Emails from activist organizations (350.org, Social Security Works, ACLU, et al) almost always ask for two things, that you contact your representative and/or send them money. Sometimes, very rarely, I am asked to participate in a rally or demonstration at the US Capitol.

Well, I live in DC, I don't have a voting representative. So sending me requests to contact my representative is annoying. My budget is limited, so I am unlikely to give money more than once a year. While I am happy to participate in actions on Capitol Hill and the White House, there are other places to protest.

Your DC supporters are a powerful resource, if you know how to use them, which, from the looks of things, nobody does. For openers, our home-town newspaper remains one of the most influential in the English language. Why not ask your DC supporters to write a Letter to the Editor? You probably have the power to generate dozens of letters to The Post, at least some of which will be published. Even if none are published, the editors will know there is widespread support for your agenda within the home delivery market. These things matter.

Representatives, senators and the White House are not the only places to protest. We should be protesting at the offices and AHIP and PhRMA to protest on a regular basis. We should be protesting pipelines at the offices of their lobbyists as well as the Business Roundtable to protest investing in planet-destroying fossil fuel projects. We should be protesting debt peonage at the Department of Educations and all the financial institutions profiting off of debt peonage.

Above all we should be in front of DHS protesting state sponsored child abduction.

There are so many actions DC based volunteers could be doing and I can't think why so many organizations waste there DC supporters with pleas to contact our non-existent member of congress.