Media Alert:  1/07/2003

Personal contact from voters who care about CFIDS is the secret weapon in the CFIDS advocacy arsenal. To facilitate contact with elected officials, The CFIDS Association of America will sponsor its annual Washington, D.C. Lobby Day event March 19-20, 2003.

On Lobby Day, CFIDS advocates from around the country, including persons with CFIDS (PWCs) and their family members and friends, come together on Capitol Hill to personally educate Congress about CFIDS and ask for help in securing an improved federal response to the illness.

Lobby Day participants are trained on effective meeting strategies and provided with materials to share with elected officials so they will feel confident and prepared before their first meeting.

Information and registration materials for the 2003 Lobby Day have been posted on The CFIDS Association's website. To download the Lobby Day packet (in Adobe Acrobat format), go to the web page http://www.cfids.org/advocacy/lobby-day.asp

If you would prefer to receive information by postal mail, call 704-365-2343 or send an e-mail to lobbyday03@cfids.org. Please make certain to include your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number, and make a specific request to receive "Lobby Day Information" by mail.