The Grassroots and Communications Project Manager – APHA will work on two key efforts involving advocacy and working with partners at the community level.  The individual will help to lead APHA’s work with a collaborative effort to prevent challenges to public health authority at the state level.  Additionally, the position will be assigned part-time to the Alliance for Disease Prevention and Response.  The individual will coordinate efforts of the two initiatives with relevant APHA staff and departments, Affiliates, and members.  For the authority project they will also serve as the primary liaison to grant-funded and other external efforts to build support for this work (e.g., efforts to coordinate national discussions on this topic, advocacy efforts by federal or sta