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SAF's grassroots program is designed to put you in position to build a relationship with your lawmakers. Congress needs to hear from their constituency and by connecting a face to a name you can start developing your relationship today. SAF is making it easy for you to reach out to your Congressmen and Senators with a wide range of tips to make becoming a grassroots activist.
This page is designed to help you along the path in order to develop an influential relationship between yourself and your lawmakers. You will also hear about other SAF members who are working to become key contacts for their respective lawmakers.
Do you know your congressman or senator? Have you atteneded a fundraiser or town hall meeting lately?
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so we can enhance those connections here in Washington.
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Advocacy Tips and Tricks
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As Congress breaks for their extended summer recess, lawmakers will be spending a considerable amount of time back in their home districts visiting constituents. SAF members should be on the lookout for town hall meetings held by their Congressmen and Senators in their local area.
These public town hall meetings are a great way to begin establishing a relationship with your lawmaker's office. Town hall meetings are free and open to the public. Typically, the lawmaker will make some remarks about what is happening on Capitol Hill and specifically about what he or she has accomplished. In addition, there is usually time set aside for questions and answers.
You can find out if one will be coming up in your area by either contacting your lawmaker's district office or by contacting SAF. SAF's grassroots web site, http://www.safnow.org/grassroots is full of helpful information on town hall meetings and other opportunities for you to build a relationship with your lawmaker.
If you do attend a town hall meeting during the Congressional recess or have your lawmaker visit your business, email Brian Gamberini at
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and let him know
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SAF Members in Action
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Just last week, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill into law that would end the decades old law of making retail florists pass an exam to legally design and sell flowers in the state. Florists around the state were up in arms about the historical certification process and had filed suit against the constituionality of the law.
HB 1407 abolishes the presentation section of the exam which was the point of contention for most florists in Louisiana. You can read more on the happenings here.
Currently no other state requires florists to pass a written and practical exam to be licenced florist.
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SAF Members in Action
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Rep. Sam Farr (D-17-Calif.) stopped by the Kitayama Brothers' Monterey Greenhouses open house last Friday for a short visit and a chance to promote the floral industry. While there he joined up with Stuart Kitayama, the chair of the event, to riase awairness about the locally grown flowers of California.
Read more about the Open House here in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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SAF Members in Action
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For SAF Board Member Dave Boulton, of Flowers By George in Arlington, WA, a simple walking tour by Congressman Rick Larsen (D-2-WA) turned into a Mother's Day sale.
Larsen and Boulton have established a good relationship during Boulton's visits to Washington DC during CAD and that Larsen has used Boulton for his flower needs in the past. On Monday, May 3 while visiting other small businesses, Larsen stopped by to see how a retail flower shop functions on one of the busiest weeks of the year and also to pick up an arragement for his mom.
Boulton took the opportuntiy to take him on a quick tour of his shop and also press him on a couple of key legislative issues such as AgJOBs, estate tax and increasing the funding for the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative.
"It was a great visit and one made even better that we got another puchase out of him," Boulton said.
The Arlington Times covered Larsen's visit to Flowers by George and the other businesses; you can see some photos here.
Interested in having your lawmaker visit your shop? Contact
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or visit www.safnow.org/grassroots for information on how to coordinate an event.
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