CHAPTERS:

• Invite members of Congress, their local staff, and the media to attend chapter events. Their contact information can be searched online at www.fulbright.org/take-action.

• Arrange for a chapter event on the subject of the Fulbright Program or on international affairs and invite your representative or a member of his/her staff to speak.

• Recruit chapter members to respond to action alerts from the Fulbright Association national office and recognize their efforts at future meetings or with personal contact. [The national office will let you know if members of your chapter have sent copies of their letters to Congress to us and asks you to do the same.]

• Provide chapter members with sample letters to targeted leaders (members of the Administration, congressional representatives, local or state media) regarding the Fulbright Program.

• If the chapter has a newsletter, put your members of Congress and their local staff on the mailing list. Include advocacy updates in your chapter newsletter. If there is no newsletter, send regular letters to the member describing chapter events. Include photos.

• Write a statement in support of the Fulbright Program to be signed by chapter members and other concerned constituents, to be sent to your members of Congress.

INDIVIDUALS:

• Visit your members of Congress while they are in the district/state (please see the section on organizing an effective congressional visit). If in Washington, D.C., plan a trip to visit your state’s congressional delegation.

• Attend a town meeting or forum being held by the member in your district. Prepare a thoughtful, concise question mentioning the Fulbright Program that will elicit a concrete response from the member. If you would like assistance preparing a question, please contact Noelle Said at the Fulbright Association national office.