Note: All contacts should be made in the name of individuals and not a nonprofit organization.
- Urge our members of Congress to make support for refugees a priority; thank and encourage them, so they don’t lose heart.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
(202) 224-3841
Email Sen. Feinstein
Rep. Nancy Pelosi
(202) 225-4965
Email Rep. Pelosi
Rep. Jackie Speier
(202) 225-3531
Email Rep. Speier
Sen. Kamala Harris
(202) 224-3553
Email Sen. Harris
Rep. Barbara Lee
(202) 225-2661
Email Rep. Lee
- Contact the President. Leave a message for Donald Trump at (866) 456-1111, tweet him @realDonaldTrump, post a comment on Facebook.com/WhiteHouse or submit an electronic message at whitehouse.gov/contact.
- Donate to a refugee resettlement organization. It will lose significant federal funds because the President slashed refugee arrivals for the current fiscal year by more than half.
International Rescue Committee Oakland (IRC)
Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay (JFCS) - Donate to the ACLU. It’s fighting to vindicate the rights of refugees and other immigrants. American Civil Liberties Union
- Donate in-kind. Visit Give In-Kind for current needs for refugees in Oakland and how we can organize a drive.
- Host a do-it-yourself fundraiser/friendraiser. Invite friends and people in our networks to come together to support the IRC, JFCS or the ACLU.
- Support courageous reporters. Call or write to thank a reporter for doing a good job, or write a letter to the editor.
- Support a free press by reinstating the newspaper subscriptions that we dropped. Good journalism has never been more important.
- Sign up for advocacy alerts. For example, Church World Service Advocacy Alerts.
- Be a friend. Ask immigrants we know or meet what the past few months have been like for them.
