Grassroots

A group of dentists form a Dental Action Team for that legislator and each team plans regular meetings and contacts.  Members of the DentPAC Board of Directors from your area are available to provide coaching and support to grassroots dentists (Click here to find a member of the DentPAC Board from your area.).

As required, gressroots dentists make contact with legislators at critical times during the legislative process to inform them about WSDA’s positions on bills and how legislation impacts a dentist’s practice. 

Grassroots dentists will become more influential with their legislators by following a path of personal involvement. Typical activities that get them to a position of greatest influence include:

• Writing a personal letter to or calling a legislator about a bill during the annual session
• Contacting legislators through VoterVOICE, WSDA's Web-based communication program
• Visiting your district's senator and representatives in Olympia during WSDA’s Dental Action Day
• Conducting a dental office tour for a legislator
• Volunteering in a legislator's election campaign
• Volunteering to present a campaign contribution from DentPAC. 
• Contributing to a legislator's campaign
• Becoming a "friend" of a legislator by hosting a fund-raising event

Start on the path of effective dental lobbying as a grassroots dentist. Contact Zachary Snyder