Yesterday Sena and I went to the Hartford Legislative Building and the Capitol for an event organized by Sierra Club to teach people how to lobby on environmental issues. We saw a few representatives and senators speak, and listened to Sierra Club and CT Fund for the Environment and other environmental organizations discuss strategies for lobbying. We also got to see what the legislative building and Capitol physically look like, and how the offices of elected officials are organized, who their staff is, etc.
We got out of there with a headache and exhausted as it was very noisy and busy (I felt bad for the people working there too, because underneath their business suits and their artificial face mask, most of them seemed tired and harried).
But we learned a few things, including, very importantly, what not to do. All in all, we both agreed that it was worth going.
Peace
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