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Grassroots 2013| Meeting with Your Members of Congress at Home | Getting Involved
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Grassroots 2013As AIA members prepare to come to Washington this March for the 2013 Grassroots Conference, AIA Advocacy staff are working to provide you with the tools you need to prepare for your visit. The Hill Day, in which AIA members meet with their federal legislators to discuss the federal issues agenda, is scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2013. Advocacy staff conducted Grassroots briefings to go over the federal agenda in detail during the week of January 14. Attending Grassroots but missed the briefings? Catch up with the recording of one of the sessions. It is the attending member’s responsibility to schedule his or her own meeting appointments. However, to make it easier to do so, Advocacy staff have developed a draft scheduling request for members to use for scheduling their appointments with legislators’ offices. We will continue to update this page with the resources and tools AIA members need to be fully prepared for the conference. |
Meeting With Your Members of Congress at HomeCongress has many in-district work periods, where legislators spend time back in their home districts or states. They have more time during these periods to meet with constituents and hear about the issues facing you. Include members who did not get to go to Washington for Capitol Hill Day, or emerging professionals who can speak to the challenges young architects are facing in this economy. Click here for a checklist for How-to Host an In-District Event or Meeting. If you have any questions about scheduling an in-district meeting, please contact us at govaffs@aia.org.
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Getting InvolvedSTAYING ON TOP OF AIA ADVOCACY NEWS – The AIA Issues & Advocacy page is updated daily to report on top news in Washington, AIA successes at the state and local level, and much more. In addition, each month, resources are added on a “topic of the month.” *** CONTACTING YOUR LEGISLATORS – The AIA Advocacy Action Center is a resource to check on the hot issues in DC and in your state, as well as a tool to contact your legislator and get election-related resources (where to vote, register to vote, etc.). *** SUPPORTING ARCHIPAC – ArchiPAC is the AIA’s only federal political action committee. ArchiPAC elevates the voice of architects in the advocacy process and engages our members to build and support relationships with federal candidates to better our profession and improve our communities.
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AIA’s Federal Agenda and Key IssuesIn any visit with your legislator, we urge you to share any personal experience you may have that relates to one of these issues (e.g. your firm has used the 179d tax program in a recent project). This will make your message more powerful. You can find the entire AIA federal agenda and key issues here. If you have questions about the issues, send them to AIA staff or call (202) 626-7383.
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Toolkits
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Other Resources• Sample Op-Eds - The AIA Board Advocacy Subcommittee on Public Engagement has developed a strategy for speaking out on issues by providing “templated opinion pieces” to component leadership that can either be submitted as letters to the editor or as op-eds to local print and online media. Each month, the committee issues a new op-ed on a hot topic. • Do’s & Don’ts for Your Meetings with Legislators
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Questions? Contact us!Adam Melis | Director, Political Affairs & Engagement
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