Getting the Community Involved: Legislators

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Getting the Community Involved Legislators

• Patricia Chavez Anaya
• Sheryl Jones
• Marianne Peltier-Allison
• Kim Netter

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Getting the Community Involved Legislators

• Introduction
• Kim Netter, NCMHPYVP
• Patricia Chavez Anaya
• YVPP grantee
• Sheryl Jones
• TCE grantee
• Marianne Peltier-Allison
• SH/HS grantee

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Getting the Community Involved Legislators

• Building legislative relationships
• Know his/her background
• Political interests
• Constituency
• Committees

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Getting the Community Involved Legislators

• Understand the legislative process
• Seek opportunities
• Ad hoc
• Formal
• Political capital

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Getting the Community Involved Legislators

• Stay on Message
• Message triangle
• Credible / fact-based
• Speak the language
• Tie in their interests, constituency
• Speaker selection