The Advocacy Committee mission is to understand and advocate state level legislature affecting women engineers and STEM Students.
Understand
- Baseline Illinois Senate and Congress Position
- Review Illinois Legislation being proposed or voted on
Act
- Create talking points for targeting Illinois communications – either virtual or in person
- Similar to SWE Congressional virtual visits
- Reach out to local representatives and other interested parties
Communicate
- Set up regular cadence for communication to SWE-CI
- Deep dive on a specific topic
Candidate Forums are a great way to ask questions of potential leaders of Illinois