Action Committee
Committee Co-Chairs:
Brittany Marshall
Welcome to the exciting world of advocacy!
The Action Committee promotes public health advocacy by keeping APHA-SA members informed about major public health policy issues as they arise and facilitating transmission of APHA-SA opinions to appropriate decision-makers/legislators. Our primary role is to provide both advocacy training and advocacy opportunities for students involved in APHA-SA.
Action Alerts... Take Action NOW!:
December 2009
Late October 2009
October 2009
August 2009-Health Reform Action Alert
August 2009
ADVOCACY
Not sure what advocacy is or how you can become involved with APHA Advocacy Activities? Visit here to take action on current legislative issues, learn more about political advocacy, public and private policies, and specific methods you can use as an advocate, as well as templates off which to build your letters written to your local representatives!
Download Take Action Now! Public Health Advocacy Strategies (11/13/02)
Serve on the ACTION Committee
Want to become part of the ACTION Committee and help APHA-SA train its membership and other students to be better advocates, communicate about advocacy, and advocating on important public health and student issues. Email the action Committee Co-chairs for more detailed information about how to get involved.
National Public Health Week
This year, the national observance for National Public Health Week
(NPHW) will run through April 5th-11th. This year's theme is "A
Healthier America: One Community at a Time." During National Public
Health Week (NPHW), communities, universities, health agencies and other organizations across the country joined together to promote and commit to the public's health. In the past APHA-SA created a student guidebook to provide students with examples of what other students and student groups have done for NPHW in the past and tips on how to organize these types of events. This year we are pleased to announce the first ever Student Day to take place during the Friday of NPHW. For more information on how your
campus can get involved in NPHW, please visit the NPHW website for updates. If you are interested in working on the NEW APHA-SA National Public Health Week Planning Subcommittee, please email
action@aphastudents.org.
2007 National Public Health Week Student Guidebook
2005 National Public Health Week Student Guidebook
2004 National Public Health Week Student Guidebook
A.C.T.I.O.N. Grant Scholarship:
The American Public Health Association Student Assembly launched a new scholarship/grant program entitled A.C.T.I.O.N (Advocacy on Campuses That Impacts Our Nation). This is an opportunity for all public health students on campus to design grassroots advocacy projects. The top submission nationally will be granted $500 and implemented during the spring of 2010, preferably during National Public Health Week (April 7th-13th 2010). This grant program aims to motivate public health students to create and implement plans for raising public health advocacy on their campuses and in their communities.
Congrats are in order for Benedictine University on their winning
submission for the 1st Annual APHA Student Assembly A.C.T.I.O.N. Grant Scholarship Contest! The award winning program entitled “Health Advocacy and You” will be implemented during National Public Health Week 2010 and will be featured in a future Action Alert. Thank you to everyone who submitted entries and we look forward to seeing some outstanding advocacy programs implemented in 2010!
Updated 01/05/2009