Take Action Now!
Updated April 1, 2025
Attending ANCE and have questions about public policy?
MAND’s Public Policy Panel will have a booth in the expo section. Please stop by to meet the team and ask any questions you have about MAND’s public policy activities, telehealth MNT and dietetic licensure bills filed this legislative session, taking action alerts or getting more involved with public policy. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Academy Action Alert – Contact your members of Congress
The Academy has important new action alerts. Please take action now to urge Congress to:
- Protect Medicare patient access to MNT
- Avoid the impact of a government shutdown, extend critical waivers and protect nutrition programs
- Support nutrition research and protect public health
- Oppose changes to SNAP and School Lunch Program
To take action, log into your Academy account and visit the Action Center at https://www.eatrightpro.org/advocacy/take-action/action-alerts
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 meetings and join the COI for each affinity group: https://www.eatrightpro.org/advocacy/take-action/grassroots-resources/join-the-academy-affinity-groups
MNT Expansion - First Tuesday of every month from 3:30-4:30 pm ET
Nutrition Security - First Wednesday of every month from 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Licensure Initiatives – Second Tuesday of every month from 3:00-4:00 pm ET
Payment and Reimbursement - Fourth Tuesday of every month from 2:00-3:00 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.
