| Preliminary Program subject to change | ||
| Grassroots Advocacy: State Action Plans that Work | ||
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| Description | This 2-hour session will provide skills and resources needed to build successful state and local advocacy initiatives on behalf of health education and physical activity promotion. This session will highlight states and districts that have developed advocacy plans that have met with success in their state legislatures and with local governing bodies. Participants will be provided with the tools needed to develop and implement their own advocacy plans. | |
| Speakers: | Sandra Sims, AAHPERD Public and Legislative Affairs Committee Chair, Jemison, AL Monica Lounsbery, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV John S. Moore, Southwest District President, Albuquerque, NM Kymm Ballard, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC Phyllis Pickett, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Beth Mahar, Midwest AAHPERD Advocacy Committee Chair, Orlando Park, IL | |