<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2021/we-embody-dc.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>11/17/2021</pubDate><title>Student Advocates Meet with Lawmakers in Washington, D.C.</title><description>As part of the University’s Health Equity and Advocacy Fellowship, nearly a dozen students traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with Connecticut lawmakers to push for proposed legislation that, they hope, will have a meaningful impact on public health.</description><hide-description/><author>Jillian Freeto ’25, Peri Alexander ’23, Khyati Anil Rustagi ’23 MPH, Selena Chom ’21, ’23 MPH, Bryan Cadavos ’23, Ciara Wildes ’24, Lisa Do ’23</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>November 17, 2021</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2021/weembody-banner.jpg" alt="Group shot of students who traveled to washington D.C."/></image><image-caption>Students recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with Connecticut lawmakers.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2021</tag></tags></item>