I participated in Advocacy Day 2021 for Alzheimer's disease here on January 14. In the past we traveled to Olympia to meet our legislators face-to-face, but you know how that goes nowadays. So the Alzheimer's Association organized opportunities for advocates of help for families and sufferers with Alzheimer's disease to meet our legislators via Zoom to discuss Alzheimer's Association priorities with them. I was initially scheduled to meet as a team member with each of our two representatives and our senator, but there were complications. Some last minute schedule changes meant that I would only meet with one representative, Brad Klippert. But things went well with him as well as with our senator, Sharon Brown.
Each of us spoke briefly about our personal stories, and then about our two priorities. The priorities are to restore 1.3M in funding for the Dementia Action Collaborative and to provide 1.9M in funding for two Dementia Resource Catalyst programs.
We were graciously received by all, and each legislator pledged to support our priorities.
Here are some Zoom pictures.
Representative Klippert in the upper left.
Senator Brown in the upper left.
#EndALZ, #AdvocacyWA
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