Originally posted June 2, 2008 on our old Vox blog.
We want to ask you to call your elected officials on today June 2, 3, or 4Thursday in support of the letter the Congressional Coalition on Adoption is delivering to Secretary Rice . Please follow up your call with an email or fax.
We need your help to ensure the success of the Vietnam Child’s Right Campaign. The support from adoptive families and your friends, colleagues and extended families is crucial for this important initiative, as the welfare of so many Vietnamese children is at stake.
Here are the directions:
a. Call both of your U.S. Senators and your representative in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cornyn, John- (R – TX) Class II
517 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2934
Web Form: cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Con…
Hutchison, Kay Bailey- (R – TX) Class I
284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5922
Web Form: hutchison.senate.gov/contact.html
· You can find your Representatives’ phone numbers and email address at www.house.gov
To search for this look in the top left hand corner of the web page. You need to your zip code and the last four digits of the mailing code.
b. Include the following in your calls and emails.
· “I/we urge the Senator/Congressperson to join the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Co-Chairs and sign their letter to Secretary Condoleezza Rice in support of the recommendations found in Joint Council’s A Child’s Right Campaign for Vietnam.”
· If they have not heard about the Campaign, ask them to contact the Congressional Coalition for Adoption Institute at 202-544-8500 or Joint Council on International Children’s Services at 703-535-8045.
Send an email to everyone you called.
· The e-mail is important, but the phone call should be placed first.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this! I hope you are able to participate. Also, for those of you who don’t know, Scott and I are hoping to be matched to a child in either June or July. We’ll keep you updated. Thanks again!