Look, the world seems messed up and scary right now, it’s crazy and I totally hear you. I also know that it can seem so overwhelming to reach out and do something without any guidance on how best to spend your time, efforts, and energy. Again, I totally get it. But let’s make a collective move from Freakout-Ville and take the productivity train to Change-Town! It will be fun, I promise.
Each Monday I’ll be doing a quick post that helps you get involved, and better yet, gives you an asset or information for something you can do right now.
To kick things off I’m going to highlight an awesome site called 5 Calls. 5 Calls allows you type in your location, and select an issue that is important to you, and then will give you the name, the title, and the phone number of one of your representatives to call! It’s so easy. And if you’re afraid of talking on the phone (but seriously, no judgement here, it’s the worst), then you can just recite the sample script they provide on their site.
So pick up your damn phone for something other than looking at cat videos and make a difference in the world. Retweeting Obama memes doesn’t really accomplish anything (although it does feel damn good), but calling your state representatives is the fastest and one of the easiest ways to make your voice heard.
Bonus Reading: Massive attendance and protest at a Utah town hall lead to Rep. Jason Chaffetz bailing on the session an hour early after the crowd became agitated with his answers and began chanting “Do your job.”
http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/9/1632123/-Utah-congressman-bolts-an-hour-early-from-constituent-town-hall-amid-Your-last-term-chants?detail=facebook