How You Can Advocate!

Advocacy from the heart of the community is the best! If you want your voice heard, take a minute to communicate with your elected officials or write a letter to the editor. Below is information about contacting:

• Lawrence City Commissioners

• Douglas County Commissioners

• Lawrence School Board Members

• Lawrence Newspapers

Lawrence City Commission

To support our coalition’s efforts or to advocate on other City issues, you can write directly to our City’s elected representatives.

To: commissioners@lawrenceks.org, ccagendas@lawrenceks.org

Subject: [Include your specific request or complaint here]

Email content: Dear City Commissioners,

[Insert short message about your request or complaint. You may want to address how the issue at hand affects you.]

[Close with a respectful salutation and your name]

Notes:

• The Commissioners receive a lot of written information each week, so they may be more likely to read your full email if it's short and to the point.

• If you want your comments to be public, include the "cagendas" email above, and your email will be included at the end the Commission's weekly packet.

• You can also email individual Commissioners here: Amber Sellers, Bart LittleJohn, Brad Finkeldei, Lisa Larsen, and Mike Dever.

• Or you can email them all together here - asellers@lawrenceks.org, blittlejohn@lawrenceks.org, bfinkeldei@lawrenceks.org, llarsen@lawrenceks.org, mdever@lawrenceks.org.