Dear John,

Between a global pandemic and quarantine, a devastating winter storm, and as intense a partisan divide as many capitol onlookers have ever seen, it’s been a session for the history books. Our system works best when people are activated and engaged - this session it was difficult to do either.

Advocacy looked a lot different this year. We hosted a series of online advocacy training sessions to help community members engage on the topics that concerned them the most. We helped advocates connect with their policymakers virtually. There were a lot of great conversations and powerful testimony over Zoom -- and as vaccination rates increased, in person advocacy and testimony kicked back into gear. While we had some victories, our top policy priorities didn’t gain traction this year. (Stay tuned post session for a complete recap of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.)

With that in mind, legislative strategy is a long game, and we’re here for it. As soon as one Session ends, we’re at work preparing for the next one. And we can promise you that we’ll keep working on our issues until we get the job done.