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HRACC is pleased to announce a one-day free legislative advocacy training event.  This seminar will focus on hands-on skill building to establish a comfort level engaging legislators in meaningful discussion on issues affecting the HR profession, the companies we work for and the communities in which our businesses are located and our employees reside.  Having a better understanding of how laws are enacted, procedurally and politically, is essential if we are to have a voice in this process.

OUR PARTNERS
SHRM
CBIA
ConnCAN
League of Women Voters
University of New Haven SHRM Student Chapter

OUR SPONSORS
Jackson Lewis
Reid and Riege
Bearingstar Insurance

Interested in sponsoring this event? 
Email Tracy Michaud at tdmichaud@cox.net or Lisa Whitfield at lisa.whitfield@conncan.org

This event will provide human resource professionals and other business leaders with the tools they need to advocate on behalf of reform policies affecting HR issues today. 

SHRM Government Affairs Manager, Bob Carragher will be joining us from SHRM National Headquarters.    

AGENDA:

8:00 - 9:00AM
Registration - Legislative Office Building
Staffed by University of New Haven SHRM Student Chapter
Distribution of voter registration forms

9:00 - 9:15 AM
Welcome - Dawn Peterson Jones, HRACC President
Agenda - Tracy A. Michaud, SPHR, HRACC Past President

9:15 - 9:45 AM
Legislative Process - How a Bill Becomes a Law

10:00 - 11:00 AM
Tools for Communicating with Public Officials
Grassroots advocacy, resources, data, contact info, sample fact sheets, writing effective letters
Lisa McGuire, CBIA

11:00 - 12:00 Noon
Panel Discussion:  Current state/federal legislative issues
Panelists:
CBIA Lobbyist -
HRACC Legislative Liaison, Attorney Jim Shea, Jackson Lewis
SHRM - Robert Carragher, Manager of SHRM Government Affairs
Alex Johnston, Executive Director of ConnCAN

12:00 - 1:30 PM (State Capitol)
Lunch and dessert with a legislator

1:45 - 3:00 PM
Live Theater - advocacy role play on selected recent legislative issues:  sick pay mandate, bullying, education and a skilled workforce, open containers in cars, minimum wage increase, right to dry.  Facilitators:  Jim Leahy, Tracy Michaud, SPHR, Mark Soycher, Lisa McGuire, Lisa Whitfield

3:00 - 3:15 PM
Call to action and wrap up - Dawn Peterson Jones

3:15 - 3:45 PM
Tour of the Capitol Building - League of Women Voters