Please prioritize protecting children. Compromise. Talk. Keep the issue of prevention of violence toward children at the top of your schedules.
The following text may be a template for someone if they chose to send a letter to the editor of their local paper:
When items related to violence against children drop out of the headlines, it appears sometimes that the events or issues are forgotten about. To be fair, I realize that’s not the literal case, and that people care about children, and they don’t truly forget. More specifically, it’s not always apparent whether lawmakers, community or organization leaders and members are attempting to sit down at a table and talk. I’ve seen some discussions online about methods for solving violence against children. They seem to often consist of name-calling, sarcasm, and insults, and sometimes people don’t include links to support their opinions. These types of discussions make it difficult for readers to learn about differing viewpoints (for readers who don’t already have their minds made up about certain points). The main goal of writing this letter is not to offer my political or social ideology, but to remind any people who have the power to discuss and implement policies that would protect children from violence to sit down at a table and talk. I understand that some of the opposing viewpoints on prevention methods have a wide gap, and because of that gap, it must often seem that compromise would be impossible. But I hope that at least, to start with, one idea could be developed. Something small that would help in some small way. Some small step. Any small step would be good. And after that, one more idea; perhaps slightly larger and a little more effective, one that might require a small compromise. And after that, please continue. To any people who have the power to sit at a table, compromise, and implement solutions, please start talking if you haven’t already done so. Thank you for your prompt and persistent attention to this matter.
If one wanted to send a similar letter to any of their elected officials, it should need only minor editing.
Or you may want to write something completely different. If you would like to contact your elected representatives, you can use the links below to get more information:
For elected officials within your state goverment body, it's almost just as easy.
In your favorite search engine, enter find <state> legislators. Look
for results where the domain name ends in '.gov'.
To find contact information for your city government, go to your city's official website and look for "city council" or whatever might be relevant to the city, town, or village in which you live.
If you'd like to write to your local paper, the information on how to do so is usually on the 'opinions' or 'letters to the editors' page of the paper (if they don't reply, that often doesn't mean they've rejected your letter).
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