Blog Posts in Advocacy

In honor of National Native American Heritage Month in November, the NATA Now blog is highlighting some of NATA’s Native/Indigenous American members and their impact on the athletic training profession . The melding of medicine and sports became a...

The NATA Political Action Committee (NATAPAC) would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2023 NATAPAC Sweepstakes Sept. 11-30. Through your contributions, $10,140 was raised for NATAPAC. The winners of the 2023 sweepstakes are: Roger...

LaTonja Lee, MS, ATC, PES, has a deep passion for exposing more girls to the athletic training profession. In 2019, Lee brought a program call Women in Athletic Training to the Girl Scouts of Nassau County (New York) (see p. 30 of the November 2019...

From now through Sept. 30, NATA members have the opportunity to support the NATA Political Action Committee and potentially win one of three prizes through the NATAPAC Sweepstakes. Introduced in 2021, the NATAPAC Sweepstakes has become an annual...

To commemorate Pride Month , throughout June the NATA Now blog is highlighting members of the NATA LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee and their impact on the profession. For Sean Rogers, DAT, LAT, ATC, the practice model under which athletic trainers operate...

After a three-year hiatus, the NATAPAC Breakfast returned June 23 with about 200 attendees during the 74th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Indianapolis. The NATAPAC Breakfast is the premier event and fundraiser at convention for the NATA...

Held in-person for the first time since 2019, the State Leadership Forum welcomed leaders from around the country June 21, in the JW Marriott, for part two of this year’s hybrid event. Kicking off the forum was an awards presentation recognizing the...

Two new advocacy opportunities await at the 74th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo – NATAPACk Your Bags and Rounding Third, both taking place June 22-24 in the Connect area in Hall I of the Indianapolis Convention Center. Hosted by the NATAPAC...