Past Congressional Visits Days (CVD)

CVD 2025 participants after their day of Hill visits.

Some of the CVD 2026 participants during their day of Hill visits. (From left to right: Dara Norman, Lucas Brown, Brian Clark, Dan Peluso, Dawson Lang, Janet Lee, Kaitlyn Szekerczes, Aislyn Bell.)

CVD 2025 participants after their day of Hill visits.

CVD 2019 participants after their day of Hill visits.

CVD 2018 participants after their day of Hill visits. Left to right: Jacob White, Christopher Richardson, Jessica Rosenberg, Laura Lopez, Laura Penny, Joel Parriott, Monica Bobra, Britt Lundgren, Roohi Dalal, Loren Matilsky, Nathan Miles, Misty Bentz, Ashlee Wilkins, Jeff Bary, Nicholas Gorgone, Wenli Mo, Kendall Hall, Ayanna Jones, and Heather Bloemhard. Not pictured: Bethany Johns, Hua Liu. Photo courtesy Jeff Bary.

CVD 2017 participants after their day of Hill visits. Front row: Gail Zasowski, Nicole Gugliucci, Jesse Rivera, Heather Bloemhard, Jedidah Isler; middle row: Maya Yanez, Karna Desai, James Davenport, Melodie Kao, Vivienne Baldassare, Katie Devine; back row: J. Adam Hughes, Sam Schonfeld, Mitch Ambrose, Ben Elwood, Tom Beatty, Josh Shiode, Joel Parriott, Julie Davis. Courtesy Jesse Rivera.

Every year the AAS brings volunteers to Washington, DC, to advocate for federal support of their science with their members of Congress for a Congressional Visits Day (CVD).

Past CVD Participants' Experience

"Anyone Can Make a Difference," by Samantha Garza
"Proposed Federal Science Cuts Threaten Our Future. We Went to Congress to Fight Back." by Dan Peluso
"The Unknowns of Science (Policy)," by Cecilia Ochoa
"Rocket Science Needs Rocket Fuel: An Early Scientist’s Experience on the Hill," by Eshan Raul
"Space at Stake: Texas Astronomers Take Stand Against Government Cuts," by Avery Abramson
"Empowered by Advocacy: My Experience at the 2025 AAAS CASE Workshop," by Faith Simmons
"Science Takes a Village," by Lindsey Wiser
"Making the Case for the Future of Astronomy," by Yaswant Devarakonda
"If You Wish to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch, You Must First Invent the Universe," by Arpita Roy
"Why the Government Should Fund Gee-Whiz Science" by Monica Bobra, for Scientific American
"An Early-Career Astronomer’s Experience at AAS CVD 2017," by Julie Davis
"An Early Introduction to Advocating for the Astronomical Sciences," by Ashley Tucker
"Why You Should Participate in CVD & Advocate for Astronomy," by Kelly Korreck
"Organizing a Local Visit with My House Representative," by Sara Barber
"Congressional Visits Day from an Undergraduate Perspective," Part 1 and Part 2, by Anna Ho
"Guest Post: My Experience with the Congressional Visits Day," by Ramin Skiba

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Every year the AAS brings volunteers to Washington, DC, to advocate for federal support of their science with their members of Congress for a Congressional Visits Day (CVD).

Past CVD Participants' Experience

Instructions for Volunteers Related to Each Aspect of the Event