Tell them you want a Global Good Neighbor Foreign Policy
What they need to hear:
- That our current framework for U.S. foreign and military policy isn't working, and we need to change course.
- That good neighbor practices—promoting mutual respect and solving common problems by working together with our neighbors—work better than bullying and strategies to ensure U.S. global dominance.
- Relate this to current foreign policy crises.
Global Good Neighbor information you can use:
Short Description:
Mutual respect should guide U.S. foreign policy. Our government once approached the world with this spirit of international cooperation. In the 1930s and 1940s, FDR's Good Neighbor policy provided the collective determination to defeat fascism and the vision to create international institutions like the United Nations. We can do it again. A foreign policy shaped by common values and informed by common heritage would restore our country's reputation as a responsible global leader and partner.
The concept of a Global Good Neighbor foreign policy is simple: Good neighbor values and practices make the global neighborhood a safer, healthier, friendlier place.
Also see:
Longer GGN Description
GGN Talking Points
GGN Principles
How to Contact Your Representative
Contact Information for Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Contact Information for Representatives:
There is no one contact list for U.S. representatives, but you can find contact information for your congressional representatives by going directly to their homepage.
http://[lastname]/house.gov as in http://pearce.house.gov
or go to the search site for the House of Representatives through which you can locate your representative's homepage (complete with contact information for all offices) by entering your zip code at:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
To find contact information, committee assignments, and biographical data on all your federal representatives, you can go to:
http://www.vote-smart.org/official_congress.php
Note: It's more effective to call their offices or to visit them with your message about Global Good Neighbor. Congressional representatives pay less attention to emailed messages.
Inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt's vision of international relations guided by "mutual respect" and cooperation, the IRC’s Global Good Neighbor Initiative is reclaiming this legacy by promoting dialogue and action aimed at forging a new animating vision for foreign policy in our time:
A Global Good Neighbor Ethic for International Relations
http://ggn.irc-online.org/
For media inquiries, email media@irc-online.org or call (505) 388-0208.
