{"id":2333,"date":"2014-02-04T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T21:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2014-02-04T16:32:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T21:32:34","slug":"ask-tx-senator-cornyn-to-cosponsor-the-youth-promise-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacealliance.org\/ask-tx-senator-cornyn-to-cosponsor-the-youth-promise-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask TX Senator Cornyn to Cosponsor the Youth PROMISE Act!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u25baSign Petition to Senator Cornyn Today<\/i><\/strong><\/span>
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Dear Friends in Texas – in a few days, Jeff Pudlo from our DC office will be meeting with your Senator, John Cornyn’s, office to talk with them about the Youth PROMISE Act<\/b>. John Cornyn is important to us- he’s on the Judiciary Committee, which has the power to advance the Youth PROMISE Act, and as a Republican, he has worked with the same types of evidence based approaches to reducing violence the Youth PROMISE Act uses. With your help, we think he might sign on as a cosponsor! He and his staff will be paying much more attention if they hear from you, so right now your voice can have a major impact.<\/p>\n

These meetings are effective, but only with your help. Meetings in Washington only go so far, Senators need to know that their constituents are behind them!<\/p>\n

There’s no better time for you to take action, and there are two things you can do. You can sign the petition, which sends a message directly to both of your Senators, including John Cornyn, and\/or you can call his office today.<\/p>\n

Sign a petition to your Senator today, urge their support of this <\/b>landmark peacebuilding legislation >><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Senator John Cornyn’s phone number is:<\/h3>\n

(202) 224-2934<\/b><\/p>\n

Here is a quick and easy\u00a0SAMPLE SCRIPT<\/b>\u00a0of what you can say:<\/p>\n

My name is ___<\/i>.\u00a0I am a constituent calling today to urge the Senator to co-sponsor the Youth PROMISE Act, S. 1307, sponsored by Senators Mary Landrieu and James Inhofe. The Youth Promise Act is an approach to addressing Youth Violence that uses preventive strategies chosen by local communities. It saves money and saves lives, and would only fund approaches that have already been proven to work. For these reasons, I think the Senator should sign on as a Cosponsor of the Youth PROMISE Act.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

The Youth PROMISE Act calls for:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n