Legislative Action Committee

The Legislative Action committee ensures that UMD graduate students are in the minds of decision-makers on a local, state and federal level and assists in the communication process. The committee monitors legislation to see how it might affect graduate students and lobbies elected officials on behalf of graduate student's interests.

Committee Members (2021-2022)

Autumn Perkey, Chair and Speaker of the Assembly

Saeed Hadadan 

Aaron Roth 

Daniel Smolyak

Robert Dalka 

Gabrielle Wy

Sean Stewart 

Samuel Heller 

Gabriel Vilarrubi

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Annual Events

• Federal Advocacy Training

• Letter Writing Campaigns

• Lobby Day in Annapolis

• Policy-Relevant Research Showcase in Annapolis

• Targeted advocacy around labor rights, research funding, the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, immigration, and more

• Have more ideas?
  Email the chair at perkey@umd.edu

Other Campus Graduate Advocacy Groups

• Fearless Student Employees (FSE)

• Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee (GAAC)

• Graduate Science Policy at UMD (GSP@UMD)

External Representation

• National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS)

• National Science Policy Network (NSPN)

• Student Advocates for Graduate Education (SAGE)

• University System of Maryland Student Council, labor and student fees committees (USMSC)