Advocate's Toolkit

Here and attached below are materials to use to advocate for the COAT agenda.

Note: Today (8/5/2010) we have an Action Alert for the Senate version of H.R. 3101, which S. 3304. 

One pager on HR 3101 is on the COAT website 

Website to help you find your Senator or Representive, with tips on writing them.

Template letter to U.S. House of Representatives member

Below attached are materials for your HR 3101 campaign. These include:

• "Dozen Tips for your HR 3101 Campaign."
• "Instructions for an HR 3101 Petition Drive" and "Petition Blank"
• "Crash Course on the HR 3101 Legislation"
• "Sample Letter to US Senator"
• ""Elevator Speech--instructions on meetings with legislators and their staff"
• "Sample Email messages to legislators"
• Verizon's statement of support for HR 3101
• AT&T's statement of support for HR 3101
• US Telecom's statement of support for HR 3101
• Key Congressmen & Senators you must contact
• Letter to Key House  Members by National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) with Resolution, in Support of Universal Service provisions in HR 3101.
• Your Organization's Letter to Key House Members

You can download and use all these materials. For instance, you can copy and paste the sample letters on your own organization's letterhead. You can attach copies of the Verizon and AT&T statements to your correspondence. You can start a petition drive or get an email campaign going.

Remember persistence pays and stay encouraged! This is how all disability legislation and regulation is passed and while it seems to take "too long" the effort works!

Only with YOUR efforts will this legislation be enacted! You have the power! Lead on!