Lobbying

Well...it all started as an effort to let the Senators and Representatives know how important financial aid really is to students attending independent (private) colleges and universities in Ohio, but April and I took matters into our own hands!!

We banded two state legislators! We got Dave Daniels, the Representative for Clinton County. He now has a ONE band and a specialized (and framed!) certificate from the ONE Campaign @ WC. I also banded Ron Amstutz, the Senator for the 22nd Voting District (where I'm from).

Here are pics!
The first picture is April Bentley giving a WC-specific ONE Certificate to a freshly-banded Dave Daniels. The second picture is me giving a ONE band to Ron Amstutz.

The connection to ONE with Dave was a smooth segue from April, who talked about her own poverty issues (face it, college students are poor!) and bringing up her activism with the ONE Campaign as a way to address the eradication of poverty. With Ron Amstutz, it was a lot easier. He asked me about the bracelet. No segue necessary!

I think today was fabulous. We talked about issues! Plural! More than one issue! And for the most part, I felt like the legislators were listening. They weren't familiar with the ONE Campaign, but now they have bracelets, which will serve as a reminder of our little lobbying visit.

Until next time,
Caitlin