ACTION PLAYBOOK:

Contact Your State Legislators

Your state legislators have the power to enact transformative climate policy.

It’s your legislators’ job to represent you, but they rarely hear about climate concerns and solutions from their constituents. It doesn’t take much to encourage them to prioritize climate action: A majority of congressional staffers have said that fewer than 10 emails from constituents could be enough to get a member of Congress to pay attention to a particular issue. For state legislators, that number of emails is likely even fewer.

  • Estimated time: 30-45 minutes. Easy!

    This playbook can be completed in one sitting, but you can start and come back anytime. Our community also takes action together during drop-in Zoom meetups called Hours of Action. Join one here!

  • Use this playbook to:

    1. Gather contact information for your state legislators

    2. Get to know their priorities

    3. Send an email 

    4. Make a phone call

    5. Tag them on social media 

    6. Ask a friend to do it too

    7. Report back