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Re: Team Rush National Advocacy Conference
The NAC was a great experience for our team, students, mentors, and teachers. We had been looking for a good introduction into getting more involved in FIRST Advocacy in our government, and the NAC was a great starting point. The training we received the first couple of days prepared us well to talk to our representatives. The students really learned a lot about what is currently going on in the government as it relates to STEM. They used that information to put together a great presentation for their representatives. As a result of our trip Congresswoman Louise Slaughter decided to support the STEM Gateways Act written by Senator Gillibrand, Congressman Kennedy.
Our team really enjoyed interfacing with all the teams at the conference and making new friends in FIRST.
I would highly recommend this conference to teams that are looking at getting involved in FIRST Advocacy and want some help taking that first step.
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Larry Lewis
FIRST Team 1511 - Rolling Thunder
Team Leader
2013 - Present: Systems Engineer - Viewpoint Systems
2004 - 2013: Lead Test Engineer - Harris RF Communications
www.penfieldrobotics.com
Certified LabVIEW Architect
"I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work" ~Thomas Alva Edison
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