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Take Action Now!
Updated May 22, 2025
Academy Action Alerts – Contact your members of Congress
The time is now! Please take a few minutes to urge your members of Congress to protect funding for SNAP, SNAP-Ed and other nutrition and public health programs.
- Log into your Academy account and visit the Action Center at https://www.eatrightpro.org/advocacy/take-action/action-alerts
Want to learn more about federal food policy and its impact in MA and the U.S.?
In addition to the Academy's Advocacy Center, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) and Project Bread have sections of their websites dedicated to the latest updates from DC and links to their own action alerts.
https://projectbread.org/policy-work
Learn more about a particular federal policy issue
Join an Academy Affinity Group! Connect with fellow members on top policy priorities and learn how to get involved. Register for monthly and quarterly meetings and join the COI for each affinity group: https://www.eatrightpro.org/advocacy/take-action/grassroots-resources/join-the-academy-affinity-groups
Licensure Initiatives – Meets monthly on the second Tuesday from 3:00-4:00 pm ET
MNT and Payment Advocacy – Meets quarterly on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30 pm ET
Nutrition Security – Meets quarterly on Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Take the first step to getting more involved with MAND’s advocacy work
Helping out can be as simple as sending an email or a social media message to your state legislators, as this helps to create and grow relationships with elected officials.
Each registered Massachusetts voter is a constituent of one state senator and one state representative. Our elected officials appreciate hearing directly from their constituents, learning about issues important to them. It is when we educate them on nutrition-related issues and directly ask for their support of a bill or policy item that we can begin to see success in policy areas important to us and our fellow nutrition and dietetics practitioners.
Visit https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator to learn who your legislators are and how to contact them. Then keep an eye on this page to learn when and how to contact them.
