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In regards to taking political action, each pwp should do what he/she can. I write letters to my congressmen, letters to my local and the larger city papers, ask for signatures on petitions that PAN has sent and have sent letters ready for signature to my relatives addressed to their congressional rep/senator. I use the sample letters from PAN or offered by other listmembers as examples. All my senators,representatives have responded, 2 or 3 favorably. Two of my relatives received favorable response letters from their senators. Calling the congressional offices also can be effective, esp. if you geet the name of the aide who is familiar with health legislation. Then, get that aide's name and extension so you can keep talking w/the same person whenever you call. The names, addresses, phone #'s of a congressional rep/sen can be found at:<http://www.thomas.loc.gov/> Just click on either house or senate directories. Now you are on your way to being a grass roots advocate for Parkinson's disease research! Jeanette Fuhr <[log in to unmask]> ---------- From: Joan Hartman <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: action Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 8:48 PM you can just email them if you'd like...they are really quick to respond....Joan [log in to unmask] or contact Micke Claeys at [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Nita Andres <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:19 PM Subject: Re: action > Yes I know the feeling about the senators. I must have a very unusual > legislator. I just don't know what else to do. I will try to find PAN's number > and call sometime tomorrow. They have always encouraged us to write. Another > letter to the president can't hurt. Thank you for responding. , Nita > > Joan Hartman wrote: > > > I, too,have written....three times to Senator Finestein with no response or > > acknowledgement and the first time to Cong. Packard who did acknowledge my > > letter with a letter of his own with incorrect info in it re Udall > > funding...PAN helped me correct his misinformation which I did send to him > > but I have yet to hear back...I also wrote the White House with no > > ackowledgment...Joan Hartman > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Clare Wilson <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 4:35 PM > > Subject: Re: action > > > > > In a message dated 8/24/99 9:06:39 AM Mountain Daylight Time, > > > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > > << have no idea how to organize this group into political activists so I > > > am asking that you write. >> > > > > > > Nita, I have been following the formatted letters suggested by PAN > > > and written to my congressmen about the Udall funding several times. > > Also, > > > PAN developed a "letter to the editor" which I adapted and sent > > > recently to one of our newspapers....have never had a reply from the > > > congressmen, except to acknowledge my input, and continue to check > > > the editorial page to see if my letter is printed. The PAN letters are so > > > easy to use and my total time spent in preparation per mailing is l hour. > > > I'm sure all these letters are in the archives for all of us to use. > > > Clare Wilson > > > >