Ambassador Briefing January 20, 2016

Welcome!

Laura Keivel

Manager of Grassroots Advocacy

Happy New Year

Agenda • General Updates

• Making an Impact

• 2016 Advocacy Summit

• Federal and State Updates

• January / February Activity

• Advocacy Awards

• Upcoming Events and Closing

General Updates

Platinum Ambassadors Andrea Abramowitz – North Palm Beach, Florida Karen Anderson – Goleta, California Amy Barron – Cincinnati, Ohio

Sarah Cloud – Hurricane, Utah Deb Constien – Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Cindy Ducker – Prattville, Alabama Jessica Edgar – Glendale, Arizona Anita Fricklas – Englewood, Colorado Kathy Geller – Watchung, New Jersey

Cathy Guerrant – Dayton, Ohio Taylor Guerrant – Columbus, Ohio Vanessa Hamler – Powder Springs, Georgia Mark Haubner – Aquebogue, New York

Annmarie McMahill – Cody, Wyoming Keith Moschitta – Atoka, Tennessee Erin O’Rourke – Lindenhurst, New York Staci Penner – North Newton, Kansas

Heather Pruett – Cumming, Georgia Amy Rabin – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Jennifer Ross – Middleburg, Florida Scott Rowbotham – Plymouth, New Hampshire Wendy Rowbotham – Plymouth, New

Hampshire Philip Ruth – Hot Springs, Arkansas Ellen Smith – North Scituate, Rhode Island Stu Smith – North Scituate, Rhode Island Kerry Wong – Mamaroneck, New York

THANK YOU for your great work!

New Advocacy and Ambassador

Website

Ambassador Responsibilities

• Must be 18 years of age (voting age)

• Commit 2 hours a month to program

• Form relationships with state and

federal legislators

• Participate actively in the program

Making an Impact Ellen Smith North Scituate, RI

Senate Introduction

• Senator Jack Reed prepared to

introduce H.R. 1859 in the Senate

• Not official yet, but set to happen soon

Advocacy Summit 2016

Summit Testimonials

• Send us your reasons for coming to the

Summit and we’ll feature some in an

upcoming social media post

• Send your stories to Laura Keivel at

lkeivel@arthritis.org by next

Wednesday, January 27

Summit Agenda Monday, March 14

• 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM – Continental Breakfast

• 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM – Kids’ Summit Parent Orientation and Drop

Off

• 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Welcome Session

• 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM – Kids’ Summit Pick Up, Lunch, Office Hours,

Delegation Meetings, Exhibits open, Kids’ Summit Drop Off

• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM – Breakout Session 1 – Making Your Advocacy Impact on Social Media (recommended for

beginners)

– Starting Your Capitol Hill Journey (recommended for beginners)

– Bringing Advocacy Home: An Introduction to State Legislation

(recommended for intermediate and advanced participants)

– Advocacy Beyond Legislation: Raising Your Voice in Unlikely Places (all

participants welcome)

Summit Agenda • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM – Change Sessions

• 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM – Breakout Session 2 – Making Your Advocacy Impact on Social Media (recommended for beginners)

– Starting Your Capitol Hill Journey (recommended for beginners)

– Bringing Advocacy Home: An Introduction to State Legislation (recommended for intermediate and advanced participants)

– Advocacy Beyond Legislation: Raising Your Voice in Unlikely Places (all participants

welcome)

• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM – Break

• 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM – Training Sessions

• 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM – Kids’ Summit pick up, Office Hours, Delegation

Meetings, Networking, Rest

• 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM – Awards Dinner

• 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM – Reception, Teen and YA meet and greets

Summit Agenda Tuesday, March 15

• 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM – Continental Breakfast

• 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Closing Session

• 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM – Capitol Hill Meetings

Summit Registration and Hotel • FREE Registration open until February 15

• Hotel block at Crystal Gateway Marriott

• If you cannot attend, your voice will still be heard

on Capitol Hill through our Virtual Summit. Details in

mid-February

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more on how

to take action, take your Ambassador skills to the

next level, find your voice, meet other

Ambassadors, and tell your story on Capitol Hill!

Federal Updates

Research at the Department

of Defense

20 million dollars for guaranteed arthritis

research program

– Embraced as ACR #1 legislative research

priority

NOW is the time to act! We are identifying

key Ambassador targets and we’ll reach

out to you individually to take action

CDC Arthritis Program

YOUR voice was heard!

