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Handouts, Pictures, and Video & Audio Clips from Recent Events
MCN's Principles for State Fiscal Decisions
Preparing to Tell Your Story During the Legislative Session
Tips and Tactics for Contacting Legislators
Tips and Tactics for Contacting Your Members of Congress
Proposed Cuts: Action Steps for Nonprofits

You are welcome to download, print, and use these handouts in your own work.  You are also welcome to reproduce these handouts for your staff, board, or workshops.

Handouts, Pictures, and Video & Audio Clips from Recent Events

• Immigration in Minnesota and the Nonprofit Response - March 23, 2006
• Policy Day 2006: Daniel Smith's Policy Thrash Slide Show, Direct Democracy: The Battle over Citizen Lawmaking
• Session Wrap Up 2005: Stories, Insights, and Impacts from an Unusual Legislative Session - September 7, 2005
• Getting Ready for 2005 Public Policy Conference - November 18, 2004
• 2004 Session Wrap Up - June 17, 2004
• Precinct Caucus Training - February 17, 2004
• 2004 Session Line Up - February 6, 2004
• Tax and Expenditure Limits Briefing - January 30, 2004
• Getting Ready for 2004 Policy Conference - December 16, 2003
• Dialogue with Bill Gates, Sr. and Chuck Collins - October 22, 2003
• 2003 Session Wrap Up - July 1, 2003
• Briefing with the State Demographer - January 29, 2003
• AMT Charitable Deduction Briefing - October 16, 2002

- Tough choices are ahead in addressing the state's budget deficit, but they can be smart choices.  MCN recommends several principles to be followed when making budget balancing decisions.  View the PDF version or the Word version.

Preparing to Tell Your Story During the Legislative Session - Preparing to meet with a legislator or trying to place a story in the media?  This handout will help you develop a clear case statement and suggestions for how to effectively use it.  View the PDF version.

Tips & Tactics for Contacting Legislators - This 2-page handout provides some helpful suggestions for meeting with legislators, making phone calls, or writing letters.  View the PDF version.

Tips & Tactics for Contacting Your Members of Congress - This handout is specially designed for contacts with Minnesota's federal congressional delegation. View the PDF version.

Proposed Cuts: Action Steps for Nonprofits - Designed for the 2002 Legislative Session, this 2-page handout provides some key strategies you can start using NOW to prepare for next session.  View the PDF version.  

Questions? Comments? Contact Joshua Winters at josh@mncn.org