Advocacy feels a bit like slogging the Oregon Trail, tracking slowly across the Great Plains by horse-drawn covered wagon. A good day measures progress in double digit miles. Long, slow haul is an apt description. Ironically, winning the Oregon Trail means you make it to the Willamette River Valley, which is technically where we are. Hrrumph.
This post is a follow-up to last
year’s post on advocacy for Oregon SB611 and HB2749. I hope this serves as
a call to action for Oregonians, but also provides a glimpse into the advocacy
process at the state level for people in other states. I am happy to report that these bills
unanimously passed state legislature last year, but it was clear more work
needed to be done. Oregon SB611 established that schools in Oregon are
permitted (not required) to carry unassigned life-saving epinephrine. The rules
and guidelines surrounding epinephrine and more generally allergy management in
schools were saved for another day for the State Board of Education to decide.
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| Oregon state capitol building - Salem, OR. Blooming cherry trees everywhere! |
Another day
is now.
