2026 Advocacy Day Schedule | Audubon

Advocacy Day is simply across the nook! On June 3, Audubon members will flock to Raleigh to fulfill with lawmakers and advocate for conservation funding.

Registration has ended. Contact Group Constructing Director Dana Sargent at dana.sargent@audubon.org to see if late registration is an possibility in your space. 

Right here is the schedule for the day in Raleigh: 

Advocacy Day Schedule, June 3

• 8-8:30 a.m. Espresso/socializing on the Discover on 4 Classroom on the 4th flooring of the NEC constructing on the NC Museum of Pure Sciences (11 W Jones St, Raleigh), immediately throughout the road from the legislative constructing. (Instructions and parking data: https://naturalsciences.org/visit/directions-parking)
• ​8:30 a.m. Coverage briefing/pep discuss within the Discover on 4 Classroom on the 4th flooring of the NEC constructing 
• 9:15 a.m. Depart for lawmaker conferences within the Legislative Constructing and Legislative Workplace Constructing 
• Midday-1:30: Boxed lunches will probably be out there within the Discover on 4 Classroom (vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free choices). People who wish to eat outdoor can carry their boxed lunch out to the mall in entrance of the museum. 
• 4 p.m. Celebratory drinks at The Raleigh Times, a 7-minute walk from the museum.

We’ll be advocating for 4 particular precedence points in our lawmaker conferences, nevertheless it’s additionally essential that you simply make a real connection along with your lawmaker. You possibly can inform a private story about birds or join on one of many issues you have got in widespread (perhaps a e-book or photograph of their workplace will reveal shared curiosity or hobbies, children across the similar age, and so on). 

It is okay if you do not know the reply to a lawmaker’s query. They don’t count on you to be consultants. Simply make an observation of their query and allow them to know Audubon employees will observe up, then be certain you embrace it in your assembly notes abstract. 

As for gown code, no have to put on a jacket and tie to those conferences; enterprise informal is nice. 

Put on snug footwear – you’ll possible be strolling forwards and backwards between the legislative workplace buildings and the NEC constructing. Count on LOTS of strolling.