Learn how to write an LTE
Sister Eilis McCulloh, HM, of the Grassroots Mobilization Team, gives a short lesson on how to write an impactful Letter to the Editor. You can use this LTE training for any letter your write to publications in your community.
Below you will see a selection of LTE’s from NETWORK justice-seekers around the country who’ve reached out to publications in their area to advocate for our Build Anew policy agenda and issue areas. We’d love to hear from you after your LTE is published. Please email it to info@networklobby.org.
Other LTE Trainings
The May 2, 2023 LTE training below focuses on the debt ceiling. The slide presentation is linked below the training video.
Selected LTE's
Kentucky LTE's
Mary Danhauer, Owensboro Kentucky NETWORK supporter, has a message for people in her western Kentucky community: “It’s time for Rep. Brett Guthrie to listen to the voices of his constituents who are threatened with starvation, malnutrition and death if these cuts to our safety-net programs are allowed to become policy. This form of policy death would be a public health threat to all Kentuckians.” Read Mary’s letter to the editor of the Messenger-Inquirer below.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR -- Owensboro KYNew York LTE's
New York NETWORK supporter, John L. Ghertner, MD, shared how proposed Congressional cuts to social safety net programs are harmful to our neighbors and loved ones, especially children, and won’t decrease our federal debt. Click the link to read the LTE.
Ohio LTE's
Parma, OH NETWORK supporter, Judy Opalach, challenged U.S. Rep. Max Miller, OH-07, to live the reality of the constituents he placed in jeopardy when he voted to slash funding for Housing Choice Vouchers, and other safety net programs he chose to harm.
Read more from Judy in her letter to the editor of The Plain Dealer.
Pennsylvania LTE's
Erie, PA NETWORK supporter, Mary Nelson, wrote about the reality of the hunger in her northwest Pennsylvania community, how changes to the tax code (where the wealthy pay their fair share of what they truly owe in taxes) could help solve the problem, and the work requirements already in place on people who struggle.
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