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UNDER THE DOME

WHEN IT COMES TO SOLVING
CREDIT UNION ISSUES, EVERY
VOICE COUNTS

By Jordan Kingdon

Grassroots engagement is critical to the advocacy suc- Being an advocate doesn’t have to mean dedicating
cess of credit unions. The Michigan Credit Union League’s a significant amount of time. There are varying degrees of
(MCUL) 2018 federal and state legislative agenda prom- how credit union employees and volunteers can become
ises to keep credit union advocates and the League’s involved and still have a big impact.
government affairs staff busy, as the potential exists for
significant victories on key issues in both Washington, The League has minimized time spent by providing advo-
D.C., and Lansing. cates with a turnkey system that turns a few clicks into
an email to our elected officials. So for some advocates’
However, our ability to identify and deliver legislative solu- involvement, they each send their elected officials an
tions to the daily burdens and concerns facing Michigan’s email on League-supported legislation.
credit unions hinges largely on how much interest and
“noise” is generated through our grassroots efforts. For This process only takes a few minutes to complete, but
this reason, if your credit union team is not engaged in your message, on top of hundreds or perhaps thousands
our advocacy efforts, please join your peers in becoming of other messages being sent from credit union advo-
a credit union advocate! cates across the state, has a significant impact on how

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