Over the last couple of months we’ve talked a lot about how to get your Representative to cosponsor our bill. Do not be frustrated if he or she is not yet amongst our 34 cosponsors. Persistence is the key.
Writing your Representative’s office through the submission form on our website is just the first step. You’ll likely receive a noncommittal form letter in response and you must not stop there. We’ve included detailed instructions for what to do next, as well as lots of other helpful advice, in our new Advocacy Handbook .
To give you an understanding of the information it contains, the table of contents is below my signature. If we each take responsibility for getting just our own Representative to cosponsor the bill it will make an enormous difference!
Thank you so much,
Heather Ferguson
Founder and Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
Advocacy Handbook ~ Table of Contents:
Introduction
- About The Lymphedema Advocacy Group
II. How To Use This Handbook
How To Get Your Members Of Congress To Cosponsor The Lymphedema Treatment Act
III. Step 1 – Write your Members of Congress
IV. Step 2 – Call your Members of Congress
V. Step 3 – Meet with your Members of Congress
Other Ways To Help
- Raising Awareness
VII. State Advocacy Teams
VIII. Lymphedema Lobby Days in Washington DC
Our Advocacy Handbook can be viewed and downloaded from this page of our website.
