Advocating Ideas for Students, Classrooms, and Schools
Write Letters to Government Officials: Contact
your Congresspeople and Senators, urging them to support legislation that aids homeless
people and children. Organize a letter writing campaign among your classmates or
within your school.
Respond to NCH's Legislative Alerts: These alerts give the most
up-to-date information about what is happening in Congress affecting homelessness,
and what you can do about it. They are online at www.nationalhomeless.org.
Attend Neighborhood and Public Meetings: Speak up in favor of low-income
housing, group homes, shelters, and homelessness prevention programs.
Encourage Homeless People, Agency Volunteers and Staff to Write Government Officials:
They should ask them to give the issue of homelessness top priority and to find
humane solutions to the problem. Use opportunities like special holiday meals to
do this; provide paper, pens, stamped envelopes, and sample messages at every meeting
and event.
Resource:
National Coalition for Homelessnes
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