Advocate Information

Packet

April 18, 2016

EDC National Lobby Day

Schedule

April 18, 2016

7:45am - 8:15am Bag Drop (optional)

103 2nd Street Northeast (2nd St. & A St. NE, Washington, D.C.) If you need a place to keep your luggage during Lobby Day, please drop off your bags prior to registration. The bag drop is just a short walk away from the Senate Hart Office Building. 8:15am - 8:30am Registration

Hart Senate Office Building, Rm. 902 8:30am - 10:30am Message Training

Hart Senate Office Building, Rm. 902 Message Training is required for everyone joining us at EDC Lobby Day. We will review talking points for the day and our overall message with other Lobby Day team members. A light breakfast will be available at Message Training. 10:30am - 3:30pm Advocates Lobby on the U.S. Capitol Complex

U.S. Capitol Complex, multiple locations At the U.S. Capitol, we will meet in teams to brief elected officials and their staff on our important legislative goals. No one will lobby alone. Lobby Day teams will arrive for each appointment, deliver a packet of materials, and talk about how Congress can help.

Lobby Day teams will eat lunch together at one of the Capitol Hill Cafeterias. Advocates are responsible for lunch. 3:30pm - 4:30pm Congressmen Address the EDC

U.S. Capitol Visitor Center North, CVC 268 EDC advocates will gather together to hear more about the importance of the Anna Westin Act and comprehensive mental health reform from Congressman Tim Murphy [R-PA-18] and Anna Westin Act House leader Congressman Ted Deutch [D-FL-21]. 4:30pm - 5:30pm Lobby Day Wrap-Up

U.S. Capitol Visitor Center North, CVC 268 Before returning home, we encourage you to stay for an informal gathering to discuss the day’s events and experiences. This discussion will be led by EDC Board Member, Dr. Bryn Austin.

Location of Bag Drop 103 2nd Street Northeast Located on 2nd Street NE and A Street NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Bag Drop: 7:45am - 8:15am Location of EDC Lobby Day Registration & Message Training Hart Senate Office Building, Rm. 902 Located on Constitution Avenue between 1st and 2nd Street NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Registration: 8:15am - 8:30am Message Training: 8:30am - 10:30am Since traffic congestion may be heavy and there is no commercial parking garage in the area, please do not drive to the event. Arrive by foot, taxi, bus, or Metrorail subway. All buildings are wheelchair accessible.

METRORAIL

Take a RED line train to the Union Station metro station (wmata.com). The Hart Senate Office Building is about a 10-minute walk from the station. Exit the station and take a left onto Massachusetts Ave. NE. Then take a right onto 2nd St. NE. You will cross C St. NE and then the Hart Office Building will be on your right.

You can also take a BLUE/ORANGE/SILVER line to Capitol South metro station (wmata.com) and head north on 1st St. SE toward C St. SE. Take a right on Independence Ave SE and then your first left on 2nd St. SE. You’ll walk past the Library of Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Hart Office Building will be on your left.

TAXI

If arriving by taxi, tell the driver that you are going to CAPITOL HILL, to the Hart Senate Office Building at Constitution Avenue NE and 2nd St. NE. If arriving via Uber car, the Uber app has the Hart Senate Office Building stored in its system.

LATE? EMERGENCY?

Call 202-543-9570

Getting Around Capitol Hill

Capitol South Metro Station

Bag Drop

Map

EDC Board of Directors

Officers

President 2015-2016: Johanna Kandel, Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness Vice President/Secretary 2015-2016: Jillian Lampert, PhD, RD, LD, MPH, FAED, The Emily Program Treasurer 2015-2016: Gail R. Schoenbach, Gail R. Schoenbach/F.R.E.E.D. Foundation Directors

Bryn Austin, ScD, FAED, Academy for Eating Disorders Chase Bannister, MDIV, MSW, LCSW, CEDS, Veritas Collaborative Lisa S. Kantor, JD, Kantor & Kantor LLP Norman Kim, PhD, Reasons Eating Disorder Center & Center for Change Molly McShane, MD, MPH, Oliver-Pyatt Centers Sam Menaged, JD, The Renfrew Center Millie Plotkin, MLS, Eating Recovery Center Kitty Westin, MA, LP, The Emily Program Foundation

EDC Staff

Al Guida, J.D., Policy Consultant Sarah Ohanesian, Program Associate

David Jaffe, Executive Director Katrina Velasquez, Esq., M.A., Policy Director Renee Lavigne, Social Media Associate Sarah Zakrewski, Public Affairs & Policy Associate

EDC Member Organizations

Executive Circle Avalon Hills Residential Eating Disorders Program Eating Recovery Center The Emily Program The Emily Program Foundation Kantor & Kantor, LLP Oliver-Pyatt Centers Residential Eating Disorders Consortium Veritas Collaborative

Policy Circle Academy for Eating Disorders The Renfrew Center

Leadership Circle Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness Gail R. Schoenbach FREED Foundation Monte Nido & Affiliates Reasons Eating Disorder Center Remuda Ranch at The Meadows Advocacy Circle Binge Eating Disorder Association Center for Change International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation (iaedp) Laureate Eating Disorders Program Timberline Knolls

Support Circle Cambridge Eating Disorder Center Castlewood Treatment Center Center for Discovery Eating Disorder Center of Denver Eating Disorder Hope Focus Treatment Centers Inner Door Center Mirasol Eating Disorder Recovery Centers Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association Park Nicollet Melrose Center Rosewood Centers for Eating Disorders Walden Behavioral Care Wrobel & Smith, PLLP Hope Circle American Anorexia and Bulimia Association of Philadelphia BingeBehavior.com Casa Palmera Eating Disorders Coalition of Iowa (EDCI) Eating Disorder Network of Maryland The Eating Disorders Center at Rogers Memorial Hospital FEAST FINDINGbalance Gurze Books The International Federation of Eating Disorders Dietitians McCallum Place Eating Disorder Centers The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Eating Disorders PENED/Footsteps for Recovery Theravive