Growth

 
 

Educate.

•Aggregate and update educational materials and resources (Ppts, handouts, talking points, etc) in easy to find and access location (e.g. website, Google Group, or Google Doc).

•Take the lead on organizing local campus education and training initiatives such as a Fall speakers series, speakers’ panels, debates, speakers training, premed conference tabling, activities fair tabling, etc. 

•Actively seek out other health professional and pre-health organizations (RN, NP, MD, OT, PT, Pharm, MPH, MPP, Law, AMSA, Greek, etc.); help them get educated by getting them education materials and setting up speakers for their group.

•Coordinate local training sessions to get members comfortable as speakers, and educating others.  Help them set up talks with local campus and community groups.

•Coordinate with Statewide team for joint events such as regional conferences, and training.


Advocate.

•Support Education and Training Coordinator in keeping up-to-date resources for legislative and media/press teams.

•Take the lead in scheduling and coordinating at least bi-annual visits of local members to local federal and state district offices (DOs).  Work with Statewide team to prep your local team.

•Strongly support and encourage local campus legislation and media initiatives by organizing a monthly legislation or media event.  For example, local legislative training, local legislative visit, gathering of local organizational single payer endorsements, letter's to the editor, op-eds, public or campus press/radio interviews.

•Coordinate with Statewide team for joint events such as Lobby Day.


Grow.

•Organize fun social events! And actively recruit!

•Collaborate with Education and Training Coordinator to recruit at all educational events.  Recruit students to become members, and to participate in events.

•Coordinate tabling at Student Group Fairs, and at health related events.  Help prepare recruitment material. 

•Actively seek out other health professional and pre-health students; recruit them! (RN, NP, MD, OT, PT, Pharm, MPH, MPP, DO, Dentists, Law, AMSA, Greek, etc.)

•Maintain up-to-date membership contact info and submit to Statewide list-serve.

•Coordinate with Statewide team to recruit locally for joint events.

•Coordinate fundraising events to meet chapter goals (Make these fun!).

•Take the lead in organizing grant submissions and any fundraising drives.

•Actively seek out and reach out to potential donors.

•Support Presidents in keeping up-to-date meeting notes, conference call notes, and 'To-Do' list.  Whenever possible help them get these posted same day and via Google Doc or a similar tool.

•Keep up-to-date records of chapter finances available for review by members upon request.

 

Build a Chapter!

Starting a CaHPSA chapter is easy!

1) Contact our chapter development officers, let them know you are starting a chapter & they will guide you

               Northern California Officer, Shruthi Bhuma

               Southern California Officer, Priya Bhat

2) Find out your school’s guidelines are for starting a new campus club

  1. 3)Check out our chapter start-up kit

  2. 4)Schedule a speaker for your general meeting!


Read on for some ideas about what you should focus your new CaHPSA club’s energy below

Current   Chapters

UC Berkeley (UCB)

CSU Chico (CSUC)

csu Long Beach (CSULB)

CSU Northridge (CSUN)

Samuel Merritt University

uc san francisco (UCSF)

UC Los Angeles (UCLA)

UC Irvine (UCI)

UC San diego (UCSD)

click each for More information!


Chapters            coming soon!

UC Santa Cruz (UCSC)

University of Southern California (USC)

UC Santa Barbara (UCSB)

In addition, we work closely with several affiliate organizations we have several amsa chapters that act as cahpsa chapters

AMSA - Sac State

amsa - UC davis

student advocates for health policy -usc

C.A.Re Project - UC Santa Cruz