Advocacy and Collaboration

Advocacy Opportunities for the CFP Fellowship at BMC

Annual Regional Leadership Conference

• Meeting of local fellowship programs
• Media training
• Opportunities for written advocacy 

Physicians for Reproductive Health Leadership Training Academy                                                             

• Apply in your first year to participate in the second year (must be accepted! This isn’t a guarantee)
• Two week-long trainings
  • Media training
  • Leadership training and professional development
  • Lobby day in DC with national lawmakers
• Monthly webinars
• Support for advocacy opportunities in media and print 
• Membership to a national network of abortion advocates across disciplines

Work with local advocacy groups

• Reproductive Equity Now- MA
  • In person advocacy events
  • Written media opportunities 
• PPLM Advocacy arm

Sexual Health Lobby Day at MA state House

• Annual lobby day at Boston’s Capitol Hill

ACOG- MA Advocacy Day

• MA ACOG section holds a lobby day for women’s health at Boston’s Capitol Hill

Advocacy Committee @ BMC OBGYN

• Summer series Grand Rounds every other week during July and August
• Learn about ways to advocate for patients on local, state, and national levels
• Forthcoming Advocacy Curriculum for Residents with adaptation for Fellows

Health Equity Committee @BMC OBGYN

• Group applying equity lens to dept events (including hiring, research, patient care, quality improvement, etc)