The Power of Petitions Action Activity 6 The Power of Petitions Petitions are a great way to show support for your efforts, get the attention of the community and of decision makers, and bring about change.
Petitions demonstrate group strength.
Officials may ignore you, but the more names you have on your petition, the harder it will be to ignore your petition. See Handout 5, A Sample Petition. However, for some actions you may want to be more inventive, for example, creating a giant petition on a roll of butcher paper. The petition should not be too hard to mail, however. This should appear at the top of every petition page so that people know what they are signing.