Thank you for joining the American Heart Association's You’re the Cure Network! You’re the Cure is a nationwide network of people like yourself willing to deliver a message to policymakers whenever you can. Action taken by our advocates has paved the way for lifesaving medical innovations like new medications to control high blood pressure and lower cholesterol, pacemakers, coronary bypass and new treatments for stroke. Our efforts have led to portable defibrillators in crowded cities and rural areas, smoke-free workplaces in some states and many other improvements.
The first thing to do as a new advocate is to log on to the You're the Cure website and ensure that your personal information is up-to-date and accurate. The easiest way for us to enable you to contact your legislators on public health issues is through email - so please ensure that we have your correct email address on file.
You're the Cure: Be A Change Agent
A long-time You're the Cure advocate, Jim Bischoff, shares why he feels being a You're the Cure advocate is importat.
You're the Cure Activist Guide
You have the ability to influence decision-makers and make heart healthy changes in your community. This manual is designed to give you all the tools necessary to effectively reach out and impact key decision makers at both the local and national level to ensure that policies and programs that help fight heart disease and stroke will be supported and implemented.
Download the You're the Cure Activist Guide
Being the Cure is easy! The following document provides quick tips for being an effective advocates to your lawmakers.
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What You Can Do to Be the Cure
Being an advocate for the American Heart Association is easy! We provide you with the tools - you just have to use them! Here are some quick ideas for ways for you to be the Cure!
- Take Action
- Our action alerts (which you will receive via email) are the BEST way to make your voice heard by your legislators regularly! The email we send will give you a brief synopsis of the issue and a link to the alert. It only take 3 clicks and just seconds of your time to send the email on to your legislators! You can always visit http://www.yourethecure.org/ to make sure you are caught up on all available action alerts!
- Forward Alerts
- Share our alerts with family, friends, colleagues or anyone you know that may be interested in the issue! The email you receive from us can be forwarded to anyone - they can use the same link to respond to the alert (they will not be logged in to your account). Share the Cure today!
- Meet with Legislators
- Meeting with your legislators face-to-face is highly valuable and key to building a relationship with them. Most legislators have offices in the district somewhere and are happy to have meetings with constituents. If you are interested in meeting with your legislators to advocate for American Heart Association priorities, contact Melissa Brown, our Grassroots Director, at melissa.brown@heart.org
- Attend Lobby Day
- Each of our states hosts a Lobby Day annually, usually in the spring. Lobby Day is an opportunity for You're the Cure advocates from around the state to convene at the capitol to meet with their legislators and advocate for an important, hot-topic issue. Many advocates find the experience extremely rewarding.
- Lobby Days 2011-2012
- Delaware: May 2012
- Kentucky: February 14, 2012 (tentative)
- Ohio: November 16, 2011 and March 14, 2012
- Pennsylvania: February 2012
- West Virginia: February/March 2012
- Recruit New Advocates
- Tell everyone you know about You're the Cure! As stated above, forwarding our alerts is the easiest way; however, there are plenty of other ways. Are you a member of any professional associations? PTA? Any group that would be particularly interested in public health issues? Share the information about You're the Cure, refer them to this blog - each voice added to the cause will help fight the dangers of heart disease and stroke!
Thank you and remember that You're the Cure!
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