictured above are: Katherine Philipson, Friends Committee on National Legislation; Rev. Doug Horner, St. Paul’s Community Church; Kate Patt  SEIU; Tom Nowel, Religious Society of Friends; Nina McLellan, Co-President Cleveland Peace Action, Rep. Marcy Kaptur,  Debbie Kline, Executive Director Cleveland Jobs with Justice (peeking out); Sr. Donna Wilhelm, SSJ-TOSF, former director InterAct Cleveland; Michael seals, SEIU.   Not shown, Walter Nicholes, Greater Cleveland Veterans for Peace (the photographer) and Jay Westbrook, Cleveland City Council who had to leave early.