Public Health is Essential

Public Health is Essential

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WA Legislative Session: Week 5 - The Floor and Behind-the-Scenes Magic

WSPHA Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, discuss the work done behind-the-scenes in the legislature to prevent wasted time in floor debate. We also have an update on the citizens' initiatives and how the legislature may handle them. Resources: 2024 Cutoff Calendar Senate Floor Calendar House Floor Calendar Legislator Email List

WA Legislative Session: Week 4 - Policy Cutoff and the Pace of Session

WSPHA Executive Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, talk about the looming first cutoff of session and what that means about the conversation in the legislature moving forward. Resources this week: WA Legislative Website 2024 Session Cutoff Calendar WA Legislature: Definitions

WA Legislative Session - Week 3: Free Ice Cream Fridays?

Washington State Public Health Association Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Roger, discuss the happenings in the third week of the WA legislative session. They talk about how often bills can change and how you have to stay vigilant when tracking. Resources this week: WSPHA Website Legislative Website TVW How to sign in to testify and note your position Crafting a Great Message - Hook, Line, and Sinker

WA Legislative Session - Week 2: Full steam ahead!

WSPHA Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, talk with lobbyist Amy Brackenbury about what happened last week and what to expect in the upcoming WA legislative session. Resources from Week 2: WSPHA Website: www.wspha.org Legislative Website: www.leg.wa.gov TVW: www.tvw.org How a bill becomes a law (WA edit): https://leg.wa.gov/CivicEd/Pages/bill2Law_elementary.aspx How to find bills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOQ8gsEBF8E

WA Legislative Session - Week 1: Session Structure and Using Your Voice

WSPHA Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, talk about the start of the Washington Legislative Session. We dive into feelings of inadequacy doing policy work and lay out the structure of the 2024 short session. Resources from Week 1: WSPHA website: https://www.wspha.org/ Legislative Website: https://leg.wa.gov/ TVW: www.tvw.org 2024 Cutoff Calendar: https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Documents/2024CutoffCalendarDraft.pdf Advocacy vs. Lobbying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgjZdwLxvdU Legislative Committees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSwj98b9lQ8 Legislator (and assistants') emails: https://app.leg.wa.gov/Rosters/Members

The Public Health is Essential Podcast is back for Legislative Session starting January 9th!

Welcome to the Public Health is Essential podcast brought to you by the Washington State Public Health Association. I am your host and association Executive Director, Megan Moore. We are excited to announce the return of our podcast for the upcoming Legislative session. We invite you to join us every week for exclusive updates directly from the legislature, some insider scoop, and guidance on how to use your voice for health. Make sure to hit the subscribe button!

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Prevention Not Punishment - Decriminalizing Youth Purchase/Use/Possession (PUP) of Tobacco/Vape

This episode of the podcast is about decriminalizing youth purchase, use, and possession or PUP of commercial tobacco and vaping products. This episode was recorded August 24, 2022 before a live-virtual audience with guests Elaine Ishihara of APICAT, the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Advocating Together for Health, and Penny Lipsou, who was with the American Heart Association at the time of the recording. Theme music is Night Drive licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com.

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Episode 1: Adrian Dominguez

For episode one we are honored to welcome Adrian Dominguez, the newly installed WSPHA Board President and Chief Data Officer of the Seattle Indian Health Board. In this episode, we discuss his public health journey, the state of public health, and what is on the horizon for the Washington State Public Health Association. Theme music is Synapse licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com.

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