{"id":18162,"date":"2023-05-01T15:06:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/formal-email-to-elected-representative-about-one-crime-control-policy-issue-and-advocating-for-action\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T15:06:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:06:17","slug":"formal-email-to-elected-representative-about-one-crime-control-policy-issue-and-advocating-for-action","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/formal-email-to-elected-representative-about-one-crime-control-policy-issue-and-advocating-for-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Formal email to elected representative about one crime control policy issue and advocating for action"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">500 words or less<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Single-spaced; 12-point Times New Roman font; 1-inch margins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Discuss <b>only<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/span><strong style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">one<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">crime control issue\/problem<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Advocate for the elected representative to take action (i.e., support a policy\/program, continue to support a policy\/organization, or oppose a policy\/program)&nbsp; to address the problem&nbsp; in your community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">The body of the email should only include<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;4<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><b>short paragraphs<\/b>:<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"2\"><i style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">1st paragraph:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>A brief description of who you are, why you are writing, and what action you want the representative to take.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"2\"><i style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">2nd paragraph:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>A brief explanation of the issue\/problem, including why should the issue be important to the representative (i.e., how does it impact their constituents)?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"2\"><i style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">3rd paragraph:<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">A description of<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">3 ways<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">your community will be impacted if the elected representative takes\/fails to take action. This part can be in paragraph form or a bulleted list.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: var(--color-1); font-variant-caps: inherit;\"><i>Final paragraph: <\/i>A concluding paragraph that summarizes your call to action and thanks the representative for their consideration.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Use formal language and tone<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Include email formatting<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">A professional greeting (i.e., Dear Congressperson Ilhan Omar, Dear Mayor Jacob Frey)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">A professional closing (i.e., Ends with \u201cThank you,\u201d \u201cSincerely,\u201d or \u201cBest Regards,\u201d).&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>500 words or less Single-spaced; 12-point Times New Roman font; 1-inch margins Discuss only&nbsp;one&nbsp;crime control issue\/problem Advocate for the elected representative to take action (i.e., support a policy\/program, continue to support a policy\/organization, or oppose a policy\/program)&nbsp; to address the problem&nbsp; in your community The body of the email should only include&nbsp;4&nbsp;short paragraphs: 1st paragraph:&nbsp;A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[762],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/18162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/18162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=18162"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=18162"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=18162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}