Advocacy Day Event Details 

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 

Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm 

Location: 500 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814 

Cost: $45.00 (Includes training, scheduled visits, lunch, and photo at the Capitol).  Attendees will be responsible for arranging and covering their own transportation, hotel accommodations and meals (other than day of lunch).  Request for refunds must be made in writing and received by CAMFT by December 5^th, 2024.  The administrative fee for cancelation shall be $25. 

Earn Continuing Education Credits: We will provide webinar training to ensure members are confident when meeting with the attending legislators and their staff. We will review the legislative process, how to effectively communicate with lawmakers, and day of logistics. The webinar will take place on December 12, 2024, at 12:00PM.  The webinar is not mandatory but is encouraged.  Please follow this link for registration.  

Meeting with Legislators: The goal is to meet with at least one of your elected officials. Please note that sometimes last-minute schedule changes by the legislator’s offices can result in seeing regional leaders in lieu of your specific elected officials.   

General Logistics: The event will take place in Sacramento, CA at the Capital. The dress code is business/business casual. Comfortable shoes are always recommended as there will be a decent amount of walking.   

 Please Note: There will be no space to store luggage during Advocacy Day. If you are checking out of your hotel on the day of the event, we recommend leaving your luggage with the hotel’s bag check service before heading over to our meetings. Thank you for your understanding.

What to Bring/What Not to Bring

• Electronic Devices: Phones, cameras, and video recorders are allowed in the Capitol, with some restrictions. Inside the museum rooms on the first floor, no flash photography is allowed.
• Food and Beverages: Outside food and beverages are allowed; however some areas may be off limits.
• Items Not Allowed: Guns, toy guns, ammunition, fireworks, knives, mace/pepper spray, razors and box cutters, and pointed object (this does not include pens/pencils) or anything that can be considered a weapon. Bags will not be permitted if they exceed the length of 14 inches wide x 13 inches high x 4 inches deep.

Special Needs: Facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. If you have a special need and plan to attend the event, please contact Valene O’Donnell at Vodonnell@camft.org. CAMFT will attempt to fulfill any special needs requests, if received at least 2 weeks prior to the event start date. 

Consent to Use of Photographic and Video Images: CAMFT and its affiliates may be photographing, videotaping, audiotaping or webcasting CAMFT meetings, activities, and CAMFT-sponsored events. Registration, attendance at, and/or participation at any of these events constitute an agreement by the registrant or attendee to these activities and to the use and distribution of the registrant’s or attendee’s image, likeness, or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions, and audiotapes.