{"id":1990,"date":"2022-10-07T11:35:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T15:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?page_id=1990"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:39:25","slug":"policy-seminar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/policy-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"common-interior-banner alignfull  has-background image-as-background coe-block pull_up_next_block\">\r\n\t<!--        \/\/ If we have a background image, echo our background image markup inside the block container.-->\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"image-background center jpeg\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/advocacy_center_policy_seminar_coeps2025_legislative_conference_capitol_hill_talent_search.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/advocacy_center_policy_seminar_coeps2025_legislative_conference_capitol_hill_talent_search.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/advocacy_center_policy_seminar_coeps2025_legislative_conference_capitol_hill_talent_search-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/advocacy_center_policy_seminar_coeps2025_legislative_conference_capitol_hill_talent_search-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/advocacy_center_policy_seminar_coeps2025_legislative_conference_capitol_hill_talent_search-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/advocacy_center_policy_seminar_coeps2025_legislative_conference_capitol_hill_talent_search-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/advocacy_center_policy_seminar_coeps2025_legislative_conference_capitol_hill_talent_search-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/advocacy_center_policy_seminar_coeps2025_legislative_conference_capitol_hill_talent_search-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg patterns-herring-short\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"common-interior-banner__inner container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"common-interior-banner__inner-content\">\r\n                        \t\t\t    <div class=\"breadcrumbs kicker\"><\/div><!-- .breadcrumbs -->\t\t\t    <h1 class=\"common-interior-banner__title\">Policy Seminar<\/h1>\r\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"common-interior-banner__description\"><p>Thank you to the over 1,000 TRIO professionals who joined us for Policy Seminar 2025! Your dedication and advocacy continue to strengthen TRIO programs and open doors for first-generation and low-income students. Mark your calendars! Join us next year from March 8\u201311, 2026, as we gather in Washington, D.C., to continue advocating for TRIO and strengthening our collective voice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row reverse-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"kicker\">JOIN THE FIGHT TO PROTECT TRIO<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"h2\">Your voice matters! Use our quick and easy advocacy tool to email to your Members of Congress.<\/p>\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p>This Congress provides an opportunity to build relationships with Members of Congress. These officials are eager to meet with students, their families, and constituents. COE is challenging the TRIO community to host as many local visits with their Representatives and Senators as possible during the fall and spring recess periods! We ask you to contact both your Senators and your House Representative and urge them to protect TRIO from funding cuts and possibly even increase TRIO funding so that today\u2019s low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities will have access to higher education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/take-action-now\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >Take Action Now<\/a>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/advocacy_take_action_now_TRIO-1024x732.jpg)\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-bottom patterns-dots-wide\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block-d7c03725b6092eea0f74b190b139d342\" class=\"cta-pullout-wrapper cta-pullout alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-pullout-inner wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-text\">For your records, the agendas from Policy Seminar 2025 are available for download.<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Full-Policy-Seminar-2025-Agenda.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button cta-pullout-button\" >DOWNLOAD<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"offset-media-text wow alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container offset-media-text__inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"offset-media-text__image to-square bg-img gradient-fill\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/policy_seminar_2022_senator_tina_smith_minnesota_trio_council_for_opportunity_in_education_advocacy_appropriations-1024x683.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg align-bottom patterns-dots-wide\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pt__post offset-media-text__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"type kicker\">Maura Casey<\/div>\t\t\t<h2>How to Cover the Cost of Policy Seminar<\/h2>\t\t\t<p class=\"post-date\">January 4, 2023<\/p>\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">The meetings on Capitol Hill are crucial for the continued growth and success of TRIO programs. They are among the most rewarding activities of the conference. <\/div>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/how-to-cover-the-cost-of-policy-seminar\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"acf-link button\" >Read More<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"poin-contact__wrapper poin-contact alignfull  has-background gradient-as-background coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"poin-contact__inner container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"poin-contact__inner-headers\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h2 poin-contact__title\"> Get in Touch<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"poin-contact__text\"> <p>Questions? Contact\u00a0<strong>Vice President for Public Policy Diane Shust<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:diane.shust@coenet.org\">diane.shust@coenet.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-columns__content\"><h3>Diane Shust<\/h3>\n<p>Vice President, Public Policy <a href=\"mailto:diane.shust@coenet.org\">diane.shust@coenet.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-columns__content\"><h3>Owen Toomey<\/h3>\n<p>Director, Congressional Affairs <a href=\"mailto:owen.toomey@coenet.org\">owen.toomey@coenet.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"poin-contact__inner-links\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"links__title kicker\">Popular Links<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"links__list\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span><a href = \"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COE_Overview-One-Pager_General_f4.pdf\">About COE<\/a><\/span><span><a href = \"https:\/\/coenet.org\/coe-and-trio-programs\/\">about 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target=\"_self\">Building a Strong Foundation for TRIO in the 119th Congress<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/advocacy_update_news_impact_congress-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/advocacy-update\/congress-averts-shutdown-by-passing-a-continuing-resolution-for-funding-until-december\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Congress Averts Shutdown by Passing a Continuing Resolution for Funding Until December<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Advocacy Update<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/advocacy-update\/congress-averts-shutdown-by-passing-a-continuing-resolution-for-funding-until-december\/\" target=\"_self\">Congress Averts Shutdown by Passing a Continuing Resolution for Funding Until December<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' 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