Between April 25 - June 10, US Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking (USCSAHT) are asking for a concerted effort to achieve a legislative goal, to urge all twenty women Senators to co-sponsor S. 1968. This week is our Call-in Week.
Call-in information for all women senators is available here:
http://www.sistersagainsttrafficking.org/take-action/legislative-action/women-senate-campaign/women-u-s-senate-114th-congress/
We are calling on Catholic Sisters and their Associate members, colleagues, co-workers, friends, family members and students to join us in this action.
We know that the women of the Senate have identified human trafficking a legislative priority for the 114th Congress. To date only Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has co-sponsored S.1968. Where are the other 19?
Please use the list provided to contact as many of them as you can. Be sure to tell them that you appreciate the Senate women’s priority of human trafficking and that co-sponsoring S.1968 would give concrete expression to that priority.
Our ultimate goal is to pass S.1968. If all 20 women Senators co-sponsor the bill, we will have taken a giant step towards our goal.
Action: Please call as many of the women senators as possible between May 9-13.
2 call-in scripts are included. If you are represented by a woman senator (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachu- setts, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin), please use script #1.
If you are not a constituent of one of the woman senators, please use script #2 to call as many of the women senators as possible.
If you live in New York state, please call Senator Kirsten Gillebrand and thank her for co-sponsoring S. 1968.
Script #1
If you are calling your Senator:
Hello, may I speak with the staffer who handles legislation about human trafficking.
When connected with the staffer:
Hello I am _____________, (a Catholic Sister and) a constituent of the Senator. I live in ________________. I am calling to ask Senator ______________ to co-sponsor S. 1968, the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act, because I believe that as a woman in the Senate, she would want to co-sponsor a law which could significantly improve the lives of other women and of children. Human trafficking and the use of slave labor are repugnant to me. As a consumer, I want to avoid any product made with forced labor or child labor. To do this, I need Congress to require that businesses publicly disclose their efforts to eliminate forced or child labor from their supply chains. Senate bill 1968 would do exactly that.
I know that the issue of human trafficking is a legislative priority for the women of the Senate. Will Senator_____________ act on that priority by co-sponsoring S.1968? Thank you.
Script #2
If this is NOT your Senator:
Hello, I am calling to ask Senator ____________ to co-sponsor S. 1968, the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act. While I am not a constituent of the Senator, I am calling because I believe that as a woman in the Senate, she would want to co-sponsor a bill which could significantly improve the lives of other women and of children.
Human trafficking and the use of slave labor are repugnant to me. As a consumer, I want to avoid any product made with forced labor or child labor. To do this, I need Congress to require that businesses publicly disclose their efforts to eliminate forced or child labor from their supply chains. Senate bill 1968 would do exactly that.
I know that the issue of human trafficking is a legislative priority for the women of the Senate. Will Senator_____________ act on that priority by co-sponsoring S.1968? Thank you.
Additional Talking Points on S. 1968 are available here:
http://www.sistersagainsttrafficking.org/take-action/legislative-action/women-senate-campaign/business-supply-chain-transparency-trafficking-talking-points/
Thank you for sharing this information with your networks, and for joining us in this action!
Our next e-mail message will come on Monday, May 16, with an invitation to sign a letter to all of the women senators via a Google Form.
Gratefully,
Members of the USCSAHT Legislative Advocacy Work Group
Ann Scholz, SSND (Chair)
Elisabetta Berghold
Jeanne Christensen, RSM
Teresita Hinnegan, MMS
Shares Hurtgen, SSM
Patricia Lowery, SSM
Sarah Nash
Ann Oestreich, IHM
Rose Mary Sullivan, CND
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