Meet with your Lawmaker about the Parental Rights Amendment.

It’s not too late to enlist your congressman as an original cosponsor of the Parental Rights Amendment coming to Congress this September!

By now, you know about August Recess, when your congressman is working, not in Washington, D.C., but in the home district—right around the corner from you!

You’ve seen our Advocacy Toolkit, with a handout you can take with you that summarizes the Amendment and why it is so important in protecting the precious parent-child relationship, as well as a step-by-step planning guide for leading your meeting with the congressman.

And you probably saw last week’s email telling you it was time to set up that appointment.

But in case you missed that email or think your opportunity has passed, let me assure you: there is still time to make a difference!

The August Recess is so named because it lasts all month. So even if you don’t have a meeting on the calendar yet, it’s not too late to reach out to your congressman’s district office and schedule one today!

Simply find your lawmaker’s contact information here, then call the closest district office to you (some lawmakers have four or five, depending on the size of their district) and ask for a meeting to discuss the Parental Rights Amendment with them.

From there, you can follow the instructions in the Advocacy Toolkit to have a successful meeting!

Then, let me ask one more favor of you: Email us at info@parentalrights.org and let us know how your meeting went! We’re not asking for an official report, but perhaps you’ll have a story we can share to encourage other volunteers in their meetings later in the month.

And it’s always good for us to know which lawmakers had meetings and heard about the Parental Rights Amendment because of your work.

That’s really the point.

“Success” in this effort is not necessarily limited to seeing your lawmaker become an original cosponsor, though that would certainly be welcome. “Success” is in simply expanding the conversation. It is bringing your lawmaker into discussion about how the Parental Rights Amendment can protect our children. 

There’s still a whole lot of August left. Meetings are just beginning. And I am looking forward to hearing about yours and how it went in your district!

Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to expand the discussion of parental rights to your congressman this August!