Title: APHA's E-Advocacy Tool

Author:

Section/SPIG: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs

Issue Date:

---

In January, APHA purchased its first e-advocacy tool to help mobilize its members to send letters to their members of Congress electronically. In the last six months APHA has organized several advocacy efforts through the system. In June, APHA used its e-advocacy tool to rally more than 1,500 public health professionals to send electronic letters to their members of Congress.

As members become comfortable with this tool, APHA anticipates that these numbers will dramatically increase as our members become more familiar with the system. APHA's new advocacy tool has many great features that we encourage all members and public health professionals to use when advocating on behalf of a public health issue. These resources include:

• Mega Vote: Sign up to receive a weekly e-mail on how your Senators and Representative voted during the week on important issues. APHA provides this resource through our e-advocacy site. Sign up here.



• Elected Official Finder: <www.capwiz.com/apha/dbq/officials> Find biographical information on elected officials including the President, members of congress and agency heads.



• Issues and Legislation: <www.capwiz.com/apha/issues/> In this section you will find Capitol Hill Basics, pending public health legislation and key public health votes.



• Media Guide:<www.capwiz.com/apha/dbq/media> Send electronic letters to the editor on issues important to public health directly to your local media outlets with APHA's media advocacy tool.



• Legislative Action Center: <www.capwiz.com/apha/home/> See the latest APHA Action Alerts. Send e-mails to your members of Congress on legislation important to APHA. This tool also allows members to customize our list.