Meet Jonathan, Children’s Congress 2013 (CC13) Chair-Kid!

Jonathan’s
not only the Chair-Kid for CC13 but he’s also
been keeping busy advocating for type 1 diabetes in all sorts of ways. With the
support of his mom, Angie, the Chair of CC13,
and dad, Jon, Jonathan has been an amazing leader in the T1 community! Check
out the links below to find out more about what’s been keeping Jonathan busy as
a T1D advocate, and then apply to CC13!

• Delegate profile video
  for Children’s Congress 2011.
• Testified at a Senate
  hearing on diabetes during CC11.
• Along with his mom, dad, and other JDRF
  Advocacy volunteers, Jonathan shared why he’s involved in advocacy efforts, watch the
  new Advocacy video they created!
• Meet with his member of Congress to talk
  about advancing artificial pancreas research and funding T1D research. See the picture below, JDRF Advocates pose with Representative Henry Waxman (CA-30) for Promise Campaign meeting.

You can join
Jonathan as a T1D advocate, fill out a CC13 application
for a chance to be selected to come to Washington, D.C. in July 2013. If you
have a comment or question for Jonathan, leave it below and I’ll pass it along
to him.

Stay tuned, we’ll
feature more about CC in the coming weeks…
for instance; find out more about Jonathan’s mom, Angie, as the CC13 Chair!

Delegate profile video
for Children’s Congress 2011.
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9MKwIZQrzY]

Testified at a Senate
hearing on diabetes during CC11.

Along with his mom, dad, and other JDRF
Advocacy volunteers, Jonathan shared why he’s involved in advocacy efforts, watch the
new Advocacy video they created below!
[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MbpXnKNQk0]

Meet with his member of Congress to talk
about advancing artificial pancreas research and funding T1D research, see the picture below. Or check
out the full meeting summary with Representative Henry Waxman (CA-30) on the Promise Campaign site.

Hasan Shah
JDRF Advocacy
CC13 Support Staff