Representatives are elected from each House district. Your voting address determines your district. Use this tool to locate your Representative and the two Senators from your state: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

When you’re ready for the next step, visit our page about strategies for Engaging Elected Officials!

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Yes! Health centers are encouraged to participate in civic engagement including advocacy! ⬇️ See the embedded playlist below for guidance about allowable activities:

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Social media is a useful way to engage with your community and highlight the impact of health centers for your Members of Congress. Our Social Media Advocacy Toolkit has ready-to-send social media posts and graphics.

Board members are one of the greatest features of Community Health Centers, and they excel as advocates! Find resources here for educating board members about the importance of advocacy and mobilizing them into action.

Shout out to Stacy Skiba, an advocacy rock star from Thunder Bay Community Health Services in northern Michigan!

Stacy records videos to motivate the team at her health center. These can be recorded as one-time “Advocacy 101” videos to replay at staff meetings, or made to accompany urgent action alerts. The trusted voice of a “validator” can encourage action when plain text in an email isn’t enough! This is one of the many creative ways advocates are engaging colleagues, friends, and other supporters in their community. Check out our page, Creating a Culture of Advocacy, for more ideas!

“Call to action” recorded live from Capitol Hill:

Another example of preparing advocates for an all-hands-on-deck “call to action”:

Thank you to Jimmy Reichenbach from Union Community Care (PA) for recording this video! You can find more resources on our “Engaging Elected Officials” page.

Elected officials consider your outreach to be an irreplaceable source of information about issues that matter to their constituents. Listen to Jennifer from the Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers, someone who has been both a community advocate and an elected official: