Hawaiʻi • Take Action

Advocacy Tool Links

One place to find the tools you need to speak up for students and families in Hawaiʻi: federal and state letter generators, testimony helpers, and trusted public-policy links. Use these tools, personalize the language, and share them with classmates, colleagues, and community partners.

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Letter Generators & Builder Tools

Draft professional letters in minutes, prepare testimony language, and jump straight to the official sites you need to take action.

Federal • Appropriations
Federal Delegation & Appropriations Letters

Generate letters to Senators Schatz and Hirono and your U.S. Representative in one place, with space to support key programs like CCAMPIS, TRIO, Pell, and basic-needs grants.

Create multiple federal letters from one form and print or copy them for official submission.

Open Federal Letters Terms of Use
State • District Auto-Lookup
Hawaiʻi State Legislature Letters

Draft letters to your State Senator and Representative. The builder can auto-detect your House and Senate districts using your address and fill in the right legislator details.

Best for Hawaiʻi bills, budget items, hearings, and district-based outreach.

Open State Letters
✨ Includes district auto-lookup and print-ready business-letter formatting.
Templates • Campaigns
Constituent Letter Templates

Start from pre-written subject lines and body templates for common advocacy topics, then revise them to match your lived experience, campus role, and policy goals.

Helpful for fast-moving campaigns, class assignments, and coalition outreach.

Open Templates
State • Testimony Helper
State Testimony Drafting Page

Draft written testimony you can paste into the Hawaiʻi Legislature’s site, with prompts that help you explain who you are, why the bill matters, and what action you want.

Useful for students, student parents, campus partners, and first-time testifiers.

Open Testimony Helper

Official Submission & Legislature Resources

Use these public sites to track bills, submit testimony, register for hearing notices, and learn how the Hawaiʻi legislative process works.

Official • State
Hawaiʻi State Legislature Portal

Main site for the Hawaiʻi State Legislature: bills, hearing schedules, committee pages, measure status, testimony submission, and legislator contact details.

This is the official site you’ll use to submit written testimony and follow legislation.

Open capitol.hawaii.gov
How-To • Public Access Room
Public Access Room — Engagement 101

Step-by-step guidance from the Legislature’s Public Access Room on how to register, sign up for hearing notices, submit testimony, and participate more confidently.

A strong starting point for first-time advocates and students learning the process.

View PAR Guide

Policy Updates & National Advocacy

Follow current federal developments that affect community colleges, student parents, affordability, and public policy so your letters can cite active proposals and debates.

Community Colleges • Advocacy
AACC Community College Advocacy Updates

Regular updates from the American Association of Community Colleges on federal budget, appropriations, and major policy issues affecting two-year colleges.

Useful for citing current national proposals in your federal letters.

This Week in Washington
Federal • Public Comment
Regulations.gov

Search federal rulemakings, read agency proposals, and submit formal public comments when federal regulations affect students, families, education, benefits, or services.

Includes public guidance on how to write stronger regulatory comments.

Open Regulations.gov Commenting Guidance

Good Advocacy Habits

Strong advocacy is clear, specific, and personal. Even a short letter can be effective if it explains why the issue matters and what action you want.

  • Lead with who you are, where you live or study, and why the issue affects you.
  • Name the bill, program, or funding priority whenever possible.
  • Be respectful and direct about what you want the decision-maker to do.
  • Review every letter before sending and personalize the final wording.
Note: Builder.CherThere tools are for advocacy and educational use and do not provide legal advice. Always review and personalize your letters before sending. For more information, see the Terms of Use.