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Policy Committee Meeting

Meetings held every 2nd Wednesday from 3-4 pm via Zoom. Please contact Policy Committee Co-Chair McKenzie Cowlbeck for information.

Committee members include:

Any OPHA members interested in public health policy that positively impacts the health and safety of Oklahomans and advancing those concerns within our own association, communities and with legislative bodies and policy makers at all levels.

Committee Objectives include:

Assist in shaping OPHA’s public policy agenda by helping to identify and prioritize relevant public health issues.
Make recommendations on legislative priorities to the OPHA Board.
Work with OPHA to build strategic relationships with public officials, nonprofit colleagues and other sectors.
Gather information relevant to the development and promotion of Public Policies, such as public opinion and stakeholder surveys, demographic trends, political and economic environment.
Assist in building grassroots support for positions.
Scan the environment for advocacy in order to identify factors conducive to, and factors inhibiting, achievement of the expected advocacy outcomes.
Identify different targets for advocacy initiatives.
Develop strategies and operational plans for implementing advocacy.