The Adequacy of Your Advocacy 2018

48 Pages·2017·4.09 MB·English

by  Zach Shamberg

The Adequacy of Your
Advocacy 2018:
How to Make Your Case
to Legislators
Zach Shamberg, Director of Advocacy and Legislative Affairs
Pennsylvania Health Care Association
A Legislator’s Guide to Advocacy
State Representative Warren Kampf
Represents Chester and Montgomery Counties
Why is Advocacy so important?
Campaign Intern for U.S.
My Background
Senator Pat Toomey
(2010)
Campaign Manager for
State Representative
Todd Stephens
(2010 & 2012)
Chief of Staff to Rep.
Stephens (2010-12)
Director of Advocacy
and Leg. Affairs at PHCA
(2014-2018)
Male Model
(briefly in 2012)
What does it mean to be a
‘Grassroots Advocate’?
YOU are on the front lines
YOU are the ‘boots on the ground’
YOU raise awareness
YOU influence Public Perception,
Policy and Regulation
Advocacy Foundations
Communication
Every avalanche starts with one snowflake
Imminence of action
Convince legislators to take action
Method of action
The simpler the better
Follow-up
This is crucial to any grassroots effort
HERE’S THE PROBLEM:
Ask 10 people what the ‘cause’ is,
you’ll hear 10 different answers
We have to be organized
We MUST have consistent messages
We have to be on the same page!

Pennsylvania Politics
The Politics of
Pennsylvania
• Everyone has state and federal legislators who
represent their facilities
In Pennsylvania, there are:
• 203 state Representatives
• 50 state Senators
• 18 U.S. Representatives
(members of Congress)
• 2 U.S. Senators: Pat Toomey (R) and Bob Casey (D)
Republicans vs. Democrats
Republicans hold majorities in the
state House and Senate
• 120 Republicans-81 Democrats in House
• 34 Republicans-16 Democrats in Senate
• 1 Democratic Governor: Tom Wolf
How do we balance our advocacy between
Republicans and Democrats?