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American Public Health Association Advocacy Bootcamp

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American Public Health Association Advocacy Bootcamp During the summer of 2019, three Master of Public Health Students from Hofstra University had the opportunity to travel to the nation's capital to attend an advocacy bootcamp hosted by the American Public Health Association (APHA) where they trained in all things advocacy. Before they embarked on their advocacy journey as future public health practitioners, they had a briefing session with Senator Hanon, Dean Holly, and MPH faculty. This session addressed various advocacy barriers and how to navigate the tough terrain of health care advocacy. While each year the bootcamp has a different emphasis, this year focused on climate change, and they took away from the experience that climate change is a threat to public health. The students were able to learn how climate change is a community health crisis and how it affects them in their own communities.  These Hofstra students were immersed with students from all