Dear Mr. President national day of civic action
March 15, 2012
Nationwide / Online
From public high school English teacher, Kelly Dillon (St. Louis, Missouri):
Because the best way to teach citizenship is to do citizenship, I am inviting my students and your students across the country to write letters to President Obama about the issues they care most about. On March 15 students will engage in a national day of civic action by posting their letters to a website I have created called Dear Mr. President. Mailing letters to the White House is an option, but students have a better chance of winning an audience by publishing their views online. Furthermore, they can use social media to send letters out to their social network. Who knows? If we get enough people to participate, they just might get a response from the White House. What could send the message that democracy works more powerfully than a word from the president himself?
Please visit Dear Mr. President at www.dmpstudent.blogspot.com for more information on how to participate. For updates on the letter-writing campaign and links to published student letters, follow @DMPStudent on Twitter. To help spread the word about the project, tag your tweets with #dearmrpresident and #studentvoice.
Thank you for your dedication to creating powerful authentic learning experiences for students.
Visit Ms. Dillon’s website to find out how to participate.