Visit to Senator Reid's office

On Friday August 22nd Tonopah and Angelica visited Senator Reid's office to discuss the work that Oxfam is doing in Las Vegas and around the world. Kate and Katie, the two staffers, were excited to meet with the two OAC members to hear more about what our grassroots constituency is doing. The members shared concerns about the challenges poor people in the U.S. and in developing countries face-- flooding, droughts, cyclones, hurricanes, etc. They presented the "asks"-
1) Stop Hurting- by reducing our carbonemissions
2) Start Helping- by helping the poor ADAPT to the changes in climate. Overall the meeting went well! The staffers were very kind and genuinely interested in
OAC's concerns. Angelica and Tonopah have been in contact with them and they stated that Senator Reid takes this issue seriously.
Senator Reid is taking steps to reducing our emissions. He is also concerned in helping the poor adapt to natural disasters.