Legislative Grassroots Network
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Transcript Legislative Grassroots Network
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
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
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
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
Board of Trustees Liaisons
Trustee assigned to serve as liaison from LGN
to Board of Trustees
Represents Board of Trustees perspective at
LGN meetings
Member-at-Large
Serve LGN to represent general ASDA
membership interests and assist LGN on
projects as assigned
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
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
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
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
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
Chapter Legislative
Activities
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)
Contact Natalia Sanchez for details and instructions
and to report on your chapter’s events
([email protected])
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
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
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
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
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
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?
Other Resources
The ADA Department of State Government Affairs
(DSGA) has information on legislative issues at the
state level
Newsletters:
How do I remember this stuff?
It’s all in the LGN Handbook!
Let’s take a look…
Your job as LL is to make sure that
students from your school attend and
have a successful lobby day!
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
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
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
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
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
ADA’s Advocacy Page
Go to www.ada.org and click on Advocacy
Check this page regularly!
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
Contact Info
Mark Hower: [email protected]
Meghan Keelean: [email protected]
Natalia Sanchez: [email protected]