Action Tools

Citizen Activist Workshop

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Meet-up with Alaska Legislators

Saturday, March 31sth from 9am- 3:00pm.
Alaska Center for the Environment, 807 G St #100

The Alaska Center for the Environment is hosting a Citizen Activist Workshop, titled Find Your Voice. The session will focus on how you can effectively communicate with elected officials and make a positive change in your community. Participants will learn how to write an effective letter to the editor, how to testify at a public hearing, how to write and call your elected officials and other skills.  Breakfast is included in this free session. The workshop runs from 9am – 12:30pm, and will be held at the Alaska Center for the Environment, on the corner of 8th and G at 807 G St., Suite #100. Please RSVP to Sue at 274-3695 or sue@akcenter.org 

After the training everyone is invited to carpool to the pizza-party hosted by Senator Hollis French, Representative Lindsey Holmes and Representative Mike Doogan.  The get-together will be held at the Spenard Rec Center from 1-3.

RSVP & Questions: Contact Sue Ely at 274-3695 or sue@akcenter.org

Find Your Voice: The Citizen Activist Tool Kit

• Identifying a Volunteer Project
• Influencing Public Decisions
• Check-off list for Activists

The Bill Process

• How to read a bill
• Steps in the Passage of a House Bill

Face to Face Communication

• Lobbying and Testifying: Overview (page 1, page 2)
• Face to Face with Your Legislator
• Making a Good First Impression (page 1, page 2)
• Following Up After the Meeting

Telephone Communication

• Telephoning Your Legislator

Written Communication

• Writing to Your Legislator (page 1, page 2, page 3)
• Letter Writing Template
• Writing and Publishing an Op-Ed (page 1, page 2)
• Letters to the Editor (page 1, page 2)

Public Speaking

• Testifying at a Public Hearing (page 1, page 2)
• Tips for Public Speaking (page 1, page 2)

Fundraising

• Raise Money 101
• From Contacts to Members

Media

• Media Resources
• How to use the media affectively (Letters to the Editor, Opinion/Editorials & Talk Radio)
• Alaska Newspapers
• Anchorage Talk Radio
• KTUU Talk-Back Television

Extra

• Legislative Information Office- Use your Legislative Information Office (LIO). Send a free Public Opinion Message (POM) to your legislator and/or a committee during the Legislative Session (January to May) by calling your local LIO. Message must be 50 words or less. Messages are received in one day. Anchorage LIO phone number is 269-0111 or click here for a statewide listing. LIO's also research bills and issues for you, help you work the statewide computer system and get copies of bills and background information for you.

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