Upcoming Town Hall Meeting! - May 20th, 2007

Sunday May 20, 2007 @ Touro College in Manhattan, 27 West 23 St. off 6th Ave. 6th floor, 4:30 PM

Dear AOM Colleagues:

In February 2007 The NYS Acupuncture Coalition sponsored a Town Hall meeting at Touro College to put forward to the professional community a legislative proposal that seeks to protect the use of herbal medicine within the acupuncture license. The proposal met with tremendous support from the community. This includes seasoned practitioners, new graduates, students, Chinese herb growers and suppliers, AOM professional organizations and schools.

There followed from the meeting continued outreach and communication efforts. To this end a question and answer session was held at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in March, which was well attended. A meeting in Long Island is in the planning stages and a follow up meeting in Manhattan will be held on May 20th. The Steering Committee has continued to hold weekly conference calls and to respond to issues as they arise.

Legislative initiatives require patience, tenaciousness and a commitment to keep the focus on the proposed goal. This requires a commitment over the long term and to see the Bill go through it’s many stages, over multiple legislative seasons. The initiative is still active alive and kicking. IT NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT.

If you wish to see this goal achieved attend the meeting, bring a colleague and if you can not make the meeting: make a financial contribution to pay our lobbyist. If the profession wishes to achieve the benefit of legal acknowledgment of it’s herbal work, financial support is a requirement. You can do this at the meeting or on the web site @ www.nysacupuncture.org.

Please join members of the New York Acupuncture/ Oriental medicine community and the Coalition Steering Committee

Sunday May 20, 2007 @ Touro College in Manhattan, 27 West 23 St. off 6th Ave. 6th floor, 4:30 PM

This is a follow up meeting to continue to chart the course for the achievement of legal, inclusive and protected use of herbal medicine for the licensed acupuncturist in New York State.