{"id":35777,"date":"2023-05-29T12:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-copy\/policy-and-research-copy\/advocate-copy\/contact-legislators-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T09:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T17:39:14","slug":"contact-legislators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread\/policy-and-research\/take-action\/toolkit-intro\/contact-legislators\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Your Legislators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center script headings has-red-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\">Contact Your Legislators<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color\">Taking the time to get to know your legislators is important to your advocacy!  As your representative for government, they want to hear from you about the issues you care about. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#F9F9F9;padding-left:2.5%;padding-right:2.5%;padding-bottom:10%;padding-top:10%;margin-top:10%\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container alignfull banner-container gb-block-container\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-content\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7893b4f43e00c8d51f5c79beeff5e03e is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500;text-transform:none\">State Government<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">Find Your Alaska Representatives and Senators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/akleg.gov\/\">https:\/\/akleg.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At the bottom of the page , find the &#8220;who represents me&#8221; box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type in your full address <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click &#8220;find&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also find public testimony opportunities and watch the legislative session live. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-cf3096c1626329304bc58d7cf1c09d18 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">National Government<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:0\">Find your state legislators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/congress.gov\">https:\/\/congress.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Under current members of Congress, select Alaska<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile has-white-color has-red-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.threadalaska.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Provider-sm-w-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24957 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Provider-sm-w-logo.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Provider-sm-w-logo-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Provider-sm-w-logo-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Provider-sm-w-logo-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Provider-sm-w-logo-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Local Government<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Anchorage<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muni.org\/pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anchorage Assembly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fairbanks<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnsb.gov\/171\/Borough-Assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fairbanks\/North Star Borough Assembly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Juneau<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/juneau.org\/assembly\">City and Borough of Juneau Assembly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kenai\/Soldotna<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpb.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":31940,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35777","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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