So, I used https://5calls.org to call my House and Senate representatives today, to advocate for USAID, the Dept of Education, and to oppose Vought for OMB. Literally 5 minutes, total. Spoke to actual humans in two offices, was polite, made my points succinctly (did not read the script), and was treated courteously (even by the Republican aide). At the end of my short spiel to Sen. Budd’s aide (R-NC), he said “Perrrfect,” as if he had simply filled out some checkboxes and I had delivered my message in such a way that it made it easy for him. Good enough, imo; my voice was heard.

Left voicemail for Sen. Tillis. Got a little more emphatic, but was still polite and relatively concise.

It’s easy. You can, too. I honestly believe people hearing other people’s actual human voices counts for something.