Policy Seminar

Thank you to the over 1,000 TRIO professionals who joined us for Policy Seminar 2025! Your dedication and advocacy continue to strengthen TRIO programs and open doors for first-generation and low-income students. Mark your calendars! Join us next year from March 8–11, 2026, as we gather in Washington, D.C., to continue advocating for TRIO and strengthening our collective voice.

JOIN THE FIGHT TO PROTECT TRIO

Your voice matters! Use our quick and easy advocacy tool to email to your Members of Congress.

This Congress provides an opportunity to build relationships with Members of Congress. These officials are eager to meet with students, their families, and constituents. COE is challenging the TRIO community to host as many local visits with their Representatives and Senators as possible during the fall and spring recess periods! We ask you to contact both your Senators and your House Representative and urge them to protect TRIO from funding cuts and possibly even increase TRIO funding so that today’s low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities will have access to higher education.

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For your records, the agendas from Policy Seminar 2025 are available for download.
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Questions? Contact Vice President for Public Policy Diane Shust at [email protected].

Diane Shust

Vice President, Public Policy [email protected]

Owen Toomey

Director, Congressional Affairs [email protected]

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