For Your ALS Advocacy Day Planning...

Here are a few of the folks who will be advocating for their causes while you are advocating for the ALS cause in DC...

http://www.nleomf.com/NPW2009/ (notice their candlelight vigil)

http://www.realtor.org/midyear.nsf

http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/wo/washevents/nlld/nlld2009.cfm

http://www.mnchamber.com/mcce/2009%20MCCE%20D%20C%20%20Agenda%20&%20Registration%20form.pdf

http://www.advocacy.ucla.edu/events/2009_UCLADayinWDC.htm

http://www.uschambersummit.com/sbsummit/agenda.htm

(they have a Rally on the Hill on 5/12)

http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=7753&lvl=2&lvlid=103

http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6137

http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=Event_Calendar&op=viewlive&sp_id=137

If you want to find more, just use your friend Google.

The bad news is that thousands of others are trying to get the ears of legislators.

The good news is that we can not only get the ears of our legislators, but we can also get ALS into the minds of thousands of police and realtors and small business owners and university advocates and Minnesotans and librarians and others who are passionate about their causes.  Many are even meeting in the same hotel as the ALS advocates.  Don't miss an opportunity to start a conversation about ALS in an elevator or the lobby.  Don't forget that you're not the only people vying for your Senators' and Represenatives' ears.

Go PALS, beat Bruins ;-)