Call your local AND state representatives and senator. Follow all of your state, city, and county reps online and go to in-person meetings. - [5 Calls](https://5calls.org/) Helpful website and App that finds your representatives and gives you a script so you can call them on an issue that matters to you.  - Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121. Lets you find your representatives by state and you can choose one to call. - [FaxZero](https://faxzero.com/) Send free faxes to people, especially your representatives if they are ignoring your calls, which on the home page is links to a list of representatives you can fax to.  - [Democracy.io](https://democracy.io/) Email your representatives. Put your address, city, and ZIP, and it will find your representatives and you can email more than one at the same time.  - [Resistbot](https://resist.bot/) Bot you can text to via phone. Can mass email/text/fax representatives. ### Project MAIL STORM This is a Postal Uprising. We will use mail to flood the USPS, courts, WH, and Congress with good ol' fashioned mail. ANYONE can do this from home, especially if you're unable to attend protests or live actions. On socials use # projectmailstorm The paper is mightier than the sword: - Civil Rights movement volunteers flooded Congress with mail. - ACT UP pressured the FDA. - Our mailing efforts will shine the spotlight on the necessity of the USPS. What to write? Simple: "We're watching you." "Do your job." "You're failing the American people." Add a sticky note to junk mail that you send them. "Here's garbage for doing garbage work." Envelopes require more processing than postcards. Use odd sized envelopes. Write DO NOT DISCARD in red ink. Be creative. A return address is not needed. ### Leave-Behind Example When Meeting w/ Members of Congress Make a lasting impact with your U.S. Senators and Representatives by providing them with what's known as a leave-behind. This can be a simple flyer that reiterates what action(s) you're requesting of them, an entire folder with resources pertaining to your objective, etc. About one week following the meeting, you'll want to reach out to the lawmaker's office, asking if they had a chance to review the leave-behind and to see if they have any questions. [An Example of a leave-behind for Rhode Island's US Senator](https://file///C:/Users/Darla/Downloads/RI%20Delegation%20Leave-Behind.pdf)