Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) 2024 Registration!

Every year, NASW-MA organizes LEAD during social work month in March. This year’s theme for social work month is “Empowering Social Workers”. LEAD provides social work students and new professionals with an opportunity to learn about our shared legislative priorities and to engage in advocacy through direct contact with their legislators. This year, the keynote speaker will be social worker, lawyer, and Senate President Karen Spilka followed by our Lobbying 101 speaker who will be macro social worker Chelsea Sedani, MSW.

The four workshops will focus on the following bills:

• The Super Act S.160/H.1253

• Treatment Not Imprisonment S.982/H.1391

• Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool Program S.855/H.1354

• Lift our Kids out of Deep Poverty S.75/H.144

The event cost is $10 a person, but several Schools of Social Work are sponsoring LEAD so check-in with your school to see if they have a code for students to use before you register! 

LEAD timeline:

9:00 -9:05 am - Log on
9:05 - 9:15 am - Welcome from Our Executive Director
9:15 - 9:45 am - Keynote Speech by Senate President Karen Spilka
9:45 - 10:25 am - Lobbying 101 with Chelsea Sedani
10:25 - 10:35 am - Break from Screens
10:35-10:45 am - Enter workshop selected during registration
10:45 - 11:50 am - Individual workshops
11:50 -12:00 pm - Event wrap up and time for students to attend meetings they have set up prior with their legislators

Students are encouraged to schedule their meetings with legislators in 3 weeks in advance of LEAD 2024 to ensure they can get an appointment on March 26th!

Step one:  Find your legislator's contact information here.

Step two: Call or email your legislator.
Example: Hi, my name is _________ and I am a constituent of Rep./Sen. ____. I'd like to set up a meeting with them regarding bill # ____.

Step three: Schedule a time on March 26th between 12:30-2:00 PM to meet with your legislator or their aide in person or virtually