Participate in the national 10 Days of Action to Save VAWA! A message from the National Task Force

June 25, 2012 |
Valor

Tell Congressional Leadership: Get The REAL VAWA (S.1925) Passed!
Time is running out! Act with us- in DC or your hometown- to tell Congress they must pass a VAWA before they go on their July 4th vacation as part of our National 10 Days of Action for VAWA! Congress needs to send a REAL VAWA, with all of the provisions in S. 1925 included, to the President that serves ALL victims and contains NO rollbacks to the current VAWA. As more and more legislation is stalled due to Congressional gridlock, we need Congressional leaders to hear our strong and united message once and for all: your work on VAWA is not over. We have too much at stake and doing nothing is not an option. Stand with us as during our National 10 Days of Action as we fight to push VAWA over the finish line!
PARTICIPATE IN OUR 10 DAYS OF ACTION TO SAVE VAWA FROM JUNE 24 – JULY 4TH! DO ONE OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR ACTIVITIES!

1) NOT IN DC? JAM THE PHONES ON TUESDAY, JUNE 26th!
Each of us must use our telephone on June 26th to send one national unified message to Congress to pass the REAL VAWA now. Call House and Senate leadership and insist that they stop the posturing, solve the procedural problems and move quickly to conference. Tell them:
I urge you to pass a bipartisan VAWA reauthorization bill, like S.1925, that protects ALL victims of violence-doing nothing is not an option. VAWA has positively impacted me/my community in the following way: _______________. You are our leaders and we know you care about VAWA, so solve the procedural challenge – to the benefit of as many victims as possible – and get VAWA reauthorized. By reauthorizing a bipartisan VAWA reauthorization bill like S. 1925 that protects all victims of violence, VAWA programs and services can continue to serve victims and make our communities safer.
Your member of Congress, 202-224-3121
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), (202) 225-0600
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), (202) 225-4000
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), (202) 225-0100
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), (202) 224-3542
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), (202) 224-2541
Chair of the Democratic Conference Senator Chuck Schumer, (202) 224-6542
2) DO YOU TWEET? TWEET ON JUNE 26TH – JULY 4TH!
Be sure to use these hashtags! #ReauthorizeVAWA, #RealVAWA and #VAWA
Sample tweets for June 26th:
Congress must pass the #RealVAWA bf their July 4th vacation. Join National 10 days of #Action4VAWA to tell them why: http://bit.ly/Lj18KQ
I’m joining National 10 Days of #Action4VAWA to tell Congress to pass #RealVAWA bc I want ALL survivors to be safe. http://bit.ly/Lj18KQ
[Fill in your Congress Person’s twitter handle]: Pass the #RealVAWA for ALL survivors! I’m standing up to take #Action4VAWA: http://bit.ly/Lj18KQ
3) DO YOU USE FACEBOOK?
Join the National 10 Days of Action for VAWA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/411340372241575/ and check back for updates!
Post the information, flyers and posters to your Facebook page: http://4vawa.org/pages/vawa-10-days-of-action-8560
4) SCHEDULE IN DISTRICT VISITS!
We need every senator and representative to understand that this issue impacts their district and their constituents. Have a meeting with a staffer in your representative’s office and tell them why VAWA is important and why they should get a VAWA passed that is closest to the Senate bill and that protects ALL victims. Other bills are DANGEROUS for victims, they roll back VAWA protections, abandon Tribal women, immigrant an LGBT victims and are NOT the REAL VAWA. Instead, we need a bipartisan bill that includes ALL victims.
Use tips from our TOOLKIT to: work with your community, have legislative visits and reach out to policy makers.