Call-in days are an easy to plan, and highly effective tactic for delivering our message to your ElectedOfficials. Phone calls are often what make the difference in convincing senators and representativewho are on the fence to vote your way. Here is a quick checklist for a successful National Call-In Dayon your campus! Many times, organizations are not told of language, or the vote, on federal bills untilthe night before. Although we will not know when the call happens does not mean we have to beunprepared. The following are steps to help prepare for the National Call-In Day.
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Remember to have a list of volunteers that are ready to act so you can call them the night beforeto help with the calls. Have a spreadsheet that allows you to write notes such as which organiza-tion they are part of and what residence hall/dorm they live in.
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Use people’s connections. Have them call or email the members of their organization.
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Publicize the call-in day in your campus newspaper, through campus e-mail, and on bulletinboards all over campus. Find out if you can submit an ad to run in your paper on short notice. De-velop a relationship with the Advertising Director and explain the importance with the ad and ex-planation why it is so last minute.
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Utilize the contact sheets from your education forums to do phone banking the night before thecall in day.
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Set up at least two tables with four mobile phones available for students to make a short 30 secondto One Minute phone call to their US Representative and Senators. Use Ironing Boards, they are theperfect height so no one needs to bend down and they are mobile so you can move it anywhere.
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Provide students with a sample phone script with talking points, which they can either read or useas a guide to help them through the call. (See the sample phone script). The call-in sheet shouldalso include your representative’s office number.
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Tables should have a sign or a banner to draw students to them.
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Staffing a phone-in table is an interactive activity. Tabling staff should be standing up (not sitting)interacting with students as they walk in to the vicinity of the table. It is the tabling staffs’ job todraw students to the table. Staff should also be able to answer any questions students may have.
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Ask each student who makes a phone call to provide you with contact information so you canactivate them at a later date.
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Remember to utilize the residence halls/dorms. Students are often in their rooms in betweenclasses and there is always a phone around.
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Student organization offices are set up for call in days. They are all located near each other andusually have a group of people studying or waiting for class to start. Have them use the officephone to save on their minutes and just hand them a script.
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Dial 1-800-574-4243 to be connected to your Members of Congress.
Sample Script
Hi! My name is ____________ and I am a student at the (your campus) and a voter inyour district. I am calling in conjunction with the US Student Association and studentsfrom across the country to urge our elected officials to support the DREAM Actamendment to expand access to higher education for high school graduates whowere brought to the U.S. years ago as undocumented children. I support the DREAMAct because it will increase opportunities for 360,000 qualified high school graduateswho are currently denied their dream to an education.
(insert talking point here)
Can I count on _(Elected Official’s Name)__ to support the DREAM Act in this sessionof congress?Thank you for your time and I look forward to your support.
Organizing a Call-In Day
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