Contacting Your Representatives
Are you frustrated that Congress isn't doing more to stop Trump and his administration?
Want to tell them how you feel? These websites make it fun and easy to do so!
5 Calls makes it easy for you to reach your members of Congress and make your voice heard.
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They research issues, write scripts that clearly articulate a progressive position, figure out the most influential
decision-makers, and collect phone numbers for their offices.
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All you have to do is call.
5 Calls knows whether you need to reach your
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Congressional Representative
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Two Senators
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State Governor
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State Attorney General
The numbers are provided for you, and you can even keep a record of whether the call went through, you left a message, or didn't connect. That way, you'll know if you need to keep calling on that issue or can move onto a different issue the next day.
Let's make impeachment fun again! Go to
www.ImpeachConvictRemove.info to learn how they have gamified contacting your Senators. You'll earn points for calling your Senators, more points for meeting them in person, more points if they are Republican, etc.
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Provides the addresses and phone numbers for DC and local offices for all 50 Senators
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Provides the dates when Senators are in DC vs. in their home states
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Designed to help you plan face to face meetings or protests when they are present
Want the phone numbers for everyone in the House of Representatives too? Here you go!
Why Bother Calling?
One of the best ways to stop feeling like
Only One Person
is to get into community with others who are doing the work
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Indivisible is a grassroots movement of thousands of local groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda. Their resource guide offers strategies for fighting back wherever you live.
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Photo Credit: R_Podlishevsky @ ProBonoPhoto.org
We know that the most effective way to make change is by talking to people. We know our country is divided and the best way to bring everyone together is one conversation at a time. Red Wine & Blue teaches women how to strike up those conversations with friends, family, and neighbors, focusing on common sense and shared values.
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We're going to need to knock on doors and phone bank to get out the vote for the midterms in 2026 - we may as well get practice finding our voices calling Congress now!
What's Happening with Project 2025?
Trump was frustrated at the push-back he encountered during his first presidency. He learned that the constitution provides for checks and balances on his power, that he is not above the law, and that most lifelong civil servants take their oath to defend the constitution seriously, no matter their party.
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So Russell Vought and others at the Heritage Foundation spent Biden's presidency writing Project 2025, a manual for dismantling our government QUICKLY, before any resistance could form. The project's objectives are deeply unpopular with the vast majority of the American public, so Trump claimed he had nothing to do with it while he was running in 2024. And yet he nominated Vought his Director of the Office of Management of Budget, who the Republican-dominated Senate confirmed.
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This website is tracking what percent of Project 2025's objectives have already been met. It's pretty scary to see how much of this agenda was accomplished within the first 100 days (roughly 42% of the entire plan!)
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Red Wine & Blue also has a detailed Project 2025 tracker that allows you to easily see, issue by issue, what destructive changes have already been made to the freedoms you hold most dear.
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They also offer suggestions for fighting back on each issue, so don't lose hope - FIGHT BACK! Make those phone calls! Convince congress that they will lose their seats if they continue to support these deeply unpopular positions.
Some folks hate making these phone calls. They worry they will say the wrong thing (remember, 5calls will provide scripts for you!) or feel like they are talking to a brick wall, or that their representative is already on their side and thus doesn't need to hear from them. We need to be sure our reps are hearing from us, because I guarantee you they are hearing from the vocal minority on the other side. We need to call to thank them when they do the right thing, and demand a spine from them when they aren't.
There are also letter writing campaigns, but the consensus seems to be (as told by congressional staffers) that calls to your own representative are the most effective form of contact. Remember in Trump's first presidency when he tried to get Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act? The phones rang off the hook. People took to the streets in large die-in protests. We made our voices HEARD. And John McCain was a hero who voted "no" with his thumbs down vote and saved the ACA for us all.
Calls are one of our most important tools for making change, so we strongly encourage you to give it a try! But for those who are too busy, or too shy to pick up the phone, #OnlyOnePersonProtest Challenge has a final option for you: Donate!
The #OnlyOnePersonProtest Challenge!
Take Action
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Call Congress About an Issue You Care About
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Donate at Least $3 to an Organization That Supports a Cause You Want to Fight For
Spread the Word
Calling Style
​Post a quick update about who you called, why, and how it went. Urge others to join you in making calls for the same cause.
Prefer video? Post a video explaining why your issue matters to you. Tell how your phone call or meeting with your representative went. Talk about the community you're building with others.
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Maybe duet or stitch onto a TikTok that's already gone viral of folks standing up against an illegal ICE kidnapping and share your outrage over ICE and other things this administration has done.
Use #ICEtiktokChallenge as well as #OnlyOnePersonProtest
Please keep vulnerable people safe while posting pictures of others.
Help Us Grow!
The last piece of your social media post is to nominate three people to complete the challenge next.
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For now, include a mix of folks who have been making those phone calls with you and some who haven't.
We want all of our "seasoned pros" to know about this and be spreading the word.
And we'd really like to see you first-timers join us! You've got the social media skills we need! So please invite your friends to help us in any way they can!
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Point them to this website so that they can learn they are not alone and that there are actions for everyone to take.
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Start letting people know about us!
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#OnlyOnePersonProtest
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Https://OnlyOnePersonProtest.com
Download and print these postcards so you can pass them at your next protest or tape them up around town to let folks know about this site!
