Advocacy Day 2026 - Save the Date!
NAFSA is pleased to announce a return to a virtual format for its annual Advocacy Day in 2026. The day of virtual congressional meetings will be held on March 18, with a half-day virtual training on March 10.
All are welcome! First-time participants will forge new relationships with their elected officials and staff, while learning how to effectively tell their story and frame the issues—whether communicating with lawmakers or on-campus leaders. Advocacy Day veterans can renew and deepen their existing relationships with congressional offices or get acquainted with new members of their delegation.
Registration will open in November.
Pricing
Members will enjoy a discounted registration of $99 while the cost for nonmembers is $125. Students and retirees may register for $69.
Advocacy Day Program
The format features exclusive pre-recorded, on-demand training and a half-day of live virtual training, networking, and strategizing with NAFSA policy experts and your peers. Then a full day of virtual congressional meetings will be held will about a week later.
- Virtual Orientation -- March 10, 2025, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
- Washington insider: the "State of Play"
- Briefing on issues and requests of Congress
- Tips for successful congressional meetings
- Congressional meeting practice sessions with peers
- Networking mixer
- Virtual Congressional Meetings -- March 18, 2025, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET
- Morning kick-off / group pep rally
- Congressional meetings (TBD; between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.)
- Virtual group debrief and planning for year-round advocacy (optional)