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Re: Will the international travel ban effect any FRC teams?

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Originally Posted by Monochron View Post
Join the protests. Contact your Representatives and your Senators by email as well as by phone urging them specifically to take tangible action against this.
Joining the protests... I'm at work by 8AM every day, heading to my team's build space when I get out, and don't get home until 9PM. When, exactly, am I supposed to join a protest? On the one day a week I actually spend at home taking care of my own needs?

My Representative and Senators are already taking action, adding my voice to the chorus won't change anything they're doing (and if you're going to add your voice, call, don't e-mail. Call's have to be listened to by someone and make them pay attention. E-mail's just get tallied up and mostly ignored). Sure, if I had different congressional representation calling them may have an impact. That's what you do when your Representative or Senator is not representing your point of view on an issue. But when they already are... then what? I've seen lists of Senators opposing the ban, and it includes over half of the Senate! That's half of the US right there that won't benefit from calling their Senator. There are more borderline issues where calling in is invaluable. Issues where calling in may actually help sway your senator. I really don't think this is one of them.

For many people, "taking action" just isn't that simple. There are real world considerations and personal commitments that prevent a lot of people from getting involved as they may like to, especially when it's something relatively quick or surprising. Some things, like the recent Women's March, get planned significantly in advance, allowing people to adjust their own schedules if they feel strongly about it. This, however, popped up overnight and is less than a week old. No room to adjust schedules!
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