Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant Communities - ILRC

Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003• Do not let questions or comments derail your purpose.• Acknowledge when you need more information, and then send it to them.• Ask specific questions and request specific responses.• May you attend committee meetings, hearings or visiting galleries?After the visit:• Hold a debriefing: Talk together with your group or someone else about the visit. Determinenext possible steps. Inform others on what was learned.• Send a follow-up letter:• Express thanks for the meeting.• Summarize what was said by all panics present.• Reiterate the issues, positions and recommendations• Identify follow-up commitments made by you and the legislator• Express the intention to continue the dialogue• List the names, addresses and phone numbers of all participants in the visit.“Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves.Protect the rights of all who are helpless” (Proverbs 31:8).“God calls us to act justly, to love tenderly, to walk humbly with our God” (Micah 6:8)--and with all of God’s children!App.6-D-3