Policy Advocacy Project Part A is attached to this order. I’m advocating for Bill SB2959 by Akbari. It can be found on LegiScan.com, and the instructions for this assignment are below. Thank you.
Directions: Arrange a meeting and speak with the elected official or staff member you identified in the Policy Advocacy Project Part A Proposal to advocate for the selected legislation. The meeting could be via email, phone call, or both.
The Meeting:
• Meet with the elected official or staff member to discuss the legislation.
• Do not mention that you are a student or have arranged this visit as part of a course requirement.
The Report:
Write a report of your visit and include all the items listed below.
1. Include the exact name of the elected official or staff member whose office you emailed and the person with
whom you spoke with.
2. Indicate whether the elected official or staff member knew the legislation.
3. Describe how you conveyed your issue in the meeting. Summarize the topic and how you presented the topic, including the facts or supporting information you provided. Once you lay out the issue, you should ask for the legislator’s support. Legislators, elected officials, or staff respond to members’ requests; namely, will the legislator provide the requested support or not? If not, why not? If the individual can support your position, you should elaborate on why they were so enthusiastic about showing support (so that we might convey that enthusiasm to other less enlightened legislators).
5. Describe how the meeting ended. Did you need additional information to send the elected official or staff member?
6. Summarize the elected officials or staff members’ demeanor. Were they cordial, merely civil, barely engaged, etc.? In other words, despite your anxiety about the meeting (typical for most nurses), did the individual seem agreeable to the discussion? For example, did they:
• Seem interested in the topic?
• Ask good questions.
• Seem candid about their position or remain noncommittal?
• Seem pleasant, easy to talk to versus merely civil versus confrontational?
• Relate any experiences that contributed to their understanding of the topic (e.g., a family member in one of the health professions or some other relevant personal experience). If so, did these experiences help the individual support your request, or did they have the opposite effect?
7. Present information in a scholarly manner, including skillful and proficient writing using appropriate spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, APA style and formatting of the title page, appropriate in-text reference citations, and references page.
8. No more than 2-3 double-spaced pages (NOT including the title page, references, and thank you email).
9. Thank-you email – Send a thank-you email that briefly summarizes the bill number and the issue discussed at the meeting. The letter must be written professionally, including your complete contact information (address, phone, and email) and the elected official’s staff member’s full mailing address.
Assignment Submission:
The summary report and the thank you letter must be submitted by the indicated due date.
