Have something to say to your member of Congress? These guys are making it easier to find them.

The following article by Colby Itkowitz was posted on the Washington Post website February 17, 2017:

Nathan Williams, a founder of the Town Hall Project. (Courtesy of Nathan Williams)

Nathan Williams is no novice to the political process. But suddenly there’s a crop of people newly engaged and eager to participate, and since the November election, he’s been looking for ways to help those people channel their desired activism.

He just didn’t know one idea would turn into a full-time endeavor.

The 36-year-old freelance filmmaker, who has worked on political campaigns off and on since Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential run, was talking to a friend, Jimmy Dahman, another campaign veteran, about the lack of easily accessible information for people who want to meet their members of Congress. So, with a handful of other volunteers, they started compiling schedules of congressional town halls, both in-person meetings and over the phone, and shared it through a Google document in late January, updating the spreadsheet with new information as they got it. Continue reading “Have something to say to your member of Congress? These guys are making it easier to find them.”