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BigmanPigman

(52,234 posts)
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 04:52 AM Mar 2018

5 CALLS is a great, easy way to make your voice heard

by contacting your govt reps and officials on a variety of issues. You choose the issue and presto...you make a call! Schumer, Michael Moore, etc give this source for activism their highest praise.
https://5calls.org/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5-calls-congress-phone_us_588ada64e4b0230ce61b26d7
Each call should take a minute, or less.
While many voters like to email or leave Facebook messages for their representatives, there’s evidence that phone calls are the best way to influence lawmakers. Early this year, House Republicans abandoned an attempt to cripple their ethics watchdog amid a flood of angry phone calls. And last year, a former Congressional staffer said the most effective way to contact a representative was with a phone call.
The new website not only assists voters in making those calls, it also helps them keep track of who they’ve spoken to and which issues were covered.

https://mashable.com/2017/01/26/5-calls-site-help-call-representatives/#qG8O2QInRiqb
For people who hate talking on the phone to their own mother, forget chatting with strangers. "5 Calls" provides users with a list of at least five calls they can make each week. It also provides users with sample scripts.

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5 CALLS is a great, easy way to make your voice heard (Original Post) BigmanPigman Mar 2018 OP
Good BlueDog22 Apr 2018 #1
Thanks. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #2

BigmanPigman

(52,234 posts)
2. Thanks.
Tue Apr 10, 2018, 08:37 PM
Apr 2018

I post it periodically since I don't want to be a pain. In fact today I posted it in a reply when someone suggested we all call our reps about Mueller. Spread the word please.

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