{"id":2929,"date":"2019-01-23T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2019-01-22T14:43:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T19:43:49","slug":"facebook-live-get-involved-in-nacac-advocacy-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/01\/23\/facebook-live-get-involved-in-nacac-advocacy-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Live: Get Involved in NACAC Advocacy Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2930\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FB-Live-GRC-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FB-Live-GRC-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FB-Live-GRC-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FB-Live-GRC-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During a Facebook Live broadcast Tuesday afternoon, NACAC Government Relations Committee Chair Jim Fowler discussed ways you can get involved with NACAC\u2019s advocacy efforts and why they matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned through my time in GRAC \u2013 at the affiliate and at the national level \u2013 is how important it is for us to stand up and be counted on a lot of these issues. Members of Congress work for us,\u201d Fowler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of us use metrics in our work, to do our jobs, and so do they. If 3,000 NACAC members sign up on a legislative action alert that raises the profile of the conversation. It really sends a message. If we don\u2019t send that message, then that message falls on deaf ears. We are a large, growing organization that can have an elective voice that really is resonant on issues for students and education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2LBuLWC2GlM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He discussed signing up for NACAC\u2019s legislative action alerts, as well as considering attending the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/cqrcengage.com\/nacac\/advocacyday\">Advocacy Meeting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fowler also stressed the importance of getting involved beyond the national level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state of politics today has many of us focused on Washington, but so much of what happens and affects students in their day-to-day experience actually happens on the local level, within our communities or within our states,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s really important to stress the ability and the necessity of the local affiliate GRAC work to advocate on our priorities at the local level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NACACnet.org\/videos\/1242010722623033\/\">the full video<\/a> and learn more about how to <a href=\"http:\/\/cqrcengage.com\/nacac\/action?1\">get involved.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ashley Dobson is NACAC\u2019s communications manager for content and social media. You can reach her at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:adobson@nacacnet.org\"><em>adobson@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a Facebook Live broadcast Tuesday afternoon, NACAC Government Relations Committee Chair Jim Fowler discussed ways you can get involved with NACAC\u2019s advocacy efforts and why they matter. \u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned through my time in GRAC \u2013 at the affiliate and at the national level \u2013 is how important it is for us to stand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/01\/23\/facebook-live-get-involved-in-nacac-advocacy-efforts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook Live: Get Involved in NACAC Advocacy Efforts<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Ashley Dobson","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/ashley-dobson\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Lf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}