Empowering Members to be Virginia's Food and Nutrition Leaders
VAND Needs Your Voice-
A Message from VAND's President
Exercising your voice is one of the most impactful rights that we hold as citizens and professionals! Involvement in Public Policy issues at the state and federal level is critical to establish fair and just policies that have the greatest impacts on the health and wellbeing of the patients, clients, students, and neighbors that we serve! Becoming an advocate is just as easy as clicking the button below to participate in the Academy’s action alerts which send a message directly to your legislators! Interested in doing more, locally? Check out our annual state advocacy day, where VAND brings its collective voice to Richmond!
Make an Impact - Act Today!
Getting involved in public policy is a rewarding experience, and you will have the opportunity to make an impact on nutrition-related policies that affect RDNs, NDTRs and the patients and clients we serve. Some easy ways to get involved are to participate in action alerts, meet with your legislators, and be on the lookout for additional public policy opportunities and events with VAND.
Action alerts allow us to bring the Academy’s policy issues to the attention of members of Congress and help to raise awareness and add legitimacy to a particular priority issue – in less than a minute! Access the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics EatRightPRO Advocacy Action Center and take action today! There’s no limit on how many times you can take action, so put it on your daily to-do list and make your voice heard! Remember: Action Alerts can be sent multiple times! Legislators will remember you if they have received multiple emails on the same topic. Every letter sent through an Action Alert makes an impact! Action Alerts can be edited to personalize them. Just type your changes in the message body text box when reviewing your message and then click on “Send Message”. You will need to enter your email and mailing address to find your legislators. Share action alerts with your RD/RDN/NDTR colleagues and friends via email and/or social media.
It is important for an advocate to know who their state representatives are because these officials have the power to create, modify, and vote on legislation that directly impacts local communities and issues. By knowing who state representatives are, advocates can target their efforts more effectively, build meaningful relationships, and increase the likelihood of achieving policy changes that align with their causes.
This is the official site of the Governor of Virginia, including bios for Governor Glenn Youngkin. Subscribe to email updates, make citizen requests, and/or contact the Governor and his staff.
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2025 VAND Legislative Day
A heartfelt thank you to all of the RDNs, NDTR's and students who attended our Legislative Day on January 29th. Your presence made it a huge success, and we truly appreciate you taking time out of your busy lives to travel to Richmond and engage in the civic process.
If you couldn’t attend this year, we hope you will consider joining us in 2026. More details to follow.
