Be on alert to contact your Washington legislators. Want to be a member that can be alerted and could take 2 minutes to call when an important action needs to be taken? Email Executive Director, Meredith Kennedy, at mkennedy@aapca3.org to be added to the Advocacy Alert Contact
Join our bimonthly Chapter Advisory Committee meetings. This is a great, informal way to hear from chapter members involved in our ID and school health committees; find out about federal and state legislation that impacts children and pediatricians; hear from our child psychiatry and county health officer colleagues; find out about programs sponsored by our chapter like Reach Out and Read; and meet other San Diego pediatricians. Our next meeting is on Thursday, December 13th at 6:30pm at the AAP-CA3 office in Mission Valley.
Join our Early Career Physicians (ECP) group (any age welcome) as they participate in a variety of community service events. Contact Maya Kumar, MD, AAP-CA3’s Chapter ECP representative @ m8kumar@ucsd.edu.
Join our Infectious Disease committee to hear the experts from AAP-CA3, the community and Rady Children’s discuss ID topics of interest to general pediatricians. Our next meeting is on Monday, January 28th at 6:30 at the AAP-CA3 offices. Email Chapter Executive Director, Meredith Kennedy, at mkennedy@aapca3.org for more information.
Join Resistbot. Write Congress in under 2 minutes by texting “RESIST” to 50409 or message Resistbot on Facebook. It’ll find out who represents you in Congress, & deliver your message to them in less than 2 minutes. No downloads or apps required. Visit https://resistbot.io/ for more information.
Share messages on Twitter and Facebook found in the #VoteKids Toolkit.
Update your social media profile picture now through November 6th to show others that you #VoteKids.
Visit our Twibbon page for profile picture frames and Facebook cover photos.
Take AAP Charlie with you as you advocate for #VoteKids. Click here to download an AAP Charlie sign. Don’t forget to show us where he’s been! Post pictures to social media using #VoteKids.
Check out our programs on the chapter website at: aapca3.org.
Join the chapter! First year for new members is free; annual dues are $160. Our biweekly newsletter, Coastal Currents, is sent electronically to all chapter members.
Attend our annual chapter family picnic in Fall 2019 at Petco Park, stay tuned for more information.
If you are interested in CA state legislation, follow the AAP-CA list of bills at: http://aap-ca.org/bill
Join us for a legislative day in Sacramento or the AAP Legislative Day in Washington.
AAP-CA3 Legislative Day (all 4 CA AAP Chapters) in Sacramento. Date for spring 2019 available soon.
If you’re a member of the San Diego County Medical Society, join the CMA Legislative Day in Sacramento in April 2019- http://www.cmanet.org for information.
National AAP Legislative Conference, April 2019 in Washington DC. #LegCon
Great! The chapter exists to serve its members – we would love to support your efforts. Email Chapter Executive Director, Meredith Kennedy, MPH, at mkennedy@aapca3.org and she can point you in the right direction.
Consider applying for a CATCH grant. CATCH grants are local community projects supported by the national AAP. For more information, contact our chapter CATCH facilitators, Lase Ajayi, MD at laseajayi@gmail.com or Emily Fletcher, MD at fletcher@gmail.com.
