Become a Health Center Advocate by Signing Up for CapWiz
If you have a passion and a commitment to see Health Centers thrive in Wisconsin, WPHCA needs your help to become part of our active and easy-to-use advocacy network. Hundreds of supporters have joined CapWiz to improve and expand Health Centers by telling their state and federal lawmakers how their decisions affect Health Centers.
What is CapWhiz?
CapWiz is a simple to use e-mail system that allows WPHCA’s Policy Staff to alert you to key issues that are in the decision-making stage and connects you right to your legislators with a an effective e-mail message that you can customize or send “as is.” Sign up here to become a Health Center advocate!
Advocacy Training
You need just two things to get involved: enthusiasm and education. WPHCA offers training through the bi-annual Policy Summit, group presentations, and fact sheets on this Web site to support your efforts.
Even if you’ve never been “political,” we’ll help you speak up for the things you care about. You can learn
- How the legislative process works and the best time to engage in it;
- Who your legislators are and how friendly are they to Health Centers;
- How your local Health Center fits into the statewide advocacy picture;
- Progress of our legislative priorities at state and federal levels; and
- How to properly personalize and forward a CapWiz message.
If you’re confused about the difference between advocacy and lobbying, rest assured that you don’t need a lobby license to:
- express your own opinion
- represent the views of an organization as an unpaid volunteer
- represent the views of your own organization to your own legislator
- represent the views of an organization you work for to as many legislators as you want, up to 4 days in a 6-month period.
Online Tutorial on Wisconsin’s Lobby Law
http://ethics.state.wi.us/LobbyingRegistrationReports/Tutorial.htm
