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Title: Lobbypalooza
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Categories: Media
Environment
Peace & Conflict
Status:
In Progress
Timeline:
August 6 07 to September 3 07
Description:
Lobby? You? Yes!
How often do you sit around with your friends, discussing how the U.S. should be behaving more responsibly in the world? Instead of just talking to each other, why not get out there and talk to someone who can actually do something about it? Someone who is supposed to listen to you!
Now’s the time to put your lobby where your mouth is.
This summer, we challenge you to take an issue of vital importance and talk to someone about it. Choose from one of four issues: curbing climate change, strengthening international peacekeeping, stopping the practice of diverting money for health and poverty projects into oil companies and keeping our oceans clean, safe, and healthy. We challenge you to speak to your elected official face to face about why this is important and why they need to do something about it. Use your passion, your creativity and your voice to convince them to act.
Background:
Lobbying is a common request Citizens for Global Solutions asks of its members. This year, we're asking people to Lobby, with a spin. We're asking students, youth activists and poets/ artists who have participated in our contests over the past three years to use their talent to help lobby an elected official on an issue that is important to THEM.
Visit http://www.globalsolutions.org/lobby for background information on each of our specific lobby asks this summer.
Objectives:
To lobby elected officials across the US on five pertinent and timely pieces of legislation this summer. To identify the next generation of activists through Citizens for Global Solutions.
Milestones:
Lobby visits, setting up regional networks of individuals.
Budget:
N/A
Needs:
Active, engaged, passionate youth!
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