The Society for Public Health Education’s annual Advocacy Summit is scheduled for October 21- 23 in Washington, DC.

• SOPHE’s 21st Century Student Scholarship is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate level students to attend the SOPHE Advocacy Summit.  Application deadline is May 31st.
• Call for Abstracts – Submit an abstract before June 2

You are invited to submit a proposal for an oral presentation or skill-building workshop at SOPHE’s 19th Annual Advocacy Summit, October 21 – 23.

At this year’s summit we will explore the role of health education advocates and how one may be best prepared to navigate changes to the political climate of our nation. Abstracts are encouraged to address topics such as the essentials of effective activism; methods of teaching and describing skills that advocates need to transcend an advocacy topic area; and teaching advocacy in today’s system of higher education.

SOPHE is seeking abstracts in three main subthemes:

• Activism: This subtheme explores causes and topics that public health professionals can use their advocacy skills to influence or bring about political or social change for the future.
• Advocacy Skill-Building: This subtheme focuses on the hard skills that today’s advocates must know in order to create and sustain an advocacy campaign.
• Incorporating Advocacy in the Classroom: This subtheme targets faculty members (and future faculty members) who are interested in new and interesting ways to teach advocacy to their students.

Plan now to be a part of this opportunity to engage in effective advocacy for a common health education agenda at the national, state and local levels.

Find additional abstract submission information/instructions.

Submission Deadline: Friday, June 2 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.