On January 30th and 31st, almost 70 students from Lander, Laramie and Cheyenne came to the capital city and participated in a 2 hour citizen lobbyist training put on by Wyoming Equality The next morning we were greeted at the Wyoming Supreme Court by Justice Fox, who lead a conversation about the Judicial Branch and civic engagement.From there the students, their teachers, the WE social work interns and a handful of volunteers spent the morning at the legislature, lobbying their legislators on HB 135, HB 244, SF 153 and other bills they felt strongly about. The day ended with a lunch with some legislators and a meeting with the governor, Matt Mead, the State Superintendent of Education, Jillian Balow and State Auditor, Cynthia McCloud. Our panel will discuss the positive and negative revelations we had engaging the potical process in the Equality State.
