Advocacy Opportunities
Current Advocacy Opportunities
- WHERE DO YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS STAND
https://crln.org/2019-legislative-scorecard/
- HONDURAS LAND DEFENDERS AT RISK
https://www.amnesty.ca/sites/amnesty/files/64%20Honduras.pdf
- TAKE ACTION TO DEFUND ICE AND CBP!
https://vdlf.org/freebettyrendonpetition
- ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES ON IMMIGRATION:
https://m.facebook.com/Instituto1977/posts/10156171095868321
- What’s DHS Doing in Guatemala?
https://nisgua.org/portfolio-items/dhs-guatemala/?portfolioCats=502
- Suspend US security aid to Honduras, instructions from SAOW:
https://crln.org/repost-hr1945/
- If your Representativeis not a co-sponsor of HR 1945, which would suspend US security aid to Honduras, please ask him/her to do so. Call the Congressional Switchboard – 202-224-3121, ask for your Representative’s office, and then the foreign policy aide. Ask that the staffer request your Representative co-sponsor HR 1945, the Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, and to let you know when they decide to do so.
- Call your Senators (Capitol Switchboard: 202- 224-3121) and ask them to oppose continued US backing of the Honduran regime and take the next opportunity to cut US military and security aid to Honduras.
Check out our Action Alerts Category under Program Areas to see recent events we’ve been apart of
CRLN members work to convince their legislators to create U.S. policies that work for peace and justice in our hemisphere. By advocating on issues that directly affect our ally organizations working for social justice in Latin America, CRLN members model active, engaged civic responsibility and call our government to accountability for its policies. Through our advocacy activities, CRLN members build democracy, both here and abroad.
Advocacy Resources
Below are general resources on how to find your representative, what to say and do in a call or meeting, and how to follow-up on your meeting. If you have any other questions, feel free to call or email Jhonathan Gomez at (773) 293-2964 or jgomez@clrn.org.
Advocacy 101– Learn the basics of the legislative process
Lobbying Hints and Tips– From LAWG and WOLA