Taking Action for Animals Lobby in D.C. with Howie On behalf of The Humane Society of the United States, thank you for your support of this year’s 2011 Taking Action for Animals Conference on July 15-18 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. Your generous sponsorship contributions help to make this conference possible and we are thrilled that you will be joining us! Registration: Your sponsorship includes 2 full conference registrations. Click here to begin the registration process, select “Sponsor Full Conference Registration” and use the access code BIGCATTAFA11. You should complete the process for each person you would like to register. Once you have used your two free registrations you will have the option to register for additional full conference registrations at a discount. Exhibit Hall – Table Assignment: Tables will be assigned on a first-come, first serve basis and we’ll do our best to accommodate any requests. We will email your table number(s) once assigned. If you do not plan on utilizing your exhibit space, we kindly request that you let us know so that it does not go unoccupied during the conference. Please call me at humanesociety.org Lobby Day, Monday, July 18th 2011, Schedule and Description: • 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902 • 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Capitol Visitor Center, SVC 200 TIMELINE • 7:30 am – 8:30: Breakfast, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Atrium • 9:30 am – 10:00 am: Welcome, Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902 • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm: Senate meetings ** • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Brownbag with Wayne Pacelle and Mike Markarian, Hart 902 • 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: House meetings ** Suggested Workshops for Lobby Day Preparation: During TAFA there will be several opportunities for you to get the crucial citizen lobbyist training that you’ll need for Monday’s Lobby Day. As noted below, only ONE of these workshops is REQUIRED, but all are recommended. See this link for more information about each workshop: https://hsus.expoplanner.com/docs/userfiles/Workshop_Descriptions_TAFA_06-02-10.pdf Sunday, July 17, 2011 • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Lobby Day Training Session - Part 1 • *This workshop is MANDATORY for anyone attending Lobby Day on Monday. • 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM Lobby Day Training Session - Part 1 • *This workshop is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for anyone attending Lobby Day on Monday. • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM Closing Session with Stephanie Vance - Author of Taking Advocacy Action for Animals: Being an Effective Voice on Capitol Hill – and Beyond Stay tuned for more helpful Lobby day information and tips throughout the next couple of weeks, and feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Best, Kate Wall Grassroots Outreach Coordinator Federal Affairs I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views. If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story. The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/ I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story. My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet. You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.