Legislative Advocacy

LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY

OSJ seeks to educate, motivate, and organize people of faith as they work to affect social change through legislative advocacy. The following are tools and resources for exercising "faithful citizenship."

OSJ's Legislative Publications

Issue Action Teams

Abortion and Euthanasia

Faith and Politics Resources

Tools for Effective Advocacy

Minnesota State Legislature

U.S. Congress

The President

OSJ's Legislative Publications

Issue Action Teams

OSJ's Issue Action Teams are comprised of people from multiple parishes who join together in advocacy around a particular issue. Together the teams learn about their issue, reflect on Catholic social teaching as it relates to the issue, and devise a strategic plan for affecting public policy as it relates to their issue. We currently have issue action teams focused on the following issues. See this page for more information on the teams.

Environment
Health care
Housing
Immigration

Join an issue action team

Faith and Politics Resources

Tools for Effective Advocacy

Lobbying Tips

Voter registration in Minnesota

Writing letters to the editor

Minnesota State Legislature

Minnesota State Legislature Website

District Finder

Bill Tracking

Committees: Senate Committee Information; House Committee Information
Key Committees for OSJ Legislative Priorities

Senate

House

Health Policy and Finance

Taxes Committee

Ways and Means Committee

U.S. Congress

Minnesota Congressional Delegation - includes addresses, phone numbers, etc.
Federal Legisative Search: http://thomas.loc.gov
NETWORK : A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

NETWORK's Legislative Action Center connects you with your Senators and Representative

The President

President George W. Bush: president@whitehouse.gov
Vice President Richard Cheney: vice.president@whitehouse.gov

        The White House Phone Numbers
        COMMENTS: 202-456-1111
        SWITCHBOARD: 202-456-1414
        FAX: 202-456-2461

        TTY/TDD Phone Numbers (for the Hearing Impaired Only)
        202-456-6213 Comment Line
        202-456-2121 Visitors Office

Local government
        Metropolitan Council

Sowers of Justice is a membership organization that provides, among other things, an opportunity to be involved in legislative advocacy on behalf of the poor.

To learn more about Sowers of Justice, see our special Sowers page.