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The most effective way to promote equality is to show legislators that their constituents care about what bills get passed or defeated. Nothing speaks to them louder than an in person meeting. Below are face-to-face lobby days scheduled by national and state LGBT organizations to make it easy for you to do that. In almost every case, you should register in advance with the organization and attend their training sessions. They will walk you through what to expect, how to effectively tell your own personal story, and provide a supportive environment. Afterwords, they may de-brief you to try to understand how much progress was achieved. If you are speaking members of the US Senate and House, Act On Principles provides you with a mechanism to report back what they told you about how they intend to vote. We provide handy forms for both the House and the Senate (http://www.actonprinciples.org/?s=form) that they can help you fill out at the end of the meeting, so that their opinions on all the relevant LGBT bills are recorded accurately. Then report back to the world via our Public Whip Count, so that those who come after you will know which legislators to push harder to solidify their support for LGBT equality. Check Out the following website for the lobbying grid. http://www.actonprinciples.org/lobbydays/ If you know of additional lobby days, please Submit an Action (http://www.actonprinciples.org/add-actions/) so that everyone can know that it has been scheduled. If you find errors in this post, please email editors at actonprinciples dot org .
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