October Student Political Action Resources and Communication

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• Upcoming Dates and Deadlines• Standing Committee Application Process• Good Government Student Pharmacist Award• Your Midyear Regional Meeting (MRM)• Event Highlight: Advocacy Booths• Your Voice, Your Vote 2012• Chapter Spotlight: Midwestern University Chicago

College of Pharmacy

Outline

• October 17th: Make Your Mark in the Media Day!• November 1st: – Good Government Student Pharmacist of the Year Award– APhA-ASP Awards Submission (Student Leadership, Tice,

Dean, Chapter Advisor Deadline

• November 15th:– APhA Experiential Program application

submission deadline (for APPE students)

• December 1st:– PharmFlix Submissions– APhA Foundation Scholarship Applications– Standing Committee Applications

SPAN Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

• MRM Resolutions are due 2-3 weeks prior to your respective MRMs. Contact your Regional Delegate for specific dates.

• MRM Hotel Registration Cut Off:– http://www.pharmacist.com/node/30060

SPAN Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

• Go to www.pharmacist.com– Search for APhA-ASP Leadership Opportunities– Description and Responsibilities– Standing Committee Application (due December 1st)

• Consider becoming more involved in APhA-ASP by applying to be on one of the Standing Committees– Awards– Communications– Education– Policy

• Email current standing committee members with any questions you may have

Standing Committee Application Process

The Policy Standing Committee (PSC) works within APhA-ASP to…

(1) Recommend policy issues to the APhA Policy Committee for consideration at the APhA House of Delegates

(2) Advise the Association whenever such advice is sought on policy issues of major interest to student pharmacists

(3) Propose policy issues for consideration at the Policy Proposal Forums conducted at the APhA-ASP MRMs

(4) Make recommendations on policies, which address the immediate and long range interests and concerns of student pharmacists‑

(5) Review the resolutions most recently passed by the APhA-ASP House of Delegates and decides how each resolution will be implemented

(6) Review each resolution and assigns the status of active, inactive or archived

The Role of the Policy Standing Committee

• To Improve Advocacy Resources for Chapters– SPAN Liaison Virtual Binder– Patient education pamphlets

• To Encourage Student Involvement in the Election Campaign– Healthcare drives– One vote campaign– Facebook competition

• To Recognize Chapters for Advocacy Work– “Policy Spotlight Chapter” in our monthly communications and on

Facebook

2012-2013 Goals of the PSC

• Recognizes a student pharmacist who raises awareness of local and national pharmacy issues to make a positive impact on our profession

• Nomination packets are due November 1st

• Selection is made by the APhA Political Action Committee Board of Governors

• Winner is recognized at APhA Annual Meeting

Good Government Student Pharmacist Award

• Find a computer lab or set up a group of laptops to allow chapter members, students and faculty to:• Familiarize themselves with www.pharmacist.com• Sign-up to be advocacy key contacts• Contact members of Congress concerning key issues

• Check out the SPAN Virtual Binder on www.pharmacist.com for step-by-step details

Event Highlight: Advocacy Booths

• Campaign to promote student pharmacist involvement in the 2012 Presidential Election

• We want to know what YOUR chapter is doing for the Your Voice, Your Vote 2012 Campaign! – Fill out the chapter spotlight nomination form attached to the

SPARC

• Ideas for your chapter to get involved:– Host a Voters Registration or Pledge Drive– Host patient care events at polling sites• Collaborate with organizations focused

on national health– Educate your school and community– Raise funds for the APhA PAC

APhA-ASP Your Voice, Your Vote 2012 Campaign

Midwestern University Chicago College of PharmacyWith 12 student pharmacists and 6 faculty members, Mayor Martin T. Tully proclaimed October as American Pharmacists month to Downers Grove Village Council and millions of television viewers within the community, as the event was broadcast on Channel 6 Cable Television!

Chapter Spotlight

• Athena Brand, Chair, University of Texas– athenalvbrand@gmail.com

• Autumn Bagwell, Vice-chair, Samford University– adbagwel@samford.edu– Regions 3 and 5

• Kayli Hall, University of Nebraska Medical Center– khalla@unmc.edu– Regions 1 and 2

• Mika Bhakta, University of the Pacific– b_bhakta@u.pacific.edu– Regions 6 and 8

• Catlin Goodfriend, University of Washington– ctolzman@uw.edu– Regions 4 and 7

2012-2013 APhA-ASP Policy Standing Committee

Questions?