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Introduce Yourself to Your Members of Congress

Get off to a great start with your members of Congress 🤝

Let them know you care about climate change

Everyone has two state Senators and one House Representative in Congress. In order for our members of Congress to represent us well, we have to tell them what we want them to do. Now is a great time to introduce yourself and the issues you care about most.

Email your members of Congress.

Our tool makes it easy to identify and email to your Representative and Senators.

 

  • The tool autogenerates a message for you, but research shows that customized messages have the greatest impact.
  • You don’t need to send a novel to get their attention – feel free to keep it short and sweet! Introduce yourself, share your concerns about climate change and why it’s important to you and ask them to support climate legislation.
  • If you want to include them, you can find talking points here.

With just one email, you’ll have established a line of communication between you and your members of Congress 🎉

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my Representative listen to me?

Yes! The idea that Elected Representatives don’t listen to their constituents is not true. In reality, Congressional staffers take every call and voicemail and read every email their office receives and pass these onto their member of Congress in regular briefings. Congress works for you and they want to know what their constituents care about. You may receive a generic email in response, but your message was still received loud and clear.

 

Why do we need a Prefix to our name to email our Senator?

Members of Congress require a prefix for emails that are sent to their office. We acknowledge that the prefixes provided do not encompass all gender identities. Unfortunately it is Congress that sets these prefixes and so we are required to use the ones that are currently accepted by the majority of offices.

 

How else can I help?

You only need to email once yourself. Then, share this page with any friends, family and coworkers who want to introduce themself to their members of Congress, too!

Who is Citizens’ Climate Lobby?

A CCL volunteer speaks to a member of the community at an outdoor tabling event

Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan grassroots advocacy climate change organization that exists to create the political will for climate change solutions by enabling individual breakthroughs in the exercise of personal and political power.

 

Our consistently respectful, nonpartisan approach to climate education is designed to create a broad, sustainable foundation for climate action across all geographic regions and political inclinations.

 

CCL empowers everyday people to work with their community and their members of Congress. Our supporters cover the political spectrum and work in more than 450 local chapters. Together, we’re building support for a national bipartisan solution to climate change.