Resources - American Promise

Here, you’ll find useful materials to take your cross-partisan citizen advocacy to the next level. Whether you’re looking to learn more about the problem and solution, read examples of past media pieces published by citizen leaders across the country, find materials to leave behind in your legislative meetings, or take template PowerPoint presentations and making them your own, this is your one stop shop!

In order to show the impact of citizen actions across the nation, we need to hear from you about what you’ve been up to! Click on the links below to report on that activity!

- Event Report Form: Tell us about your events or tabling efforts, upload sign in sheets or excel documents, and give us feedback from what you are hearing from your neighbors

- Published Media: Have you had a letter-to-the-editor, OP-Ed, editorial or article published? Share it with us so we can let others know!

Action Reporting Form_Published Media

Your Name*
First Last
Your Email*
Your American Promise Chapter (if applicable)
What network or issue does the media piece target? (if applicable)
- Business
- Youth
What type of media piece are you reporting?*
- Letter to the Editor
- Op-ed
- Editorial
- Article
- Radio
- Television
What is the name of the newspaper or media outlet?
Area served by this newspaper or media outlet (only fill out relevant fields)
City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

If the outlet is national, you do not need to fill out any fields as "United States" has already been entered as the default country. If the outlet serves a state, you only need to fill in the state field. If the outlet serves a metro area, please fill in all fields.
Title of the media piece (or one-line description if no title exists)*
Author or Speaker's Name*
First Last
URL to the media piece
Content / transcript of the media piece (or a summary if exact content is not available)

- Local Resolution Report Form: A huge part of the uprising is getting local cities and towns on the record for a 28th Amendment. Share your local resolution victories so we can learn from your efforts and duplicate it across the country.

Action Reporting Form_Local Resolution

Your APA
Name*
First Last
Email*
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Location of resolution*
City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code
Date resolution was submitted
Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
Did it pass?
- Yes
- No
- Delayed
What type of resolution was it?
- Voted by the council/selectman/local elected officials
- Voted by the voters of a town/city/count
List of all local endorsers
Local Resolution Language
Upload language of resolution here if in PDF form

- Elected & Candidate Meetings Report Form: Winning elected officials and candidates’ support for the 28th Amendment is vital to the Uprising. When you meet with your elected officials, candidates, or their staff let us know!

- Calendar Event Request Form: Want to share your event with the AP community and reach supporters in your state? Submit a request to have your event posted and an email invitation sent.

Calendar Event Request Form

Fill out Part 1 of this form to have your event posted immediately to the American Promise events calendar and the event calendar on your state’s page. Fill out Part 1 and Part 2 of this form if you would like to have a graphic made and/or an email invitation sent to supporters in your state.

Part 1 - Post Your Event

Your Name

Your Chapter

Your email

Title of Event

Description of Event for Website

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

Start Time (format: 08:00 pm)

End Time (format: 09:00 pm)

Time Zone

State

Please enter your event's Zoom meeting registration link, Eventbrite or event URL, or your event's physical location and address. If you leave this field blank, your event will not automatically publish and an Empowerment Coordinator will reach out to you for more information.

Event Registration Link or Physical Address

Part 2 - Request a Graphic and/or Email

Please submit your request a minimum of two weeks before your event for the successful creation of a graphic and scheduling of an email invitation. Blank fields may lead to delays. If you need to make changes to your submission please contact Zye Allen at [email protected]; changes may lead to delays.

Graphic Information

The graphic will be displayed on the event page and in the email invitation.

Event Name Displayed on Graphic

Subtitle/text (if any)

Visual Goal (what is the main thing/feeling the graphic should portray)

Images for the graphic (e.g. speaker headshots, co-sponsors logos if any)

Please write a description of any images you've uploaded for the graphic (e.g. the name and title of a pictured speaker to be displayed in the graphic):

Email Information

Email invitations will be sent 1 week before the event and the day of the event.

Email Subject Line

Email Sender Name (for signature line)

Email Sender Title (e.g. American Promise Idaho Chapter Leader)

Name of individual recipients can contact for questions about the event

Email or phone number for recipients to contact with questions

Body of email (full text of email with information about the event and why recipients should attend)

Contact Information

In order to show the impact of citizen actions across the nation, we need to hear from you about what you’ve been up to! Click on the links below to report on that activity!

Action Reporting Form_Community Outreach / Event

Action Reporting Form_Published Media

Action Reporting Form_Local Resolution

Calendar Event Request Form

National Conference Call Recordings: