What is Advocacy Day?

What is Advocacy Day?

You will be meeting with Members of Congress and their staff to advocate on behalf of AAVMC legislative priorities.
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    • What is the schedule for Advocacy Day?

      We use Soapbox, an outside consultant, who will schedule all of your meetings. One week prior to Advocacy Day, Soapbox will send each participant an electronic schedule with all the information, including electronic copies of the one-pagers. This is ...
    • How do I provide feedback regarding Advocacy Day?

      The Soapbox platform provides a place for feedback on each meeting. Please use it, as it helps us to follow up with the offices down the road! And do take pictures as well. We incorporate those into our advocacy materials for the future.
    • Is there single-day registration available?

      There is not a single-day registration for Catalyze.
    • When will we get details of these priorities?

      One pagers of these issues can be found here on the AAVMC Advocacy Day site and will also be sent to you. They will also be available on your Soapbox link. There will be two Zoom meetings scheduled to go over the issues. Information for those will be ...
    • What happens in meetings with Members of Congress and staff?

      Generally, one person in the group takes the lead. If the Dean is present, he or she is usually that person. The group usually has 15-20 minutes to make their advocacy “ask” of the Member or the staffer. You will have leave behind packets that are ...