In addition to serving as a fantastic medium for communicating between friends, snail mail letters also have the power influence those with the power to make the changes we wish to see in this world.
I am strong proponent of writing to Congress and the President. Whenever there is an issue of importance to me, I write a short and direct letter on where I, as a constituent, stand. I couldn't urge you more strongly to do the same.
An e-mail can be boiled down by a staffer to a sender's name and a subject line. A letter, at the very least, must be sorted, manually opened, read for content and identified with a real person by way of a signature.
Today I mailed a letter on an issue involving education. I printed the letter on Southworth 24lb 25% cotton linen finish paper and handmade an envelope from another sheet of the same paper. It is my hope that the time and effort I put into not only writing, but also professionally packaging, paying for a stamp, and walking to a mailbox, add weight to my message when it reaches the office of my Congresswoman.
NOTE: The poignant stamp in this post came to me by way of the Missive Maven.
4 comments:
you know I would love to follow your blog but dont see anywhere to do so on your blog could you please maybe show me or tell me how to do that ?
Phonelady,
You can always use the RSS feed subscription, in the box titled, "Free Subscription!" But, ask and you shall receive. I have added a box below it for followers, should I be so lucky to have you join the site.
Peace,
James
Nicely put, James.
It is really enlightening to hear the insider perspective on this, namely how much more powerful a handwritten (or in any case, snail-mailed) letter is than an email, when writing to politicians as a constituent. I always suspected as much, but never knew for sure...
I'm glad you liked the stamp. :-)
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