Masters of Health Magazine October 2021 | Page 14

Advocacy Platform

 

Protect Nature Now has created a streamlined Advocacy Platform where in a  few clicks, create a cascade of communications reaching your elected officials, spreading the word on social media, and alerting your local media.

 

Each month there are new educational assets, which inform recipients about the need to prevent the release of genetically engineered microbes, the urgent requirement to stop gain-of-function (GOF) experiments that enhance potentially pandemic pathogens, and the critical importance of protecting the global microbiome.

 

In just a few short months, platform users sent tens of thousands of messages to politicians and reporters across the globe, including links to the film Don’t Let the Gene Out of the Bottle, and its trailer, a Legislative Report, two white paper, articles, etc. 

 

It’s working!  Several members of Congress have expressed interest in supporting the campaign, and meetings are scheduled.

 

One action that is often included on the platform is to tweet a pre-loaded (customizable) message to your officials. 

Don’t underestimate its power.  It increases the likelihood that your email will be read and considered.