Engage with ACA

Your VOICE is powerful — because you live and vote in your legislator’s district, and it’s the job of your lawmakers to represent you. But they can’t effectively represent your interests unless you make your voice heard and communicate with them around the issues you care about. Your elected representatives pay close attention to grassroots points of view expressed by their constituents, and take those views into account when the final votes are cast.

That’s why YOU, as an informed and active constituent, can play the most important role of all in shaping legislation. Choose to make a difference for the chiropractic profession and patients today by becoming an active participant with others in policy making.

Key Contact

Do you have a special relationship with your member of Congress or a member of their staff? Do you want to fight for chiropractic on Capitol Hill? Do you want to be a part of ACA’s Grassroots & Advocacy team? If you answered yes to these questions, sign up to be a Key Contact. The goal of the ACA Key Contact program is to foster relationships between ACA members and all 535 members of Congress. Occasionally, Key Contacts are called upon to alert their members of Congress to important legislative issues, to attend local fundraising events to deliver contributions made on behalf of the ACA-Political Action Committee (ACA-PAC).

Advocate’s Guide to Legislative Engagement

 

As doctors of chiropractic, you are well versed in advocating for your patients and empowering them to live healthy and happy lives. The same skills used in practice can easily be applied to educating policymakers and the public on the chiropractic profession.

Members of Congress want to hear from constituents about important issues in their districts and states. You are already an expert in your field.

This short guide is intended to assist you in becoming an ACA advocate, a critical partner in advancing the chiropractic profession on behalf of your patients. ACA is here to help you on this journey and is available to answer any questions along the way.