Advocacy Day is simply across the nook! On June 3, Audubon members will flock to Raleigh to satisfy with lawmakers and advocate for conservation funding.
Registration has ended. Contact Neighborhood Constructing Director Dana Sargent at dana.sargent@audubon.org to see if late registration is an possibility in your space.
Right here is the schedule for the day in Raleigh:
Advocacy Day Schedule, June 3
- 8-8:30 a.m. Espresso/socializing on the Discover on 4 Classroom on the 4th ground of the NEC constructing on the NC Museum of Pure Sciences (11 W Jones St, Raleigh), instantly throughout the road from the legislative constructing. (Instructions and parking data: https://naturalsciences.org/visit/directions-parking)
- 8:30 a.m. Coverage briefing/pep speak within the Discover on 4 Classroom on the 4th ground of the NEC constructing
- 9:15 a.m. Depart for lawmaker conferences within the Legislative Constructing and Legislative Workplace Constructing
- Midday-1:30: Boxed lunches might be accessible within the Discover on 4 Classroom (vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free choices). People who wish to eat outside can carry their boxed lunch out to the mall in entrance of the museum.
- 4 p.m. Celebratory drinks at The Raleigh Times, a 7-minute walk from the museum.
We’ll be advocating for 4 particular precedence points in our lawmaker conferences, however it’s additionally vital that you just make a real connection together with your lawmaker. You possibly can inform a private story about birds or join on one of many issues you’ve got in frequent (possibly a e book or photograph of their workplace will reveal shared curiosity or hobbies, youngsters across the identical age, and many others).
It is okay if you do not know the reply to a lawmaker’s query. They don’t count on you to be consultants. Simply make a remark of their query and allow them to know Audubon workers will observe up, then make sure you embody it in your assembly notes abstract.
As for gown code, no must put on a jacket and tie to those conferences; enterprise informal is nice.
Put on snug footwear – you’ll possible be strolling backwards and forwards between the legislative workplace buildings and the NEC constructing. Count on LOTS of strolling.
