Lobby Day - February 2, 2005
Quapaw
Quarter United Methodist Church
1601
Louisiana Street
Little
Rock, Arkansas
9:30
Registration
10:15
Welcome and Purpose
Beth Walker, Chair of Lobby Day
10:30
Effective Lobbying (Nuts and Bolts)
Liz Rainwater, AR Department of Health
11:00
Talking Points
Mark Starr, Chair, AR NASW Legislative
Committee
11:30
Keynote Speaker
Alice Lightle, Lobbyist, AR American Civil
Liberties Union
12:00
Lunch (Provided)
1:00
Rally Call
Annette Woodruff, President, AR NASW
1:30
Drive to Capitol (need to provide own transportation)
2:00
Lobbying of Legislators
Scenes from 2003 Lobby
Day
On February 12, 2003, NASW-AR
held its 2nd Biennial Lobby Day. 135 Social work professionals
and students from across the state attended this event to increase
their knowledge and understanding of the Legislative Process and
to lobby and advocate for social issues of interest to the profession,
the organization, and the people of Arkansas.
Jim Booth, Vice Chair of
the Legislative Committee, welcomes the Lobby Day participants.
Jan Chaparro, Chair of the
Legislative Committee, discusses the purpose and importance of
Lobby Day.
Max Brantley, Editor of the
Arkansas Times, discusses his views of the current legislative
session and what that means to the people of Arkansas.
Judy Lewis, NASW-AR President,
rallies the participants.
 
Participants gather for the "Lobby Walk" to the
Arkansas State Capitol.
Judy Lewis rallies the participants
on the steps of the State Capitol Building.
Trish Smith, Arkansas PACE
Committee Chair, discusses effective lobbying strategies.
Arkansas Advocates' Paul
Kelly briefs the participants on legislative talking points.
 
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Participants lobby their Legislators. |
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