Reflection 11.3 is a citizen lobbying guide that you would be able to distribute to others interested in your social justice issue to prepare them to lobby their elected officials. I encourage you to be creative in how this citizen lobbying guide is designed. You may use material from Reflection 11.2 to create this guide. My Topic is gender discrimination of women in workplace via pay gap
Generative AI Usage Allowed in following ways:
- drafting the opening dialogue the citizen lobbyist can use
- using the Q&A from Reflection 11.2
If you use content from Reflection 11.2, share the link Links to an external site.to your conversation at the end of the citizen lobby day guide.
- Create a two to four page guide that you can give to other citizen lobbyists about your social justice issue and the elected official you chose, including:
- Who the elected official is, including some background information
- How you propose that the citizen lobbyist talk about the issue to their elected official (write their opening dialogue, including what you want them to ask the elected official to do)
- A current piece of legislation they should be aware of that relate to your social justice issue and why they should be aware of it
- Two objections that the citizen lobbyist can anticipate hearing, and how to respond
- Words of encouragement, including self-care tips, for the citizen lobbyist
- You’ll also write a clear, transparent petition that you can ask citizen lobbyists to sign and send to their elected official following the lobby day
- follow the framework in step 2 of the AAUW’s How to Start a Petition. The goal should be clear and easily understood by those you would like to sign your petition, rather than using confusing language that may result in people signing who would not otherwise do so. Accessible word document for AAU’s How to Start a Petition: how to write an effective petition.docx
https://www.aauw.org/resources/policy/advocacy-toolkit/organize-petition-campaign/