Creating Change: Lyme Disease Advocacy For Patients

About The Event

The goal of this webinar is to teach patients how to effectively advocate for change on the Federal, State, and local levels of government.

Our presenters will discuss multiple topics including but not limited to:

• ways to engage with political representatives through letter writing, proclamation requests, and more
• how to participate in the upcoming Center for Lyme Action Fly-In
• how to advocate for change hyper-locally, such as planning 5k’s, social media fundraisers

About the Presenters

Ali Moresco is the founder of Moresco Public Relations + Communications. Once focusing on entertainment PR and talent relations, Moresco made a pivot to healthcare PR four years ago when her world was turned upside down by an undiagnosed illness. It took her two years and eight specialists to find a doctor that would eventually crack the case- multiple complex chronic diseases and tick-borne diseases. Fortunately, Moresco pulls her experience living with chronic disease and “professional patient” skills to provide clients with experience-backed communications strategies in building loyal, long-lasting relationships with both media and patient communities.

Olivia Abrams is the CEO and Co-Founder of TiCK MiTT, a non-toxic tick removal product for people and pets. Diagnosed with Lyme disease at 8 years old, Olivia is still discovering how the complexities of the disease relate to her own health. The experience has led her on a mission to reduce cases of tick-borne illnesses by teaching individuals the importance of safe tick protection.

About The Sponsors

Project Lyme

Our mission is to eradicate the epidemic of tick-borne diseases through awareness and education, support of cutting-edge science, and advocacy for solutions to end the suffering. As a national Lyme disease non-profit, we aim to impact patients’ lives through our work.