Approved Topics for Social Change Letters:
Topic: Going Green
Proposal: All people should recycle more.
Audience: Letter to the Editor (Minuteman, Globe)
Topic: Homeless
Proposal: Residents of Lexington should help those less fortunate by donating time or money to a
homeless shelter.
Audience: Letter to the Editor (Minuteman, Globe)
Topic: Ocean Environment
Proposal: Citizens should use cloth or reusable bags instead f plastic grocery bags
Audience: Letter to the editor (Minuteman, Globe)
Topic: Pollution
Proposal: Diamond students should use public transportation, carpool, walk, or ride their bikes to school
one day to reduce our carbon footprint and encourage green habits.
Audience: Ms Caruthers
Topic: Building Community
Proposal: Lexington should have a community garden where people could come to work and see how
food is grown.
Audience: Season’s Four Manager-Owner
Topic: Building Community
Proposal: Lexington should have a town wide sports or field day to promote fitness and community.
Audience: Director of Hayden
Topic: Literacy
Proposal: Lexington Public Schools should devote 2 hours per month to silent reading during the school
day.
Audience: Dr. Ash
Topic: Animal Abuse
Proposal: The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should create a bold
sticker to go home with all people who adopt a pet to put on their car: “Don’t forget, Or You’ll Lose Your
Pet”
Audience: Director of MSPCA
Topic: Conservation/Environment
Proposal: Diamond students should have a day to clean up and care for Willard’s Woods
Audience: Ms. Caruthers
Topic: anti-smoking
Proposal: The citizens of Lexington should ban smoking in our town center.
Audience: Letter to the Editor (Minuteman) Town Selectmen
Topic: Bike Safety
Proposal: Lexington should build bike lanes on busy streets and make the bike path wider
Audience: Town Selectmen
Topic: Global Warming
Proposal: Electric cars should be made cheaper by creating a tax rebate for citizens who buy electric or
green vehicles.
Audience: President Obama
Topic: Animal Abuse
Proposal: Diamond should have a pet food-pet care drive to get supplies for a local animal shelter.
Audience: Ms. Caruthers
Topic: Going Green
Proposal: Lexington residents should buy and use energy efficient light bulbs.
Audience: Letter to the Editor (Minutemant)
Topic: Global Warming
Proposal: United States should spend more tax dollars on developing solar cells for energy.
Audience: Secretary of Energy (?)
Topic: Animal Abuse
Proposal: People should adopt shelter animals rather than buy expensive pure bred dogs from breeders.
Audience: Letter to the Editor (Minuteman, Globe)
Topic: Building Community
Proposal: Diamond should have a family friend day to create friendship and community between our
Boston students and our Lexington students.
Audience: Ms Caruthers
Topic: Global Warming
Proposal: Diamond should have a Green Day where we learn about ways to live more green.
Audience: Ms. Caruthers
Topic: Bike Safety
Proposal: Lexington should build bike lanes on busy streets and make the bike path wider
Audience: Town Selectmen
Topic: Global Warming/Building Community
Proposal: Lexington residents should buy more products from local stores instead of driving and buying
things from big companies
Audience: Letter to the Editor (Minutemant)
Topic: Anti-smoking
Proposal: Cigarettes should be taxed even more to discourage young people from buying cigarettes. All
tax money should be used to educate young people about how bad cigarettes are for you.
Audience: President Obama (Oh yeah, he should quit, too!)
Topic: Poverty/Jobless
Proposal: Diamond should have a clothing and toy drive to donate to a local homeless shelter.
Audience: Ms. Caruthers