{"id":285,"date":"2025-08-13T19:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0441\/?p=285"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:02:45","slug":"grassroots-advocacy-month-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0441\/2025\/08\/13\/grassroots-advocacy-month-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassroots Advocacy Month 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While our U.S. Senators and Representatives are back home in their districts, NARFE promotes <strong>Grassroots Advocacy Month<\/strong> (GAM) to encourage members to interact with them in-person and online. NARFE Headquarters is posting on various sites (<strong><a title=\"https:\/\/NARFE.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwMw\/index.html\" href=\"https:\/\/narfe.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwMw\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-informz-do-not-track=\"false\" data-informz-link-name=\"FBpost1\" data-informz-link=\"true\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\"><span class=\"x_email-hyperlink-color-preserver\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"https:\/\/NARFE.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwNA\/index.html\" href=\"https:\/\/narfe.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwNA\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-informz-do-not-track=\"false\" data-informz-link-name=\"linkedinpost1\" data-informz-link=\"true\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\"><span class=\"x_email-hyperlink-color-preserver\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"https:\/\/NARFE.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwNQ\/index.html\" href=\"https:\/\/narfe.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwNQ\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-informz-do-not-track=\"false\" data-informz-link-name=\"tweet\" data-informz-link=\"true\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\"><span class=\"x_email-hyperlink-color-preserver\">X (formerly Twitter)<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a title=\"https:\/\/NARFE.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwNg\/index.html\" href=\"https:\/\/narfe.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwNg\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-informz-do-not-track=\"false\" data-informz-link-name=\"instagram\" data-informz-link=\"true\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\"><span class=\"x_email-hyperlink-color-preserver\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a title=\"https:\/\/NARFE.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwNw\/index.html\" href=\"https:\/\/narfe.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwNw\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-informz-do-not-track=\"false\" data-informz-link-name=\"youtube\" data-informz-link=\"true\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\"><span class=\"x_email-hyperlink-color-preserver\">YouTube<\/span><\/a><\/strong>). Last week\u2019s <strong>Advocacy Alert<\/strong> email says \u201cFeel free to retweet, repost, like, and comment to boost the federal community\u2019s presence across all platforms and recruit people to join us in our fight for earned benefits and fair treatment!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the NARFE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/advocacy\/grassroots-advocacy-month-2025\/?_zs=uJcfm&amp;_zl=qeuQ3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Grassroots Advocacy Month 2025<\/strong><\/a> page on the their website. NARFE also posted an online GAM <a href=\"https:\/\/narfe.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwOA\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Social Media Template Guide<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Lastly, for other ideas on using social media, check out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/narfe.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT0zNDA0ODQ5JnA9MSZ1PTUyODI5MDQ0NCZsaT0zOTIwNjMwOQ\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grassroots Advocacy Month<\/a><\/strong> community on FEDHub. You can read about what other members are doing and\/or post your questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Congress is in recess during August, NARFE promotes Grassroots Advocacy Month. 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