$1.5 million restored to CDC Arthritis

Program

161 members of Congress contacted

1,000 letters of support sent to Capitol Hill

Congressional Arthritis Caucus

• 136 members

• Continue to ask your members of

Congress to join the Caucus

House Anna Eshoo (D-CA-18)

David McKinley (R-WV-01)

Don Young (R-AK-01)

Mo Brooks (R-AL-05)

Trent Franks (R-AZ-08)

Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-07)

Raul Grijalva (D-AZ-03)

Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)

Lois Capps (D-CA-24)

Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29)

Susan Davis (D-CA-53)

Jared Huffman (D-CA-02)

Darrell Issa (R-CA-49)

Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19)

Jerry McNerney (D-CA-09)

Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40)

Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36)

Linda Sanchez (D-CA-38)

Loretta Sanchez (D-CA-46)

Brad Sherman (D-CA-30)

Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15)

Norma Torres (D-CA-35)

Maxine Waters (D-CA-43)

Mike Coffman (R-CO-06)

Joe Courtney (D-CT-02)

Elizabeth Esty (D-CT-05)

John Larson (D-CT-01)

John Carney (D-DE-01)

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12)

Gwen Graham (D-FL-02)

Alcee Hastings (D-FL-20) David Jolly (R-FL-13) Patrick Murphy (D-FL-18) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-27) Dennis Ross (R-FL-15) Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24) Buddy Carter (R-GA-01) Hank Johnson (D-GA-04) Steve King (R-IA-04) David Loebsack (D-IA-02) Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17) Danny Davis (D-IL-07) Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) Larry Bucshon (R-IN-08) Luke Messer (R-IN-06) Todd Young (R-IN-09) Mike Pompeo (R-KS-04) Kevin Yoder (R-KS-03) Andy Barr (R-KY-06) Hal Rogers (R-KY-05) John Yarmuth (D-KY-03) Michael Capuano (D-MA-07) Bill Keating (D-MA-09) Joe Kennedy (D-MA-04) Chris Van Hollen (D-MD-08) Candice Miller (R-MI-10) Collin Peterson (D-MN-07) Tim Walz (D-MN-01) Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-03) Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) David Price (D-NC-04) Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH-02) Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11) Leonard Lance (R-NJ-07) Tom MacArthur (R-NJ-03) Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-09) Donald Payne (D-NJ-10)

Joseph Crowley (D-NY-14) Elliot Engel (D-NY-16) Steve Israel (D-NY-03) Peter King (R-NY-02) Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18) Gregory Meeks (D-NY-05) Charlie Rangel (D-NY-13) Jose Serrano (D-NY-15) Lee Zeldin (R-NY-01) Steve Chabot (R-OH-01) David Joyce (R-OH-14) Steve Stivers (R-OH-15) Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-02) Jim Bridenstine (R-OK-01) Peter DeFazio (D-OR-04) Greg Walden (R-OR-02) Robert Brady (D-PA-01) Mike Doyle (D-PA-14) Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA-08) Tom Marino (R-PA-10) Patrick Meehan (R-PA-07) Tim Murphy (R-PA-18) Joe Pitts (R-PA-16) Jim Langevin (D-RI-02) Joe Wilson (R-SC-02) Kristi Noem (R-SD-01) Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07) Jim Cooper (D-TN-05) Stephen Fincher (R-TN-08) Michael Burgess (R-TX-26) Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35) Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18) Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30) Kenny Marchant (R-TX-24) Filemon Vela (D-TX-34) Chris Stewart (R-UT-02) Donald Beyer (D-VA-08)

Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) Bob Goodlatte (R-VA-06) Stacey Plaskett (D-VI-01) Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) Jaime Hererra Beutler (R-WA-03) Derek Kilmer (D-WA-06) Jim McDermott (D-WA-07) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-05) Dave Reichert (R-WA-08) Adam Smith (D-WA-09) Ron Kind (D-WI-03) Mark Pocan (D-WI-02) Alex Mooney (R-WV-02) Cynthia Lummis (R-WY-01)

Senate Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Chris Murphy (D-CT) Tom Carper (D-DE) Chris Coons (D-DE) James Risch (R-ID) Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) John Thune (R-SD) Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV)

Questions?

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State Updates Mark Guimond, Director of State Legislative Affairs

State Legislation Introduction

• Plan to go from159 bills to over 250

• Working with patient groups to

combine issues to ensure success

• More volunteers needed to testify at

state hearings

mguimond@arthritis.org

None in Alaska or Hawaii

Questions?

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January / February Ambassador Activity

February 10 Briefing

Invite your Representative and Senators

to February 10 Veterans and Arthritis

Briefing

• Materials will be made available once room

details are confirmed

• Speakers include veterans and current

servicemembers

Reporting Due Date

Wednesday, March 2nd

www.arthritis.org/advocatereport

Questions?

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Upcoming Events and Closing

Advocate Webinar Series

Wednesday, January 27

3:00 PM Eastern

Clinical Trials

Hear from special guests about their

experiences and have your questions

answered!

Ambassador Bonus Activities

2016 Bonus Activities

Available at the end of January

2016 Platinum Ambassador Requirements:

All assigned activities

Four bonus activities

Raise $500 (give or get)

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Thank you for

joining the briefing!

Please contact Laura

Keivel for any questions

lkeivel@arthritis.org

202-887-2913