As the legal community gears up for ABA Day 2024, we once again take note of how best to communicate our advocacy messages to a Hill that is inundated with requests. This year, we will be raising our voices jointly online and in Washington, as we look to influence legislation surrounding legal aid and federal defender funding.
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This year’s ABA Day's activities will unfold in person on Capitol Hill, at meetings in home districts, and through online messages and phone calls nationwide – and every advocate’s voice matters! That's why our Governmental Affairs Office (GAO) has developed a comprehensive digital program to engage advocates wherever they may be. Even those attending in-person DC or home district meetings can join our digital advocates online to amplify the ABA’s advocacy using our tools and resources.
In recent years, the ABA has demonstrated the power of digital advocacy by engaging thousands of dedicated supporters to advance legislative priorities. Despite the temporary closure of congressional buildings to the public during COVID, our advocacy efforts continued unabated, with multiple digital events rallying support for critical issues such as judicial security, funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), and student debt relief.
Members will once again be employing these effective techniques, and you can find all your available tools in the ABA Day Toolkit, complete with pre-formatted emails and patch-through phone calls with scripts on our Congressional Messaging Portal. And since messages sent through the Portal are guaranteed to make it through congressional firewalls, we will be using this to schedule follow-up emails, as well, to take our advocacy to the next level. We also have a robust ABA Day Social Media Center that we are continuously updating with suggested posts, images, infographics, and more that you can use to take the discussion to the public forum by tagging your members of Congress.