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Protestors demand reductions in Pentagon spending.
Use this toolkit to talk to your community, the news media, and directly to Congress about keeping resources in your community.
Download the full toolkit for a comprehensive set of tools to help your community work for better federal budget priorities. The toolkit includes fact sheets, suggestions about how to work with the media, how to talk with members of Congress and ask them questions, and how to get a resolution passed in your community to encourage Congress to support programs that fund our needs at home instead of the military. You can also download just parts of the toolkit.
Use this guide to talk about issues specific to the post-election lame duck session of Congress. This is a crucial opportunity to focus pressure on changing federal budget priorities given the impending sequestration.
Download our fact sheets that provide information about cutting military spending, raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, job creation, and protecting those in the greatest need.
Use this material to get your views on budget priorities across to your elected officials, either through visits or calls.
Ideas for talking about federal budget priorities within your community—including signs, videos, and other tools.
Tools you can use with local media to help tell your story about federal budget priorities.
In communities across the country, groups are trying to get city councils, county councils, and other local municipalities to make a statement to their elected officials calling for cuts to the military budget and support for programs important in our communities. This material will give you tips on how to join this effort in your area.