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Karen Berger, Andrew Stephen Kaplan, Implementation of a statewide Advocacy Week: The New York State experience, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Volume 79, Issue 10, 15 May 2022, Pages 723–727, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxac009
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Many have considered advocacy within pharmacy as an essential obligation to advance the profession.1,2 Pharmacy organizations, including the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), facilitate a once-yearly “Lobby Day” or “Legislative Day,” which is a full-day event where pharmacy students, residents, technicians, and pharmacists meet with legislators and advocate for specific bills.3 In New York State, the Lobby Day is spearheaded by community pharmacy organizations and typically focuses on issues in which all pharmacy organizations have buy-in, such as expansion of immunization.4 Each organization also has their own legislative priorities; however, the focused agenda of New York’s Lobby Day has limited the inclusion of some health-system pharmacy–specific legislation. Lobby Day also requires travel to Albany and is not designed to facilitate grassroots involvement by participants at their legislators’ local district offices. Finally, Lobby Day typically requires a central group to coordinate all legislative meetings, rather than relying on grassroots efforts by constituents.
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