Arizona Legislative Conference 2010

AGENDA:

6:00 pm           Registration / Meet & Greet / Activist Dinner
6:30 pm           Welcome Siobhan McCurdy, Chapter Advocacy Coordinator

6:40 pm           Issue Prep 1: Arizona ADA Amendment Act HB2363 Ed Myers, Deputy
                         Executive Director of the AZ Center for Disability Law 

7:00 pm          Issue Prep 2: Arizona State Budget: The history & the process Joe
                        Rubio, Lead Organizer of Valley Interfaith Project

7:30 pm          Training video: Advocacy & Visiting a Legislator’s Office

7:50 pm          Leaders Panel: Best practices for meeting with your legislators & role play 
                        of visits Members of the Chapter Government Relations Committee

8:10 pm          Delegation Meetings: groups meet with Leaders to discuss legislative
                        visits 

Day 2 MS Action Day at the Capitol
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 9:00 am 2:30pm

TENTATIVE AGENDA:

10:00 am                                 Welcome, Framing the Day

10:15 am                                 Delegate Convention

11:00 am to 1:00 pm              Attend scheduled meetings with legislators

11:00 am to 11:30 am            Republican Legislator Panel

11:45 am to 12:15 pm            Democrat Legislator Panel

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm              Lunch

1:30 pm                                   MS activists are introduced in the House & Senate floor
                                                 proceedings

2:00 pm                                    Group photo & raffle prize

2:15 pm                                    Debriefing  

2:30 pm                                    Closing remarks

Start Date: Monday, April 19, 2010
End Date:   Tuesday, April 20, 2010