Monday, March 22, 2010

Contact Your Congressperson!

As promised, here is the information on how to contact your Congressperson.

My Congresswoman is Maxine Waters and those of you who also live in the 35th district of Los Angeles, you can contact her this way:

Congresswoman Maxine Waters
10124 S. Broadway, Suite 1
Los Angeles, CA 90003
Phone: (323) 757-8900
Fax: (323) 757-9506

Here address on the hill is:

Washington, DC
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
2344 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2201
Fax: (202) 225-7854

With modern technology and the phenomenon of Social Networking, you can also add her on Facebook, follow her on Twiiter AND Youtube!

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MaxineWaters

Twitter: http://twitter.com/MaxineWaters

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/MaxineWaters

For those of you OUTSIDE of this district, here's how you find out who your congressperson is:

Step One: Look up your NINE DIGIT zip code here: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
You MUST have all nine digits. The 5 digits most of us use is not enough.

Step Two: Go to: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml and enter your State, Street Address, and NINE DIGIT
zip code. Click "CONTACT MY REPRESENTATIVE"

Step Three: This will lead you to the option of contacting him/her directly through this website, but I WOULDN'T TRUST IT!
Sooooo.... go to google.com and enter your congressperson's name. The first result should be their official page
with the URL of " THEIRNAME".house.gov/ Click on it!

Step Four: Go to the website and click on the CONTACT or CONTACT ME option... There's the info!


Snail mail, email and write your congressperson your concerns. No matter how small YOU think your concerns are, trust me, they will NOT go unnoticed or unheard. I assure you, your congressperson pays attention to what you think, want and have to say. And believe it or not, they don't get many requests, phone calls or letters from their constituents. He/She will be happy to hear from you, regardless of your reason for contacting him/her.

And don't be afraid to be so bold as making a phone call or even just showing up at their offices! In this case, the only way to get noticed, is to make yourself noticeable.

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