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LAD Header FY13Change happens through MS Activism - MS Action Days

Whether you are attending MS Action Day for the first time or are an experienced advocate, we will help you feel prepared to meet with your local legislators at MS Action Day! Together, we help raise awareness of MS issues. We share our personal stories. Together, we will ask our public officials to make positive changes that benefit people living with MS.

Join those connected to MS in raising your voice to increase awareness and to learn more about issues important to people affected by multiple sclerosis. MS Action Days are a chance to connect with local legislators and learn more about the issues important to people affected by MS. Lunch will be provided and personal visits with constituents may be scheduled.

Kansas: February 12,2013

Register Here

Missouri: February 19-20, 2013

Contact Sarah Gentry at sarah.gentry@nmss.org for more information

Register Here

Nebraska: February 26, 2013

Register Here

How to prepare for MS Action Day:

  • Register for an Action Day by clicking the link above
  • Wear orange the day of- a scarf, necktie, button or something else of your choice
  • Look over the key issues that will be mailed directly to you before the event
  • Attend the training opprotunities in your state
    -Kansas: Teleconference, February 5 @ 4:30p.m.
    -Missouri: Online training videos available
    -Nebraska: Teleconference, February 21 @ 4:30p.m.
     

At the National MS Society, we relentlessly advocate for federal, state, and local government change essential to people with MS.

We must work together to break down barriers to care, improve access to quality health services, and make MS therapies more affordable. We must fight for disability rights, MS research funding, and long-term care resources.

We are activists. We make MS issues national priority issues. We share our personal stories. And we ask our public officials for change that benefits people living with MS and others with disabilities and chronic illnesses.

Change happens through MS activism. Join the movement at www.nationalMSsociety.org/MSactivist

About us

The National MS Society and individuals nationwide relentlessly advocate every day for community, state, and federal issues that impact the lives of people with MS. Our MS activists are the voices of change for the approximately 400,000 people living with MS nationwide and more than 11,000 in our Chapter area.

  • Get Involved
    Find easy ways to be an MS activist, including tips and tools.
  • Priority MS Issues
    Learn about our priorities for improved health care legislation and government programs — at the community, state and national levels.
  • About MS Activism
    Read about the movement to raise awareness for MS and call for change.
  • Tell us Your Story
    Read about others who are moving us closer to a world free of MS.
  • Read our blog
    Stay up to date with the advocacy efforts that the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is following.

Contact

Change happens through MS activism. Join the movement at www.nationalMSsociety.org/MSactivist. Or contact us at midamericachapter@nmss.org.