Dear Friends,

Thank you for your desire to help bring peace and safety to South Carolina! You are joining a broad coalition of leaders in South Carolina who are working to enact smart reforms that will cut crime and lower corrections costs.

• Talking with your family and friends about the issues.

We’ve included a list of TALKING POINTS that you can use to raise awareness amongst your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and Bible study members.

• Writing a letter to the editor

This kit contains some suggestions and a SAMPLE LETTER to help you make your voice heard in the media.

• Contacting your state Representatives, Senators, and Governor.

Page five has a SAMPLE LETTER to give you ideas for writing your own letters to your state Representatives, Senators, and Governor. We have also included a SAMPLE PHONE SCRIPT so you can call your legislators’ offices.

Above all, please join us in praying for South Carolina. Ask God to guide South Carolina’s leaders to make wise decisions. Pray for comfort and healing for the victims of crime. Pray for hope and help for the families of prisoners. Pray for transformation in the lives of offenders. And, pray that justice and righteousness will prevail in South Carolina.

Thank you for your enthusiasm and your important labor. Through our work as a team, South Carolina can move closer to fulfilling the vision expressed in Isaiah 32:18:

My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes,in undisturbed places of rest.

Sincerely,

Pat Nolan