ACCP Grassroots Advocacy

ACCP Advocacy Tool Kit

Use a wide variety of tools to help you advocate effectively, including tips on how to communicate with Congress, letter templates for contacting your legislators, instructions for scheduling appointments with your legislators, and congressional calendars.

Tools in This Kit

• ACCP Guide for Communicating with Members of Congress


• Legislative information from the Library of Congress
  
  
• The legislative process


• Letter templates to contact your legislators, both at home and in Washington, DC.
  • Thank you letter after speaking/meeting with your legislator’s health liaison
  • Thank you letter after speaking/meeting with your legislator
  • Letter expressing your opinion on an issue
  
  
• Instructions to schedule appointments with your legislators


• Congressional calendar
  • Senate
  • House of Representatives


• Phone script template to speak with your legislators


• Instructions and a letter template for your patients to use to contact their legislators


• Other helpful links
  • U.S. Senate
  • U.S. Senate Leadership
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • U.S. House of Representatives Leadership
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • American Association of Medical Colleges—Government Affairs and Advocacy

If you would like to contact your local media regarding the issues of importance to chest medicine, please contact Jennifer Stawarz, ACCP Public Relations Manager, at jstawarz@chestnet.org or at (847) 498-8306.

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