ADVOCACY - AUGUST, 2010
WEBSITES FOR SENATE CANDIDATES
One way to find out where prospective candidates for federal office stand on issues such as housing and hunger is to contact their campaigns through their websites, with questions such as "How do plan to deal with the long waiting lists for subsidized housing here in NH?" Here are the current websites for the 5 major candidates for US Senate, in alphabetical order:
HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET
NH Citizens Alliance will be offering an evening on understanding how the federal budget works. It will be held at the Unitarian-Universalist Church on an evening in early August. Time and date coming soon to this space.
HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW
If you are interested in how a proposed bill makes its way to become a law, see http://www.nhwomen.org/pdf/bill01.pdf It is quite a process and considering that the NH legislature (all volunteers, of course) gets 1,000 or more bills per session, it makes us appreciate how much is involved.
NSK&S on FACEBOOK
Become a friend of Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter on Facebook if you are on that social network, and encourage others to do so. It is another way to bring the concerns of some of the people in Nashua who don't get heard in most networks to a broader audience. Thanks!
SOME WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT
With much of federal legislation stalled or sidetracked, it is important to get the word out to our representatives in Congress that we are concerned about bills that affect homeless and hungry people in our neighborhood, a number that is growing daily due to job loss, increasing costs, and unexpected health care challenges.
*** SOME WAYS TO BE INVOLVED:
- Contact our current (and some new) congressional delegation to support the following:
- Housing initiatives for those who cannot afford to buy homes
- Promote job creation, and job security
- The Ending Homelessness Committee welcomes citizen involvement - contact Eileen@NSKS.org for more information.
