Day of Action 2022 - Participant Information

This page is for paid registrants of the 2022 Day of Action who have committed to congressional meetings.

Important dates:

Training session (participation required):

• March 6th, 2022: 11am PT - 2pm PT (2pm ET - 5pm ET) via Zoom
  
• Training session breakout group activities (PDF)
• Training session presentation slideset (PDF)

Special Science Briefing:

• March 8th at 11am PT / 2pm ET
  Featuring Dr. Katie Stack Morgan, Deputy Project Scientist, Mars Perseverance mission.
  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86398036585
  

Meetings:

• March 8th, schedules vary.
• Access your meeting schedule and video conference links at https://ps.constituentvoice.net
  

Closing happy hour:

• March 8th, 4pm PT / 7pm ET
• https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82582551589?pwd=dVRhaTdQVDh2OXM5akJOa0F2ZjBLdz09

Required Prior to the Training Session

• Complete the Space Advocacy 101 online course (or refresh your memory if you've already taken it)
• Review The Planetary Society's Space Policy & Advocacy Principles
• Review The Planetary Society's Recommendations to the Biden Administration
• Read the talking points and key themes
• Fill out the legislator prep worksheet for your two Senators and your House representative
• Training session breakout group activities (PDF)

Optional "Deep Prep" Resources

• Planetary Defense (published Feb 4th)
• Public Polling (published Feb 9th)
• NASA's Planetary Science Division (published Feb 11th)
• Project Artemis and Human Landing System (published Feb 11th)

Technology

It's all online again this year. That means we'll be doing web video conferencing with Zoom and an all-day chat/hangout on Slack for community-building and support.

• Meetings and training will be conducted using Zoom. Links for the training session will be emailed to you prior to training day. Please make sure you have Zoom installed and verify that it is working properly prior to training and your meetings. You may also want to review proper Zoom etiquette.
• Your meeting schedule and related Zoom links are available on our Day of Action web portal. Please use this tutorial for how to access and use your advocacy web portal. Email invitations were sent out on March 2nd.
  
• We will use Slack for text-based communication on our training day and on the Day of Action. You can download it here (it's free) or use it in your web browser. You will need to create an account if you do not already have one. If you are not familiar with Slack, check out this quick introductory video. Invitations to the Slack channel were sent on March 3rd.
  

Download the official Planetary Society Zoom virtual background for use during your meetings on the Day of Action. Need help setting your virtual background? Click here.

Questions?

Please email any questions to [email protected].

Last updated March 5th, 2022.