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Encouraging Advocacy at Your Chapter

Encouraging Advocacy at Your Chapter. 2010 Regional Meetings. LGN Structure. Chair of the LGN Vice Chair Regional Legislative Coordinators (3) Board of Trustees Liaisons Member-at-Large ASDA Staff Liaison Legislative Liaisons serve each chapter.

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Encouraging Advocacy at Your Chapter

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  1. Encouraging Advocacy at Your Chapter 2010 Regional Meetings

  2. LGN Structure • Chair of the LGN • Vice Chair • Regional Legislative Coordinators (3) • Board of Trustees Liaisons • Member-at-Large • ASDA Staff Liaison • Legislative Liaisons serve each chapter

  3. Chair of the Legislative Grassroots Network • Monitor and report on national legislation and identify its importance to dental students • Direct organizational and educational activities of the LGN • Serve as Liaison to ADA’s Council on Government Affairs

  4. Vice Chair • Serves on the ADPAC Board of Directors • Promotes ADPAC drives at chapters and coordinates drives at national meetings • Responsible for compiling ADPAC membership statistics for ASDA

  5. Regional Legislative Coordinators (RLCs) • Communicate regularly with LLs • Provides legislative information and updates to chapters as well as ASDA legislative policies • Ensure all chapter activities are reported to Chair and Vice Chair

  6. Board of Trustees Liaisons • Trustee assigned to serve as liaison from LGN to Board of Trustees • Represents Board of Trustees perspective at LGN meetings

  7. Member-at-Large • Serve LGN to represent general ASDA membership interests and assist LGN on projects as assigned

  8. ASDA Staff Liaison • Coordinates activities of LGN • Works with LGN and ADEA staff to develop content and plan National Dental Student Lobby Day • ASDA Central Office contact for anything related to the LGN, National Lobby Day, or legislative activities

  9. Legislative Liaisons • Read the LGN Handbook • Keep your chapter leaders, members and other dental students informed about advocacy efforts and legislation • Organize legislative activities at your school • Report on your chapter’s legislative activities to your RLC

  10. Legislative Liaisons • Attend Regional meetings, National Lobby Day, and Annual Session • Coordinate your chapter’s attendance at Lobby Day • Monitor state legislative issues and ask the LGN for help when action is needed

  11. How do we affect change? • State and national lobby days • Educate and inform ASDA members and dental students about issues affecting dentistry • Membership in ADPAC and State PACs • Communication with legislators about what issues are important to their constituents

  12. Who helps the LGN? • ADA Division of Government Affairs • ADA Department of State Government Affairs • American Dental Education Association (ADEA) • State and Local Dental Societies

  13. Chapter Legislative Activities

  14. ADPAC Lunch and Learn ADPAC Drive • ADPAC oversees Pizza ‘n’ Politics program • Hold a lunch and learn in conjunction with ADPAC membership drive • Student membership only costs $5 per year ($50 to join Capitol Club) • ContactNatalia Sanchezfor details and instructions and to report on your chapter’s events (natalia.j.sanchez@gmail.com)

  15. Meet and Greet • Contact me for your state’s Action Team Leader (ATL) • Contact the ATL for assistance with the invitation to the legislator and scheduling the meet and greet • Contact local and state dental societies for their assistance and support in organizing and participation

  16. Meet and Greet • Check with school administrators about policies for hosting a meet and greet on-campus • Include all those in the dental community by inviting all ADA members, spouses, dental students from the district to attend the event

  17. Local/State Involvement • Attend Local and State Dental Meetings • Ask to sit on your state dental association’s legislative committee • Call the executive director and let him/her know you are the legislative liaison for your ASDA chapter and ask how you can get involved

  18. Attend or Organize State Lobby Day • Contact your state association to see if they already plan a State Lobby Day • Ask how students can get involved and participate • If they don’t have a state lobby day currently, ask how you can work together to start one

  19. Other Activities • Include updates on legislative issues in your chapter newsletter • Make sure your chapter is receiving The Legislative Ledger (monthly e-newsletter) • Attend city council meetings to stay informed on the local level

  20. Other Ideas • Successful chapter events • ADPAC Drive ideas • Legislative Lunch and Learns • Hot Issues • Hold a forum/debate about a hot topic in your area • How do you get your chapter interested in advocacy and legislative activities?

  21. Other Resources • The ADA Department of State Government Affairs (DSGA) has information on legislative issues at the state level • Newsletters:

  22. How do I remember this stuff? • It’s all in the LGN Handbook! • Let’s take a look…

  23. Your job as LL is to make sure that students from your school attend and have a successful lobby day!

  24. Choose ASDA and ADEA members to attend • Inform your school’s administration you would like to attend • Our lobbying promotes their efforts also! • Fundraise – ask for help from your Dean and State or Local dental societies • Plan early – look for updates from ASDA Central Office about registration deadline

  25. Register fice • Arrange Transportation/Hotel accommodations • Hotel Deadline is not flexible • Contact legislator’s offices to make appointments • Be persistent if you don’t get a response after the first try • Look up contact information at www.house.gov or www.senate.gov • Post appointments on Lobby Day Appointments website – available at www.asdanet.org

  26. National Lobby Day Appointments • LLs at each school are in charge of making appointments with the legislators in the dental school’s state • If you are from a state without a dental school, we encourage you to visit those offices too

  27. After the meeting • Follow up! Be sure the members of Congress are thinking about ASDA and ADEA and the issues we lobby • Send thank you notes

  28. Email Campaigns • Go to www.ada.org – Advocacy Under Speak Out click on Legislative Action Center • Sign up for Action E-list to get alerts when action is needed • In an action alert email you will get a link that has a form letter for you to send to your legislator

  29. ADA’s Advocacy Page • Go to www.ada.org and click on Advocacy • Check this page regularly!

  30. After a Successful Year… • Apply for the Ideal LGN Award • Applications judged by the LGN based on chapter’s legislative activities for the year • Award presented at Lobby Day • Not the same as Ideal ASDA Awards • Separate application • Different judges • Get the application under Member Resources – Awards on www.asdanet.org

  31. Contact Info • Mark Hower: mhower@ucla.edu • Meghan Keelean: meghan@asdanet.org • Natalia Sanchez: natalia.j.sanchez@gmail.com

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