Day of Action 2024 - Participant Information

Information on this page is intended for paid registrants of the 2024 Day of Action in Washington, D.C.

Thank you for signing up for the Day of Action! This page provides important information and relevant materials so participants can better prepare for their meetings.

Schedule:

• Sunday, April 28th:
  • 1pm - 5pm: In-person training at JHU's Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
  • 5:15pm: Group photo on roof
  • 6pm - 8pm: Member meetup at Penn Quarter Sports Tavern - Back Patio, 639 Indiana Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

• Monday, April 29th:
  • 8am - 9am: Exclusive live taping of Planetary Radio at NASA Headquarters' James Webb Auditorium
  • 9am: Group photo outside NASA HQ and walk over to Capitol Hill
  • 10am - 5pm: Congressional meetings, schedules vary
  • 5:30pm - 8pm: Post-event meetup at Union Pub, 201 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, D.C.

Required Prep for the Training Session on April 28th:

• Complete the Space Advocacy 101 online course (or revisit Lessons 6 & 7 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
• Review our statements on NASA's FY 2024 final congressional budget and the 2025 proposed budget
• Review our general talking points
• Review our congressional meeting leave-behind and the supplemental flagship missions leave-behind
• Fill out the legislator prep worksheet for your two Senators and your House representative

Optional Background Resources:

• How to use the AdvocacyDay App (and access your schedule, file meeting reports, etc)

Deep prep resources provide additional detail that some participants may find helpful and illuminating. These are optional but recommended for those who want to dive more deeply into our core issues for the 2024 Day of Action:

• Deep Prep: public polling for NASA and the space agency's economic impact
• Deep Prep: NASA's Science Mission Directorate
• Deep Prep: Artemis

• NASA's FY 2025 Budget Tracking Page
  
• Analysis: NASA's FY 2025 budget request is not enough

Questions?

Please email any questions to [email protected].