This year, we are asking DV advocates from around the state to schedule meetings with their local Assembly Members and Senators in their home districts anytime between April 14th and April 25th. During these two weeks, there is no legislative session scheduled in Albany, so legislators should be available to meet with you – their constituents -- in their home districts. Sample emails and telephone scripts are attached to make it easier for you to schedule your meetings.
For those of you who are interested in joining us in Albany for NYSCADV’s Legislative Day of Action, we will be convening on Tuesday, April 29th. The day will begin at 10:00am with a morning program to get everyone energized and thinking ADVOCACY, followed by meetings with your state legislators. Register here if you intend to join us in Albany on April 29th. No registration is needed if you will be meeting with your legislators in your local community, office or virtually.
As in year’s past, if you will be in Albany, we are asking you to schedule your own legislative meetings so you can decide how many meetings to schedule and whom to meet with. The enclosed document also includes sample emails and telephone scripts for you to request meetings with your legislator while in Albany on April 29th.
We welcome everyone’s participation – from those who have joined us in years past to new advocates who have never participated in advocacy events before! We will be creating a toolkit with sample emails, social media messaging and graphics, phone scripts, and talking points to make it easy for you to participate. And we highly encourage survivors, DV program staff, sexual assault program staff, crime victim program staff, legal services staff, agency board members, coalition and community partners, and community members to join in.
If you would like to assist NYSCADV in spreading the message, please use the tools below or contact us at policy@nyscadv.org.
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Find Your Representatives
Identify who your representative is and find their contact page or email. You can do that by visiting the following links:
