Would you like to meet your Members of Congress regarding Myanmar?
We’re seeking one or more people in each state and House district. We would work with you to set up a Zoom or in-person meeting with the staff of your House Member or senators. We’d also prepare you beforehand with talking points. The goal is to let you – voters from the district – lobby your Members of Congress effectively.
Nothing has more impact on Members of Congress than the voice of voters from the district. If you wish to organize or just participate in a meeting with staffers of your Members of Congress, just email us at info@rohingyacampaign.org
As Congress prepares the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations budget, we are urging that Congress appropriate $200 million for Burma related programs and activities.
Last year, Congress appropriated $136.13 million for assistance for Burma. Increasing this funding is necessary to implement the BURMA Act while continuing essential assistance in the face of the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in Burma.
The people of Burma continue to struggle in the aftermath of the Burmese military’s February 2021 coup. The United States must provide the funding required to support pro-democracy stakeholders in Burma, isolate the Burmese military diplomatically and economically, and push for a peaceful end to the crisis and facilitate a pathway to democracy for its people.
Please follow up your message with phone calls and emails to the staff of your U.S. senators and representative.
We have new resources to make this easier for you. We’ve created an online listing of key staff of every member of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Check it out here:
- Click here for a list of staff for the U.S. Senate.
- Click here for a list of staff for the U.S. House.
If you have extra time, please make a phone call and follow-up email to the staff of your U.S. senators and representative. Just follow the steps below! Sometimes just one call or direct email from you can make the difference.
Action #1: make a phone call
- Click here to enter your zip code and find your House Member
- Click to find the names, emails, and phone numbers of key staffers to your U.S. senators and representative:
- When you reach their office, ask to be connected directly to the staffer, either in person on their voicemail.
- Simply tell the staffer – in person or on their voicemail – that you want your senator or representative to support full funding for Burma related programs in the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill.
- Leave your name, number, and city of residence to indicate that you live in the state.
- Email us at info@newmyanmar.org and tell us how your calls went
Follow up #2: send a direct email
Click to find the names, emails, and phone numbers of key staffers to your U.S. senators and representative:
- Click here for a list of staff for the U.S. Senate.
- Click here for a list of staff for the U.S. House.
You may wish to use a succinct and direct subject line such as: “Support full funding for Burma related programs for Fiscal Year 2024”
Start your message with a mention of where you live in the state. Feel free to include a sentence or two on why you care about human rights and Myanmar in particular. Please use or adapt the following text in your email. Please blind copy (bcc) us on your email at info@newmyanmar.org.
I ask that you support full funding for Burma related programs in the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill.
Congress must show leadership in holding the Myanmar military accountable for its coup d’etat and its brutal crimes against humanity. Congress must also show support for Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and its democratic and multi-ethnic new National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG).
Please write back and tell me if you support full funding for Burma related programs in the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill. Thank you.
Just one meeting, email, or phone call from a constituent can make a difference. Your Members of Congress need to know that you want Congress to act. The people of Myanmar can’t wait any longer.
Thank so much for your time and your support.
In Solidarity,
Simon Billenness, Executive Director