https://leahmcguirk.com/advocacy daily 1.0 2026-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1607993640305-03MQZ0E9WB9LT3UZD5V4/Screen+Shot+2018-12-04+at+9.38.44+AM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1607993648761-5ZJGI6MHR4GWTHTQ2A4A/Screen+Shot+2018-12-04+at+9.38.34+AM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608670940764-JYBTPTMUEJKY61ZEJQRC/1200px-Associated_Press_logo_2012.svg.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1607993763786-Y09H18KYHQHCS0F28SRS/Screen+Shot+2018-12-04+at+9.50.16+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608671389169-X4TS3536GPX6TSUCYVEX/nbc-news-logo.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608672534584-9WJO00IX0SF84KDBQJKP/npr-square-logo.jpg Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1607994274318-PZ0BYTVFJUYT0JEPJA2A/Screen+Shot+2018-12-04+at+9.49.18+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608672687017-E7KC1N5577S158LE17TW/new-york-times-square-12.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608672926469-O8WAHT2W69270YPC0BYC/CNN-LOGO-SQUARE.jpg Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608673046674-EKMQC62P4KD88M0QDQT6/download.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608674431551-QGD5NHWJNMJ8OSF9KAXN/Screen+Shot+2020-09-03+at+3.40.21+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608674540198-QNGXV689HDLHVJGNWGLD/download+%281%29.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1607884922175-H1F9OD9L0I55QRXZIX5W/AP%2BHEADSHOT.jpg Advocacy - “The male officer made eye contact with me, so I walked over to him, and he said, ‘So you're here to report some sort of a crime?’ and I said, ‘Yes, the fact that I was roofied two weeks ago.’ And he said, ‘Why did you wait two weeks?’ And immediately I thought, ‘Oh my God. This is really happening right now.’ You hear about these things– this is every assault victim’s worst nightmare, and it's happening right now.” – Leah McGuirk (NPR / She Says) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1607980285120-T6BISR7GY2DSLD2RTDOA/Screen+Shot+2020-12-14+at+4.04.00+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1607990193046-XKFY661U4E0SQ6JSO3GH/Screen+Shot+2020-12-14+at+6.55.55+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1607996035709-0HR2GU3LOE0RBVX83ZIW/Screen+Shot+2018-12-04+at+9.47.44+AM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1607996232502-QI5FXDHPV7FHGFHP3CHZ/Screen+Shot+2020-12-14+at+8.37.12+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608054701147-4JZ9FNB5H8JVQ214N4XW/Screen+Shot+2020-12-15+at+12.33.10+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608054842378-ZR5E9A8WPFBP1E3RHFKS/Screen+Shot+2020-12-15+at+12.53.57+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608053573954-UZGY45AUJO7WV7SIPC9Z/Screen+Shot+2020-12-15+at+12.33.10+PM.png Advocacy - NEGATIVE NEWS ARTICLES CAME OUT The gist was that HB 393 was dying in the Senate because legislators were uncomfortable addressing sexual assault. Articles like that rotated throughout the summer while I left voicemails for the Subcommittee Chair to give my bill a hearing. I didn’t hear back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608056476536-6IT8WEV9FIL6B3P6COV8/Screen+Shot+2020-12-15+at+1.21.25+PM.png Advocacy - IN OCTOBER, SOMETHING HAPPENED NC lawmakers merged four failing sexual assault bills (including mine) into one bill– Senate Bill 199. I was invited to be there for the final House and Senate hearing for SB 199. So, on Halloween day, I traveled to Raleigh to watch the hearings unfold. It was nerve-wracking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608056808456-3PWDICT31SQLVYTLAK6B/Screen+Shot+2020-12-15+at+1.27.01+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608057135354-5HSUV57ZU87M33G82IME/image-asset.jpeg Advocacy - SB 199 PASSED THE HOUSE AND SENATE UNANIMOUSLY I was relieved, to say the least. This meant that SB 199 would be sent to Gov. Cooper to sign it into law. And, I was there a week later for the bill signing ceremony. And, the governor and I matched our outfits without planning it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608057324114-NED1VB4Q7X0FYLU9AHP4/Screen+Shot+2020-12-15+at+1.35.00+PM.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1608057528896-QRNTXZMQBKV60IQUFH9A/image-asset.png Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb7685d9717bf370d5fc491/1612459112046-55LHO2WGTU6QZ3V02W1B/IMG_20190321_180709.jpg Advocacy The HB 393 press conference in April 2019. https://leahmcguirk.com/work-retrieval daily 0.75 2026-06-02