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Source: Alzheimer's Association
James T. Person, Jr.
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Legislative Advocacy
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What is the issue?
22,540 new cases ofcancer in Louisiana
during 2007
Source: Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium from American
Cancer Society. 2007
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What is the issue?Most prevalent new cancer forselected
sites:
Prostate Lung and bronchus
Female breast
Colon and rectum
Source: Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium from American
Cancer Society.
2007
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Civics_____________________________________________________________
How a bill becomes a law.
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bHL7PCNJ4MIA3x6JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTByNjF2OGl0BHBvcwM3OARzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANJMTAyXzEyMw--/SIG=1jqjefmb1/EXP=1227132539/**http%3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3Fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dhow%252Ba%252Bbill%252Bbecomes%252Ba%252Blaw%2526ni%253D20%2526ei%253DUTF-8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-501%2526xargs%253D0%2526pstart%253D1%2526b%253D61%26w=216%26h=162%26imgurl=justicediva.bravehost.com%252FmyPictures%252Fa%252520bill.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.blogexplosion.com%252Freview.php%253FSiteID%253D20004%26size=102.6kB%26name=a%2Bbill.jpg%26p=how%2Ba%2Bbill%2Bbecomes%2Ba%2Blaw%26type=bmp%26oid=03ea26ad88d0f84a%26no=78%26tt=226%26sigr=11keg6rld%26sigi=11hj8jd25%26sigb=13pkjjk9a
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Advocacy_____________________________________________________________
Work to change laws,regulations, and public
programs
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Advocacy_____________________________________________________________
Why is it important?
You and your families sharing
your personal experiences
Youre living it
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Advocacy_____________________________________________________________
Why it works:
They dont know what its like
Putting a face on the issue
Accountability
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Advocacy_____________________________________________________________
FOCUS
Be specific(Bill Number 123)
Know what you want(More research funding)
Tell them what you want(Vote YES on Bill Number 123)
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Advocacy_____________________________________________________________
Letters
In your own words
Form letters
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Advocacy_____________________________________________________________
Phone Calls
Timely
Dont be surprised if you dontspeak with the elected official
Staff are the elected officialseyes and ears
Dont debate with staff
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Advocacy_____________________________________________________________
Meetings
Know what you want to say
Tell your story
Be brief
Summary of key points/ leavebehind
Send a thank you note
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Advocacy_____________________________________________________________
Alerts
Timely, urgently needed
Easy to send
Form letters with option to customize
Organized by American Cancer
Society
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
Louisiana House of Representatives
http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/H_Reps_ByAddress.asp
During session, Capitol Main Line:
(225) 342-6945
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
Louisiana House of Representatives
John Schroder321 North Florida Street
Suite 109
Covington, LA 70433
Phone: (985) 893-6262
Email: [email protected]
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
Louisiana House of Representatives
Scott SimonP.O. Box 1297
Abita Springs, LA 70420
Phone: (985) 893-6246
Email: [email protected]
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
Louisiana House of Representatives
Tim Burns1 Sanctuary Blvd.
Suite 306
Mandeville, LA 70471
Phone: (985) 624-4492
Email: [email protected]
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
Louisiana Senate
Jack Donahue3840 Hwy. 22
Suite 200
Mandeville, LA 70471
Phone: (985) 727-7949
Email: [email protected]
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
Louisiana Senate
Julie Quinn3330 North Causeway Blvd.
Suite 438
Metairie, LA 70002
Phone: 1-866-310-7613
Email: [email protected]
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
Louisiana Governor
Bobby Jindal
P.O. Box 94004Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004
Phone: (225) 342-7015
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
U.S. House of Representatives
Steve Scalise
Washington, DC(202) 225-3015
21454 Koop Drive
Suite 1E
Mandeville, LA 70471
Phone: (985) 893-9064
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
Washington, DC724 Hart Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5824
http://landrieu.senate.gov/thankyou/index.cfm
New Orleans
Hale Boggs Federal
Building
500 Poydras Street
Room 1005
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 589-2427
U.S. Senate- Mary Landrieu
