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Advocacy Center

Use your voice with purpose.

Learn the issue, find the responsible elected officials, and take a specific, respectful action when a verified campaign is active.

Issue Guides

Begin with the mission context.

These evergreen pages explain the Foundation’s priorities without presenting an action as current legislation unless it has been reviewed and published.

Gun violence prevention

Review the Foundation’s focus on community safety, responsible policy, prevention, and informed civic participation.

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Anti-discrimination and belonging

Explore the #BeProud focus on dignity, identity, solidarity, and constructive responses to hate.

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Published Actions

Time-sensitive campaigns appear here after review.

Each published action should identify the issue, intended recipient, requested action, and message context.

Find Your Representatives

Confirm current offices before you contact them.

The Foundation lookup displays only records available in its verified data source. The official House and Senate directories remain the source of truth for current federal officeholders and contact pages.

Find Your Representatives

Enter your zip code to find and contact your elected officials

Responsible Participation

Clear, personal, and directed to the right office.

Understand the issue

Start with reliable context, identify the decision being made, and separate evergreen principles from time-sensitive legislation.

Confirm the right official

Use verified government directories to identify the office responsible for the policy or service you are addressing.

Make a specific request

State that you are a constituent, explain the concern in your own words, and ask for one clear action or response.