The Offices of Government and Community Relations at California State University, Fullerton and the Office of Public Affairs at the University of California, Irvine are honored to host the Public Higher Education Legislative Advocacy Professionals conference July 25-27, 2017. 

Each year, this conference brings together talented advocacy professionals to explore best practices in legislative advocacy and share valuable resources with one another.  This year is the 10^th anniversary of the conference and we are excited that this is the first time that two universities have partnered to host the conference.  This unique set-up will provide you the opportunity to visit two different campuses and experience the uniqueness of California’s public higher education. 

The 2017 PHELAP Conference is proudly sponsored by:

The conference will begin on July 25th at 2:00 pm and end on July 27th at 12:00 pm.  Conference sessions will include the following:

• July 25: 
  
  • Social Media as an Advocacy Tool
  • Student Partnerships in Advocacy
  • Facilitating Diverse Viewpoints on College Campuses

• July 26:
  • Measuring Government Relations and Advocacy
  • Lunch and Keynote with Senator Dick Ackerman (ret.), Co-Chair California Coalition for Public Higher Education; Senator Joe Dunn (ret.); and Tom Umberg, State Assemblymember (ret.)
  • Management Strategies
  • Building Institutional Relationships
  • Roundtable Conversations
• July 27:
  • Best Practices in State and Federal Advocacy
  • Best Practice in Town and Gown
  • Debrief/PHELAP 2018 Planning