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bF_DPSNJYdEAwb2JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBya291MDc5BHBvcwMyMwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANJMTAyXzEyMw--/SIG=1mg67krr5/EXP=1227132739/**http%3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3Fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dus%252Bcapitol%2526js%253D1%2526ei%253Dutf-8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-501%2526xargs%253D0%2526pstart%253D1%2526b%253D21%2526ni%253D20%26w=322%26h=500%26imgurl=static.flickr.com%252F2168%252F2517481788_f466183287.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F2517481788%252F%26size=79kB%26name=US%2BCapitol%26p=us%2Bcapitol%26type=JPG%26oid=6ec1fa9ba48a0c7e%26fusr=Laurie-B%26tit=US%2BCapitol%26hurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F%26no=23%26tt=100,359%26sigr=11kbnjvms%26sigi=11gmf9k7r%26sigb=13go3ji9v%26sigh=119kk44t8http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bF_DPSNJYdEAwb2JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBya291MDc5BHBvcwMyMwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANJMTAyXzEyMw--/SIG=1mg67krr5/EXP=1227132739/**http%3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3Fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dus%252Bcapitol%2526js%253D1%2526ei%253Dutf-8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-501%2526xargs%253D0%2526pstart%253D1%2526b%253D21%2526ni%253D20%26w=322%26h=500%26imgurl=static.flickr.com%252F2168%252F2517481788_f466183287.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F2517481788%252F%26size=79kB%26name=US%2BCapitol%26p=us%2Bcapitol%26type=JPG%26oid=6ec1fa9ba48a0c7e%26fusr=Laurie-B%26tit=US%2BCapitol%26hurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F%26no=23%26tt=100,359%26sigr=11kbnjvms%26sigi=11gmf9k7r%26sigb=13go3ji9v%26sigh=119kk44t8http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bF_DPSNJYdEAwb2JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBya291MDc5BHBvcwMyMwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANJMTAyXzEyMw--/SIG=1mg67krr5/EXP=1227132739/**http%3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3Fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dus%252Bcapitol%2526js%253D1%2526ei%253Dutf-8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-501%2526xargs%253D0%2526pstart%253D1%2526b%253D21%2526ni%253D20%26w=322%26h=500%26imgurl=static.flickr.com%252F2168%252F2517481788_f466183287.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F2517481788%252F%26size=79kB%26name=US%2BCapitol%26p=us%2Bcapitol%26type=JPG%26oid=6ec1fa9ba48a0c7e%26fusr=Laurie-B%26tit=US%2BCapitol%26hurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F%26no=23%26tt=100,359%26sigr=11kbnjvms%26sigi=11gmf9k7r%26sigb=13go3ji9v%26sigh=119kk44t8
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Your
Representatives_____________________________________________________________
Washington, DC516 Hart Senate Office
Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4623
http://vitter.senate.gov/
Metairie
2800 Veterans Blvd.,
Suite 201
Metairie, LA 70002
Phone: (504) 589-2753
U.S. Senate- David Vitter
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bF_DPSNJYdEAwb2JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBya291MDc5BHBvcwMyMwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANJMTAyXzEyMw--/SIG=1mg67krr5/EXP=1227132739/**http%3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3Fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dus%252Bcapitol%2526js%253D1%2526ei%253Dutf-8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-501%2526xargs%253D0%2526pstart%253D1%2526b%253D21%2526ni%253D20%26w=322%26h=500%26imgurl=static.flickr.com%252F2168%252F2517481788_f466183287.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F2517481788%252F%26size=79kB%26name=US%2BCapitol%26p=us%2Bcapitol%26type=JPG%26oid=6ec1fa9ba48a0c7e%26fusr=Laurie-B%26tit=US%2BCapitol%26hurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F%26no=23%26tt=100,359%26sigr=11kbnjvms%26sigi=11gmf9k7r%26sigb=13go3ji9v%26sigh=119kk44t8http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bF_DPSNJYdEAwb2JzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBya291MDc5BHBvcwMyMwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANJMTAyXzEyMw--/SIG=1mg67krr5/EXP=1227132739/**http%3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3Fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dus%252Bcapitol%2526js%253D1%2526ei%253Dutf-8%2526fr%253Dyfp-t-501%2526xargs%253D0%2526pstart%253D1%2526b%253D21%2526ni%253D20%26w=322%26h=500%26imgurl=static.flickr.com%252F2168%252F2517481788_f466183287.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F2517481788%252F%26size=79kB%26name=US%2BCapitol%26p=us%2Bcapitol%26type=JPG%26oid=6ec1fa9ba48a0c7e%26fusr=Laurie-B%26tit=US%2BCapitol%26hurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.flickr.com%252Fphotos%252Flbricephoto%252F%26no=23%26tt=100,359%26sigr=11kbnjvms%26sigi=11gmf9k7r%26sigb=13go3ji9v%26sigh=119kk44t8
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Useful
Links_____________________________________________________________
ACS In My
Communityhttp://www.cancer.org/docroot/com/com_0.asp
Advocacy
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ADV/ADV_0.asp
Federal legislation
Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov/
State
http://www.legis.state.la.us/
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/com/com_0.asphttp://www.cancer.org/docroot/com/com_0.asp
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Questions and Answers
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James Person Biography
James Person is the Public Affairs Specialist for St. Tammany
Parish
Hospital. He is responsible for analyzing the effects of
federal, state
and local legislation and regulations on the hospitals ability
to deliver
world-class healthcare close to home. He also assists with
external
and internal communication efforts.
Person previously served on Capitol Hill as a legislative aide
for two
Members of Congress and a prominent public policy think tank. He
also
managed and worked on congressional election campaigns in
North
Carolina, Wisconsin and Louisiana.
He is a native New Orleanian and an alumnus of Mandeville High
School
and Louisiana State University- Baton Rouge where he received
aBachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication. Currently, he
attends
the University of New Orleans where he is earning a Master of
Business
Administration degree concentrating in healthcare management.
He
lives in Mandeville with his family.
