By
MikeH on
March 25, 2013
“Politics as usual” can make any average citizen either start nodding off, or running for the hills. Or depending on the issue, it sometimes makes the blood boil.
This month, the Diabetes Community happens to have an unusually keen interest in watching Washington D.C. and the political scene — as hundreds of fellow advocates from a few of the largest diabetes organizations hit Capitol Hill to share their stories and talk with lawmakers and staffers.…
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Although I was diagnosed at age 8, I spent most of my childhood pretty much oblivious to diabetes advocacy. My family raised money for the annual Walk to Cure Diabetes, but that was it. Only in high school did I become more aware of the devastating impact that diabetes has on people. I applied to be a JDRF Children’s Congress delegate at age 15, and in June 2001, my mother and I traveled to Washington,…
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This weekend, I was honored to be a part of a group of bloggers heading to Washington, DC, to be part of JDRF’s Government Day — actually a four-day event that is “part training session, part research update, part networking opportunity, and part celebration of our JDRF’s Advocacy Program.”
I was there along with active online advocates Mike Hoskins, Scott Johnson, Kelly Kunik, Kelly Rawlings, Cherise Shockley, Scott Strange, Kerri Sparling, and Kim from Texting…
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