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Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 23, 2016

Letter to Your Senator Opposing the Nomination of Betsy DeVos for Education Secretary

In addition to being a supporter of policies that would effectively privatize public education in the United States, DeVos is a billionaire donor to the Republican Party. If you need…

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Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Dec 18, 2016

A Letter to Your Senators Asking Them to Oppose the Nomination of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State.

Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of State, has no experience in public service. And while he does have experience negotiating with…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Feb 13, 2017

Tell Your Representative to Oppose H.R. 610, Which Would Voucherize Federal Funding for Public Schools.

H.R. 610, which was introduced at the end of last month by Representative Steve King of Iowa, would transform federal funding for public schools into…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Dec 9, 2016

A Letter to Your Senators Asking Them to Vote against the Confirmation of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor

Donald Trump recently nominated Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns Carl’s Junior and Hardee’s, to be the next Secretary of Labor…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Feb 12, 2017

Pennsylvanians: Tell Governor Wolf to Commit to Vetoing S.B. 10.

S.B. 10, which would make sanctuary counties and cities illegal in Pennsylvania and strip funding from jurisdictions that do not comply with ICE requests, has passed the PA Senate and is likely to pass the House. This…

K. E. Spillman in Dear Leaders

Feb 6, 2017

Ask Your Elected Officials to Protect the EPA

Earlier this month, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fl) sponsored bill H. R. 861, “To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency”. The mission of the EPA is to protect public health and the environment. The EPA was established in 1970 via an Executive Order…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 14, 2016

What is Dear Leaders?

This publication is born of a pretty simple idea: that calling or writing to our elected officials is an effective way to make our voices heard; that it’s hard sometimes to do that because it requires not only that we know what we want to say, but also that we know how to articulate it…

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Feb 26, 2017

Tell Your Legislator to Support an Independent Investigation into the Trump-Russia Connection

This past week, Representative Darrell Issa — Republican, Trump supporter, and member of both the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees — broke with the majority…

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Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 16, 2016

A Note to President-Elect Trump

This note was submitted through the “share your ideas” page at greatagain.gov. The form asks “How do you want to Make America Great?” Eschewing hatred seems like a reasonable response to that prompt.

Adam D. Zolkover in Dear Leaders

Nov 18, 2016

A Letter Asking Your Senator to Oppose the Nomination of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

Jeff Sessions’s nomination has been widely praised by white supremacist organizations and condemned by the ACLU and the NAACP. In 1986, he was denied confirmation as a…

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