Mike Haack from our affiliate, Campaign for a New Myanmar hosts training sessions every week on how to lobby Congress.
The focus for these sessions has been the #BurmaBill that was introduced last week but the lessons he teaches can be applied to any topic and level of government. You can email him if you have any questions.
A number of people have told me they think the only way to influence Congress and other elected officials is to hire an expensive lobbying firm. The good news is that is not anywhere close to being true. Anyone can lobby Congress or their other elected officials.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
I have worked for both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and have seen firsthand how much power constituents have. Offices have a slew of staff members who are there to answer the phones and respond to correspondence from constituents. Every day, these people have to report on what their constituents are telling them.
As much as we wish is wasn’t so, genocides are happening all around us. In Myanmar, the Rohingya are being persecuted. In China, the Uyghurs are being forced into slave labor camps and subjected to horrors and death. The Sudan civil war has escalated to genocide. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the killings continue. Armenians who had lived peacefully in Azerbaijan for generations have been forced out and their coummunities erased. We need your help to stop these atrocties.
We don’t rely on corporations or wealthy donors.
We rely on people who refuse to be silent in the face of genocide and mass atrocities.
A small donation today helps No Business With Genocide keep pressure on Congress through letters, calls, rapid-response campaigns, and sustained advocacy for accountability and civilian protection.
Genocide doesn’t stop on its own. Silence enables impunity. Pressure works — but only if we sustain it.
When thousands of people give a little, lawmakers are forced to listen. If you can spare the cost of one coffee today, you help turn outrage into action.
Thank you for standing with us.
— No Business With Genocide
The fiscal agent for No Business With Genocide is the International Campaign for the Rohingya (ICR), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. ICR’s EIN is 81-4234076. Your gift is tax-deductible as a charitable contribution.
To make a donation by check, make the check payable to “International Campaign for the Rohingya” and specify that the money is for “No Business With Genocide.
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