Title: Hill Day and Every Day – Working With APHA’s Government Relations Staff

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Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety

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APHA’s Government Relations staff are always eager to work with APHA sections and members to coordinate and support visits to members of Congress to discuss public health issues. The Occupational Health and Safety Section has worked closely with these staff members over the years. If you are going to be in the Washington, D.C. area and would like to meet with one or more members of Congress to discuss a public health issue of concern to you, the Government relations staff would like to work with you to make that visit successful. This also helps APHA maintain consistency in its relations with members of Congress and their staff.

The Government Relations staff will be organizing a “Hill Day” around the APHA annual meeting in Washington, D.C. This will be a day of coordinated visits by APHA members and section leaders to targeted members of Congress to present a coordinated effort to provide information to Congress about critical public health issues. In all likelihood these will focus upon the Association’s three priority areas, as well as the conference topic of environmental health. These arrangements have not been made yet, and consideration is being given to how best to organize such an event for the time just after the national elections when many members of Congress will not be on The Hill. Still, OHS Section members and leadership can begin thinking now about how we can best take advantage of this activity. Contact Craig Slatin, <craig_slatin@uml.edu>, our Action Board representative, if you intend to work with the Government Relations staff. This will help our section to coordinate our efforts with Congress and the APHA staff.

Other Contacts

APHA Government Relations and Affiliate Affairs Office:
Telephone: (202) 777-2510
Donald Hoppert, Director, Congressional and Federal Affairs
(202) 777-2514
<donald.hoppert@apha.org>
Lakitia Mayo, Director, Grassroots Advocacy and Affiliate Affairs
(202) 777-2515
<lakitia.mayo@apha.org>
Natalie Raynor, Public Affairs Coordinator
(202) 777-2511
<natalie.raynor@apha.org>