Be An Advocate * Be Informed * Be Engaged
Running the Legislative Downs
First Down (Be an Advocate) - Contact candidates and lawmakers, this is a voting year, include Action Corp Weekly QR Code, Priority goal pamphlet. Priority goals can be ordered online by your VFW Post.
- Attend candidate events, Meet and Greet, Forums. Thank them for taking your call and for listening to your view.
Second Down - Training is You (Be Engaged) - Train Advocacy Skills & Use the tools in MALTA.
- Invite them for Coffee at the Post or Café, give them your opinion, listen to theirs
Third Down is Action (Be Informed) - Sign Up for Action Corp Weekly and encourage others to do the same (National)
- Sign up for Request to Speak. (State Az)- Doesn’t necessarily mean you have to verbalize, you can indicate a yay, or nay on a bill being proposed, write your reason, or voice your opinion.
- Open Call to Action; Links and respond to Push alerts. These can come from Action Corps Weekly, DAV or other organizations you may follow.
- Attend Standdowns, Meet & Greets, listen to debates, check for information on the computer on where your legislators may be in your area
TOUCHDOWN- Send a thank you to your legislators
- Inform your membership and thank those who may have helped
Legislative Department Newsletters:
Legislative National Awards:
- Legislative National Award (26-27)
Legislative Resources for Youth:
- Law for Kids http://lawforkids.org/
- Arizona Young Republicans AZ YRs | Welcome! (arizonayoungrepublicans.com)
- Arizona Young Democrats Young Democrats of Arizona (ydaz.org)
Action Corps Weekly
- Learn About Action Corps Weekly https://www.vfw.org/advocacy/grassroots-efforts/vfw-action-corps-weekly
- Sign up for Action Corp Weekly https://votervoice.net/VFW/register
- VFW Action Corps Weekly Sign-Up Sheet https://malta.vfwauxiliary.org/MemberResources/Download/121
- Request to Speak https://www.azleg.gov/group/request-to-speak/
- Western Veterans Council (State) email Carolyn Hoffman choffman@azleg.gov to receive email for monthly meeting dates and zoom link.
- Know who your candidates are: https://azcleanelections.gov/find-my-candidates
Auxiliary Legislative Tools & Resources
- Great Resources are located in MALTA under Member Resources
Opportunity to be involved in the election process
