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Speaking To Congress

Wed, 05/13/2020 - 13:45

Topic: Advocate for Epilepsy

I took action and by speaking to congress and the congressman of our state of Maryland to include the disability community and the epilepsy community to the COVID19 bill and relief package because its important to me and us that are affected by it too and we need to be cared about and valued too.

Comments

Hi,Thank you for posting and

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2020-05-14 - 09:44

Hi,Thank you for posting and for reaching out to your state representatives to advocate for our community! If you have not already, you may want to consider joining our Speak Up Speak Out network, to help us continue to raise awareness with public officials about the public policy issues important to the epilepsy community. http://www.cqrcengage.com/efa/home

Thank you! I will definitely

Submitted by quida1017 on Thu, 2020-05-14 - 13:55

Thank you! I will definitely will consider. As a matter of fact, I shared my story on the advocacy matters page.

I just joined the speak up,

Submitted by quida1017 on Thu, 2020-05-14 - 15:24

I just joined the speak up, speak up network.