Writers Group

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  • Are you passionate about protecting democracy and you have a talent for writing?

  • Do you have experience writing copy or blogging? 

  • Do you write a mean Letter to the Editor or have experience or knowledge you can use to write guest editorials? 

  • Do you have an eye for detail and enjoy editing?

Join us in the Writers Group. Email us at sdaindivisibles@gmail.com and send us your information, experience and areas of interest so we can best connect you with opportunities within our Saugatuck Douglas Area Indivisibles organization.

Messaging Guides

Anat Shenker-Osorio

ASO Communications examines why certain messages falter where others deliver. She has led research for new messaging on issues ranging from freedom to join together in union to clean energy and from immigrant rights to reforming criminal justice. Anat’s original approach through priming experiments, task-based testing and online dial surveys has led to progressive electoral and policy victories across the globe. 

Cheat Sheet: Using a Freedoms Frame

Every progressive issue can be expressed through the frame of our freedoms. Use this guide to talk about a number of different issues in a way that echoes our overarching narrative.

Here to Stay: How to Talk About MAGA’s Authoritarian Agenda on Immigration

It is time to make clear who is at fault for the problems we are facing – politicians who use racial scapegoating to seize and preserve power and sow division among us. 

Messaging this Moment

Learn the principles of persuasive and mobilizing messaging with examples for how to apply them.

Tips for Letters to the Editor

  1. Keep it short - check submission guidelines but most want 300 to 250 words or less)

  2. Tie it to a personal story -  makes it more persuasive and will connect better with the audience.

  3. Illustrate your argument with 1-2 facts

  4. Keep it current - tie it to a current threat, executive order, or proposed legislation

  5. End it with a call to action - depending on your story, state exactly what steps the voter or elected official should do

Where and How to Submit

Holland Sentinel 

Must include name, address, and telephone number. newsroom@HollandSentinel.com

Wilcox Papers
(Allegan News)

Portal for submissions: https://wilcoxnewspapers.com 

Commercial Record (Saugatuck/Douglas)

Send it directly to the editor, Scott Sullivan

scottsullivancommreceditor@gmail.com