ACA Expands Advocacy Department
By Morgan Sheets The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) has experienced a great
deal of success in advancing prosthetic parity at the state level.
In order to take this fight to the U.S. Congress, the ACA hired a
new staff member to help coordinate the outreach and organizing
efforts it will take to launch a federal initiative. The ACA is
proud to announce the hire of Sheila Van Pay in the position of
federal campaign field organizer.
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Van Pay comes to the ACA with a background in campaign
management, community development, and public policy. She was
previously employed as a member of the Scottish Parliament, where
she helped elect 17 parliament and council candidates in the Gordon
constituency during the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary elections.
As the ACA's federal field organizer, Van Pay will support all
aspects of the federal campaign, including designing and
implementing outreach strategies, distributing federal alerts to
educate members, and organizing events to generate media attention
and mobilize activists. This will include a National Day of Action
in the spring, where activists from all over the country will put
on an event to help push the federal campaign. This nationwide day
of activism will help to demonstrate the support base for federal
prosthetic parity.
Van Pay will also help to build the federal campaign through
strategic initiatives, including letter-to-the editor campaigns,
petition drives, in-district meetings, and lobby days, as well as
using the local volunteers to meet the needs of the federal
program.
"The ACA has grown substantially in the past few years, and the
launch of our federal campaign is proof that the efforts of our
staff, sponsors, and volunteers have been both beneficial and
successful," Van Pay said. "Public health research and awareness
has always been my passion. I am very excited to be a part of this
important campaign."
Morgan Sheets is the national advocacy director for ACA's
Action Plan for People with Limb Loss (APPLL) initiative. She can
be reached at APPLL@amputee-coalition.org. For
more information, visit www.amputee-coalition.org/advocacy/index.html 
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