There are many ways you can speak out and let your voice be heard. Here are just a few ideas:

• Would you like to lobby congress on behalf of pd issues?? Join the Parkinson's Action Network
• Have you participated in clinical trials and would like learn more & help others? Look into Parkinson Disease Foundation's Clinical Research Learning Institute (CLRI)
• Would you like to mentor the newly diagnosed? Contact your local parkinson's org
• Do you have many contacts in your community? maybe you could hold fundraising event(s) for one of the pd orgs
• Are you a good writer? You can write letters to the editor or op eds about issues important to pwp
• You can contact your local media about pd issues
• Join a support group ... start a support group
• Join a clinical trial
• Start a blog... join social networking groups ... start a website ... talk about PD to everyone you meet

It's all good & the possibilities are endless!