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ADVOCACY

An Atypical August on Capitol Hill
By Kate Clabaugh, Kyle Simpson, Jayni Rasmussen and Megan Phillippi

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our NRPA public policy team has had an exciting summer, and
we are looking forward to a productive fall. From our second
annual Summer Camp on Capitol Hill, which brought together
Washington, D.C.-area agencies and youth to showcase their
work to members of Congress and their staff, to dozens of Park Champion
events, we've kept busy, thanks in huge part to all of you!
Although August in D.C. is typically quiet, yet brutally humid,
we were sweltering alongside the
Senate this year, which decided to
forgo its traditional recess break.
We used this time to continue
our direct engagement with them
here in D.C. on the issues most

The new advocacy tool will
allow NRPA members to use text,
Facebook, Twitter, email and
phone calls to engage with their
members of Congress.
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important to you, and we encourage you to do the same with
your representatives while they
are home in-district. We look
forward to updating everyone on
our advocacy work at this year's
conference in Indianapolis and
continuing to learn from you how
best we can advocate on behalf of
your agencies on Capitol Hill.
Below is a brief update from
each of our team members' work
over the summer, in addition to a
preview of key advocacy sessions
and events that will be available at
this year's conference:

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Jayni Rasmussen, Advocacy
and Outreach Manager
I am excited to announce that we
are unveiling a new advocacy tool
at conference this year. This new
tool will allow for more ways to
get involved in advocacy and stay
engaged with members of Congress and NRPA. The new tool,
designed by Phone2Action, al-



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