About the Campaign

Don't Silence the People aims to protect the right of all Americans to exercise free speech and petition Congress. By seeking to limit the most effective means of communication available: email; Congress threatens those rights. We are joined in our efforts by a diverse coalition of organizations listed below.

Coalition Partners:

Grassroots Enterprise: A bipartisan public affairs firm, working with a range of grassroots clients across the political spectrum.

Center for a New American Dream: The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice.

Rad Campaign: Provides creative, affordable, and user friendly web design, development, and online marketing services to non-profit organizations and independent businesses.

Drug Policy Alliance: The leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs.

Oxfam America: Oxfam America is committed to creating lasting solutions to global poverty, hunger, and social injustice.

Stem Cell Political Action Coalition: A grassroots movement to fight back for stem cell research.

Earthjustice: Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment.

American Association of University Women: AAUW is the nation's leading voice promoting education and equity for women and girls.

Oceana: Oceana advocates for concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life.

OMB Watch: OMB Watch is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting government accountability, citizen participation in public policy decisions, and the use of fiscal and regulatory policy to serve the public interest.

The Wilderness Society: The Wilderness Society preserves America’s remaining wilderness through science, analysis and advocacy.

Media Matters for America: A progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.

Essential Action: Founded in 1982 by Ralph Nader, Essential Action is a non-profit organization involved in a variety of projects to encourage citizens to become active and engaged in their communities.

Care2: An online community of 6 million progressive people connecting with each other, and with the organizations and causes that empower them to make a difference.

Please also visit and support our friends at DontBlockMyVoice.org

Get The Facts

  • Congress receives approximately 200 million emails per year from constituents. (Washington Post, 2006)
  • 79% of congressional staff surveyed, believe the Internet has made it easier for citizens to become involved in public policy. (Congressional Management Foundation)
  • If Congress forces people to communicate via fax or postal letter 24,000 trees will be destroyed each year. (Center for a New American Dream, 2006)

Is Your Representative on the List?

Click here to see the full list of Representatives and Senators who are hiding behind logic puzzles...

Worst Offenses

E=MC2 Logic Puzzle:

If X is 1 and Y is 2. What is X?

girl Comparison Questions:

Which of the following numbers is
largest: 53, 52, or 05?

Puzzle Grammar Questions:

What is the homonym for ad?