Advocacy Opportunities

First Tuesdays at the Capitol
Each legislative year, members of the Family of Medicine are empowered and take action as political advocates through First Tuesdays at the Capitol. On designated days during the legislative session, more than 1,000 physicians, alliance members, and medical students converge on the Capitol to meet with their legislators regarding important health issues. This award-winning grassroots lobbying program was started by the TMA Alliance in 2003.

TMA Moment in Time: First Tuesdays at the Capitol
House Recognizes TMA Alliance on First Tuesdays’ 20th Anniversary

Celebrate 20+ years of First Tuesdays with a commemorative scarf or necktie. The scarves/ties make great door prizes or gifts. Local alliances can place a bulk order to be shipped, and the scarves/ties will be available for purchase at TMAA events and TMA conferences. Cost is $20 each.

Party of Medicine
Local alliances and individual members host Party of Medicine events in their local communities. This peer-to-peer education and recruiting tool brings together members of the Family of Medicine in a relaxed, social setting to explain the importance of supporting the practice of medicine through advocacy.

A Party for Medicine: Alliance Advocacy Events Increase TEXPAC Visibility (texmed.org)

TEXPAC
TMA Alliance members align with physicians as members of TEXPAC, TMA’s political action committee, to protect Texas patients through political education and activism. TEXPAC’s June Bratcher Award for Political Action recognizes the outstanding efforts of a physician’s spouse on behalf of the Texas Medical Association. The award is named in honor of Ms. Bratcher, a longtime TEXPAC alliance leader and political trailblazer. See past honorees and a history of the award.

Alliance Representatives to TEXPAC Board of Directors