Eyes on Capitol Hill Participants Get to Know Each Other and Review Advocacy Goals on Day One

Prevent Blindness America's Eyes on Capitol Hill advocacy event in Washington, D.C., kicked off in earnest on Tuesday, March 3, with a day long advocacy training session. Prevent Blindness America President and CEO Hugh R. Parry began the morning breakfast session with a welcome and introduction. Morning speakers included David Eveleth, Vice President, Disease Area Lead, Ophthalmology with Pfizer Global Research & Development. David spoke about the intersection of patient advocacy and the development of new medication and how advocacy work can have an important impact on treatment.

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Al Schubert, Vice President, Managed Care and Health Policy for VSP Vision Care followed with a discussion of the challenges faced in providing professional eye care for all Americans and the role of vision plans in making eye health a priority.

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Staff from Drinker, Bidddle & Reath led the afternoon advocacy training sessions to discuss the three primary "asks" for the Eyes on Capitol Hill event and how best to present them to senators and representatives during hill visits.

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(Joanne T. Leon, Alabama, asks how to approach her Senators about joining the Congressional Vision Caucus)