The Power of Consistency in Advocacy: How One Executive Influences Legislation

And she now, as part of a bunch of female executives, the main part of her days are spent writing to congressmen about their concerns and writing to, um, different legislative leaders. And I was just like— and it was interesting to me because she's written so much that they know her name, that they call her on the phone and ask if she's seen the latest legislation. And I was like, that's a pretty powerful place to be. But most importantly, It's possible. Like, all it took was her being interested, her sending messages to her congressman, to her Senate representatives, and letting them know that she had a perspective. And just like anything else, the power of consistency— consistently writing those letters and saying, I care about this, what are we doing about this, how can I help with this? So I, I left that conversation— I was on a plane— left that plane being like, I need to write my congressman, like, I need to do more.