Project Sleep is passionate about educating decision-makers and advancing progress through public policy and advocacy efforts. By elevating the voices of individuals facing sleep-related issues and leveraging policy expertise, we are helping to improve outcomes for people across America.
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The sleep community has made advancements, but we need your help! Your experience plays a powerful role in helping decision-makers understand the real-life ramifications of sleep conditions and sleep loss across America. Sign up for our e-updates to take action.
Each year, Project Sleep advocates for an official Congressional Sign On Letter that is sent to the Appropriations Committee asking them to prioritize support for sleep and sleep disorders public health, awareness, and research. Through activating our community to ask their U.S. House Representatives to “sign on” to this letter, we effectively communicate the need for this support to Capitol Hill.
This yearly letter creates momentum that is critical to advance sleep health, sleep equity, and sleep disorders at a national level.
Started in 2023, the Sleep Advocacy Champion award annually recognizes an individual who has worked to elevate the voice of sleep through federal and grassroots advocacy and public discourse. Each year, the award recipient is recognized for outstanding and significant contributions advancing the policy goals of Project Sleep and the broader sleep community.
Sleep Advocacy Champions are trailblazers and community leaders who lead by example and embody Project Sleep’s commitment to making progress for sleep health, sleep equity, and sleep disorders.
Project Sleep was thrilled to present the inaugural Sleep Advocacy Champion award to Matthew Horsnell, a Project Sleep Rising Voices speaker, Wake Up Narcolepsy small groups facilitator, and incredibly dedicated sleep advocate. Learn more about the inaugural award in the 2023 Sleep Advocacy Forum blog post.
Get the facts on sleep loss, sleep equity, sleep disorders, and sleep and mental health! Medical professionals are, on average, receiving less than two hours of education on sleep health and sleep disorders during their entire medical education.
Help raise awareness and spread the facts about sleep with this free, downloadable flyer!
