Action Center
Call to Action • Contact Your Legislators • Resources/Links • Sign Up to Be an Advocate
Current Alert:
Go to the Grassroots Center to write a letter to your Legislatures regarding the proposed 2008 supplemental budget cuts!
Call to Action: Families, Friends, and People with Developmental Disabilities -
Call to Action Legislative Work Plan
Identify Families, Friends, People with Development Disabilities and Direct Support Professionals to advocate against the proposed FY 2009 State Budget.
Educate
- Call to Action Members, elected officials, the media and general public on these drastic and dangerous budget cuts to an extremely vulnerable part of our Rhode Community.
- Facts about Autism (pdf download)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Autism
Activities -
- Recruit and build a data base of supporters.
- Outreach - Call, U.S. Mail, Personal Meetings with your elected Official and let your voice be heard!
- Develop a 24/7 Web Action Center with the up to date information.
- Develop Position Papers - explaining the devastation these cuts will have on our community.
- Track Legislation - Being organized to have a group testify on the hardship the cost will have on our families.
- Hold Information Meetings - with Legislators, and interested parties.
- Rallies - If needed, organize a rally to show the support that is in community against these cuts.
- A Call to Action Day at the State House - Talk one-on-one with YOUR elected representative at the State House.
Targeted Legislators
Speaker of the House William Murphy
West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick
Rep. Gordon Fox - Majority Leader
Providence East Side
Rep. Steven Costantino - Chair House Finance
Providence - Federal Hill
Rep. Joseph McNamara - Chair House Health, ED and Welfare
Warwick, Cranston
Sen. Joseph Montalbano - President of the Senate
Lincoln, North Providence, Pawtucket
Sen. Teresa Paiva Weed - Majority Leader
Jamestown, Newport
Sen. Rhoda Perry - Chair Health and Human Services
District 3, Providence
Contact Your Legislators
Go to the Grassroots Center to write a letter to your Legislatures regarding the proposed 2008 supplemental budget cuts!
Click here for a sample letter to an elected official.
Click on the following links to download PDFs with RI Legislators' contact information. To view a PDF, you must have Adobe Reader – click here to download.
Targeted Legislators
Complete RI Representatives List
Complete RI Senate List
Resources/Links
The Rhode Island General Assembly - http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis - http://www.state.ri.us
Governor Donald Carcieri - http://www.governor.ri.gov
Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts - http://www.ltgov.ri.gov
Find your Legislator - http://www.sec.state.ri.us/elections/findyourofficials
Call:
Governor DonaldCarcieri's Switch Board - 401-222-2080
William J. Murphy, Speaker of the House - 401-222-2466
Joseph A. Montalbano, President of the Senate - 401-222-6655
Sign Up to Be an Advocate
If you would like to step forward and become an advocate, please fill out our Advocate Information Form (PDF) and return it to the Groden Network's Family Services Department. Thank you!