# Making Your Voice Heard with Former Congress Staffer Ben Anderson

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Podcast: [The Global Grit Experience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-grit-experience-7725883)
Published: 2026-03-29T23:50:00+00:00
Episode link: https://theglobalgritexperience.com/episode/does-it-really-matter
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We're asked to make calls, write letters, sign petitions, protest…to make our voices heard to the higher ups in congress. But does it matter? Do our efforts actually ever make it up the food chain to make a difference? I invited Ben Anderson to give us a little insight into this. Ben has worked for three members of congress from Minnesota, the US House Committee on Agriculture, and at the US Department of Agriculture. He shares what he thinks works, matters, and is most effective.

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