How about we send some congratulation letters with our stories to the winner's office?

55 of us signed up for the calls , I'm sure we can get more people to contribute. 55+ letters sent at the same time, on the same issue are bound to get some attention.

We could work Obama's message of hope and tie that to our personal stories and the Dream Act. It shouldn't be that hard, hope is what dreams are based on after all.

I think we could eventually make these letters a series. This would be our introduction and then we can send letters every month or so telling how what we did in that month has been limited or affected by our migratory status.

Letters will be sent to both his home offices and his D.C. office. You can also do it via fax or email (I think letters and faxes will make more of an impression though).

Do not worry about creating a new letter for each office, feel free to send the same one to each office. If he does not actually read the letters then, at the very least, a staffer will relay the message to him. . . "we got 20 letters in support of the Dream Act today" etc.


SEND OUT DATE: Monday November 10th

FAX/EMAIL DATE: Thursday Nov.13 or Friday Nov.14

We are trying to time this so letters and faxes will be received at the same time.

Here's the contact info:

Washington, D.C. Office:
713 Hart Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-1305
Phone:(202) 224-2854
Fax: (202) 228-4260

Chicago Office:
230 South Dearborn Street, Suite 3900
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: (312) 886-3506
Fax: (312) 886-3514

Springfield Office:
607 East Adams Street
Springfield, Illinois 62701
Phone: (217) 492-5089
Fax: (217) 492-5099

Marion Office:
701 North Court Street
Marion, Illinois 62959
Phone: (61 997-2402
Fax: (61 997-2850

Moline Office:
1911 52nd Avenue
Moline, Illinois 61265
Phone: (309) 736-1217
Fax: (309) 736-1233


Email:
http://obama.senate.gov/contact/