How You Can Advocate!

Advocacy from the heart of the community is the best! If you want your voice heard, take a minute to communicate with your elected officials or write a letter to the editor. Below is information about contacting:

Lawrence City Commission

To support our coalition’s efforts or to advocate on other City issues, you can write directly to our City’s elected representatives.

To: commissioners@lawrenceks.org, ccagendas@lawrenceks.org

Subject: [Include your specific request or complaint here]

Email content: Dear City Commissioners,

[Insert short message about your request or complaint. You may want to address how the issue at hand affects you.]

[Close with a respectful salutation and your name]

Notes:

  • The Commissioners receive a lot of written information each week, so they may be more likely to read your full email if it's short and to the point.

  • If you want your comments to be public, include the "cagendas" email above, and your email will be included at the end the Commission's weekly packet.

  • You can also email individual Commissioners here: Amber Sellers, Bart LittleJohn, Brad Finkeldei, Lisa Larsen, and Mike Dever

Douglas County Commission

Our coalition is focusing on City efforts at this time, but we are also interested in bringing our vision to the County. We believe that collaboration between the City and County could also be improved.

You can reach your County Commissioners here:

Erica Anderson, Gene Dorsey, Karen Wiley, Patrick Kelly, and Shannon Reid

Lawrence School Board, USD 497

We would like to bring our vision to all governmental entities in our community, including our local school board. You can reach your school board members here:

Anne Costello, Bob Byers, Carol Cadue-Blackwood, GR Gordon-Ross, Kelly Jones, Shannon Kimball, and Yolanda Franklin.

Write to Our Newspapers

We are fortunate that The Lawrence Times and The Lawrence Journal World accept letters to the editor and invite news submissions from our community. Here is the information you need to know to submit your own letter to the editor or press release:

Letters to the Editor

News Submissions