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Democracy Day in Utah (Update: How To)

The Utah Community Action Partnership Association is hosting Democracy Day this coming Monday, February 2, on Utah’s Capitol Hill. I’ve RSVP’d, and it looks like it might not be too late for you to RSVP, also. Registration begins at 8:30, and the forum begins at 9 am. Donald Mathic, the President and CEO fo the National Community Action Partnership will give the keynote, with other speakers going through 11:15. Then, until noon, will be the Legislative Tours, where I’m guessing we’ll get a guided tour of what happens where up on the Hill.

At noon, the event will wrap up with a (free!) lunch with your legislators. An email I just got asked me to make sure to contact my Senator and Legislator, to ask them to be sure and attend.

I went to an event a few years ago that I think was probably this same thing, and it was a very good experience. I can’t even recall who my legislators were then, and I didn’t know anything about what I was doing. I can’t even find a blog about it, so it was probably 3-4 years ago, before I had even put my little toe into the world of politics. I’m trying to remember what would have prompted me to attend back then, and coming up empty. I’m very glad I did, though!

I’ve put a call into Senator Waddoups’ office to find out if he is attending the lunch portion. They will be calling me back to let me know, so I will update this when I find out. Wow! That was fast. I had a call less than 10 minutes later confirming that he was planning to attend.

I also put a call in for Representative Holdaway, and was given his intern’s cell phone. She was very nice, and said that she thought he was going, but would check and call me back. Again, I will update this when I have confirmation. Representative Holdaway has confirmed that he also plans to attend the lunch.

I would recommend that if you’re going to this, that you put calls in, as well. Knowing that constituents will be there will make them much more likely to attend than they might otherwise be. I’d love to hear whether you are coming in the comments, as well as what your experience calling your legislators was!

Update: If you want to register, it still seems to be open. You can do so here. Also, if you want to find out who your legislators are, check this out.