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News & perspectives A s with many things over the past year, the annual ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Congressional Visits Day looked a little different. Instead of bringing Society members to Washington, DC, this year, ASA, CSSA, and SSSA members met with Congressional Offices virtually to advocate for #SupportAgResearch! On 9-11 March, 114 Society members, graduate and undergraduate students, Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs), and staff participated in the 2021 Virtual Congressional Visits Day (VCVD). Participants met with 131 of congressional offices advocating for increased funding for USDA research programs in fiscal year (FY) 2022. About half of the 2021 VCVD participants are first-time advocates. In order to prepare everyone for their congressional meetings, all participants received extensive advocacy and communication training. Participants were divided into teams representing 38 states. In addition to the group training, each team met individually, to practice their message and prepare to meet virtually with congressional offices. Participants also heard from guest speakers, which included a presentation from the new director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Carr

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Author

Obeidy, Chelsea (author);Sharma, Aakriti (author)

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)