Illinois Is Broke Toolkit

Thank you very much for your interest in the Illinois Is Broke campaign.

To help you spread the word about the state's fiscal crisis, we have created a toolkit of materials for the campaign which we hope you will find helpful. The documents in the toolkit are listed below and you can click on the links to access them; please feel free to use as many or as few as you would like. The goal is to provide easily accessible information to facilitate your involvement.

Toolkit Items

• A sample letter to be sent to colleagues and others describing the state's fiscal crisis and asking for their help in getting the word out;
• Two different sample letters that can be sent to elected officials asking them to address the state's finances Sample #1 Sample #2;
• An overview of the issue: the state's fiscal crisis and the Illinois Is Broke campaign;
• A PowerPoint presentation on the Illinois Is Broke campaign: Illinois' fiscal crisis and suggested budgetary reforms;
• A one-page fact sheet;
• Talking points about the campaign;
• FAQs;
• Lists of elected officials, and their contact information (elected officials and candidates for office can also be reached by email through the "Take Action" section of the Illinois Is Broke website);
  Constitutional Officers
  State Representatives
  State Senators
• A sample "Letter to the Editor" asking readers to help make state budget reform the key issue in this year's elections;
• A compilation of selected newspaper editorials on the need for state budget reform;
• Four videos describing the state's fiscal crisis and the Illinois Is Broke campaign;
  
  
  
  
  
• Click here to request four-color "Illinois Is Broke" brochures for distribution.

Please contact Jim Kimberly at jk@respublicagroup.com if you need additional assistance in accessing the toolkit materials, or have any other questions or comments. Thank you again for your participation in the Illinois Is Broke campaign.