Take a look across the fold to the Editorial and Letters to the Editor Page. Only the first page attracts more readers. It's great to see letters from citizens and activists across the country, in all of the smaller papers that Mobil looked over too. Write a letter to the Editor of your local paper. Our elected officials assume that for every letter on an issue that appears in the paper, there are many others who feel the same way.
People are also power.
Organizing allows us ti take the power we do have to influence decisions, and use it in the most effective way that we can. Yes, I can write a letter to my paper expressing my belief that all citizens should be able to breath clean air. That letter would make a difference. I can also recruit twenty students on my campus to write letters to the editor themselves. This way twenty letters are written, and it's more likely that at least one will be printed than if I had only sent my own letter.