Pressure Elected Officials
Part of the Stop Gaza Genocide toolkit
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Call Congress
Over 2 million Palestinians trapped in Gaza are living through U.S.-funded genocide in real time, as Israel bombs, starves, and displaces them. Call Congress now to demand an immediate arms embargo to cut off weapons to Israel.
Pressure your city council to divest
USCPR’s City Council Organizing Toolkit, which helped spur 200+ local ceasefire resolutions, has now been updated to focus on divestment campaigns. Divestment is a key strategy because it’s tangible: It moves dollars away from weapons companies and complicit corporations that fuel genocide, making the war machine increasingly less profitable. Use this guide to organize for a divestment resolution at your local city council. Demand that your city withdraws investments from corporations complicit in genocide and apartheid.
Find city divestment campaign resources in this toolkit.
Protest your elected officials
You can protest your elected officials using a variety of creative methods. In the past year, activists have held demonstrations such as:
- Sit-in at an elected officials’ office
- Loud “wake up call” noise demonstration at their house
- Car caravan or other transportation disruption
- Manure delivery
- And more…
Use this #StopArmingIsrael Congress Actions Guide.
Birddog & disrupt politicians
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There will be NO REST for politicians while they fund and enable genocide. Blood is on the hands of every elected official who has armed Israel. Birddog members of Congress so that they can’t be seen in public without being confronted about their choice to fund killing over care for constituents’ human needs. Find out where your elected official will be, and approach them with your questions and demands. Disrupt events with a group such as local town halls. Bring a camera. Watch this example.
Use this #StopArmingIsrael Congress Actions Guide.
For disrupting campaign events, see USCPR Action’s Event Disruption toolkit.
Have an advocacy meeting
Schedule a meeting with your member of Congress to bring your demands and force them to confront the endless documentation of U.S. participation in genocide. Look up their legislative record and how much money they receive from anti-Palestinian groups using the USCPR Action Congress Scorecard.
Plan Your Own Power Hour
Host a Phone Zap to activate your community and drive as many calls as possible to your members of Congress. Use this guide.
More Ways to Take Action
BACK: Go to the Stop Gaza Genocide toolkit.