Mission-based Advocacy Toolkit from Alliance for Children & Families

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Part III: Helpful Advocacy Techniques and Framework Outline for a District Impact story. Who you are: Your name, with what program/agency, and where your program/agency is located (general area, not street address) _______________________________________________________________________ Who you are connected to: Name community partnerships or coalitions affecting the broader community; if you can, mention it and the numbers involved (e.g., We’re active with the Houston Coalition to End Childhood Poverty and we have an email list of about ___,000; or, …I am personally concerned, and I know that many in my congregation/community council ... agree; the problems faced by poor children come up at our meetings a lot.) _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Why you came: I'm here because … or, I took time from my job because… (Then, in two-three sentences, paint a brief "word picture" that indicates how child poverty affects the State or Legislative District), _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ What you want the Senator/Representative to do: …that's why we want you to fully fund the school breakfast program… or, we want you to vote for Senate Bill 453… _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Hand over any Fact Sheet or Backgrounder on the issue you've just discussed. If you are all there to talk about the same issue, then one of the group can hand over any Fact Sheets or Position Papers. Someone should hand over a list of everyone in the meeting, that includes contact information. If you are staying at a shelter, use that address. 54 © January 2006 The Alliance for Children and Families
Part III: Helpful Advocacy Techniques and Framework Taking it all Back Home A visit to the State Legislature offers many wonderful opportunities. Among them is the sense of excitement and enthusiasm that lobby days and other visits generate. Next it will be important to take what you are feeling and use it to motivate others at home. You focused on a few key issues for this visit – but they will need sustained energy and attention for weeks to come. Having been to the Capitol, you are the ideal people to give those issues “legs” among your friends and colleagues back home. So – FOR THE NEXT 10 MINUTES, work with a few people nearby to decide on next steps, elements in a “Campaign Strategy” if you will. Use everything you learned during this visit – plus everything you already knew - about influencing your elected officials on behalf of your priority issues. Name 3 ways you can share this experience with others in your office: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Identify 3 Key Contacts from other organizations or closely allied groups, (people with access to phone/email/mail networks) with whom you can share information about priority issues to broaden your impact. Decide who will contact them: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Name three activities you could carry out, to build on the relationships forged - or deepened - this week with your Senators, Representative, and/or their staff (e.g., attending a “town hall” meeting; requesting a meeting when they are home on the weekend or over a holiday; writing a newsletter article about your experience today and sending them copies; co-sponsoring a public forum with other groups) _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ © January 2006 The Alliance for Children and Families 55
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