From Congressman Kucinich’s page
Steve Merkel is a member of the PARA board of directors. Steve decided to approach his Congressman, Dennis Kucinich, about MAP and Crohn’s Disease. Rep. Kucinich decided that this issue was far too important to ignore, and thus began PARA’s first initiatives on Capitol Hill.
If it wasn’t for Rep. Kucinich, it is quite possible that the NIAID would not have become involved, and thus the MAP/CD hypothesis would still have significant perception problems.
Rep. Kucinich is far more likely to succeed in advancing the cause of MAP/CD research if he has support from other Representatives in the house, and from Senators.
The only way that is going to happen is if other Congressmen and Senators get involved.
The only way that other Congressmen and Senators are going to get involved is if YOU ask them to! Yes, YOU!
If Steve Merkel had waited for someone else to the job for him, then no-one would have contacted Rep. Kucinich, and he would not now be fighting our corner in DC.
The same goes for each and every one of your Congressmen and Senators. If you don’t contact them, who will? How could get they possibly get involved if no-one asks them to?
Contact your elected representatives today. Phone them, email them, fax them, write them, whatever it takes. You can find contact details for your elected representatives, along with materials which you can send to them, at this URL
Alan:
I first came to know of you through Karen Meyer and PARA, years ago when I first came to research crohns for my daughter Cathy, 42, diagosed with crohns and a fistula at age 20…she has progressed through sulpha drugs to Asacol, MP-6, and 5 years of infusions of Remicade which now seems to be losing its effectiveness…I e-mailed Karen Meyer a few months ago and know that PARA has gone idle for many reasons…I write a column for a local paper in CA and I’m not done yet…I’ll be in touch–Many thanks for all your work over the years–Peter Bray, Benicia, CA, 1 hr NE of SF