Pathways and Advocacy: Building the Grassroots Base

Date: March 6, 2010

The session features practical, hands-on strategies for planning and implementing a successful grassroots advocacy program. Participants will discuss strategies and tactics and create action plans that integrate advocacy with community and business partnerships. Built on the successes from the National Coalition for Literacy grassroots advocacy symposia, with generous support from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, you will hear from local and state level advocates on how they have implemented successful advocacy campaigns.

Monday, March 15, 12:30 – 3:30 pm

Boulevard C

Panelists:

Brenda Brown, Vice President, Adult Education, Middle Georgia Technical College
Dorothy Ferguson, Coordinator, Adult Education, Middle Georgia Technical College
Art Ellison, NH State Director, Public Policy Committee Chair, NCSDAE
Emily Ellison, President and Executive Director, Literacy Action, Inc.
Jon Engel, Past Chair, Literacy Coalition of Central Texas, Austin, TX; Director, Community Action Adult Education Program, San Marcos, TX

Moderators:

Marsha L. Tait and Jackie Taylor, NCL Public Policy Co-Chairs

Handouts:

Georgia Adult Literacy Advocates Slide Presentation (pdf)
Middle Georgia Technical College Slide Presentation (pdf)
Slide Presentation on Advocacy and Related Social Media Resources (pdf)
Advocacy Self-Assessment (pdf)
NCL Overarching Federal Public Policy Principles (pdf)
2009-2010 NCL Priorities for WIA Reauthorization (pdf)
Adult Literacy Fact Sheet (pdf)
Georgia Adult Literacy Advocates Outcomes Chart (pdf)
Outcomes Chart Worksheet (doc)
Action Planning Tool (doc)

Please share your comments on this session or this topic in the Comment Box below; click Comment to submit.

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Tags: advocacy, Grassroots Advocacy, partnerships, public policy

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Jon Engel

in March 9th, 2010 @ 16:19

I look forward to participating in this session. I plan to provide information in regard to some advocacy strategies that proved effective in getting the Texas Legislature to increase its investment in adult education. I will also provide an update in regard to the status of that initiative one year after that legislative victory and some thoughts about lessons learned and next steps.

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mltait

in March 15th, 2010 @ 14:23

We started this session with a role play in which Peter Waite portrayed an uninformed and ill-prepared advocate in a meeting with Jeff Carter, education legislative aide for Senator “Bagsomoney”. The role play pointed up the importance of doing your homework before meeting with a policy-maker, presenting the information that you have to share coherently and cohesively, and listening to what the LA or policy-maker says in the meeting. Now we are hearing from state level advocates who are sharing how they have organized, what they have done, and how they have overcome obstacles and challenges. The group is very interested in idea sharing and strategies for building advocacy capacity.

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Jeff Carter Reply:
March 15th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Despite Dr. Waite’s poor performance, I was favorably impressed by the rest of the group and will be reporting back to Senator Bagsomoney on the many great ideas that came out of this session.
mltait

in March 15th, 2010 @ 16:31

Participants in this session committed to: produce student success stories; engage the local chamber of Commerce; produce an annual report to the community; network — identify local champions; BLOG, BLOG, BLOG!

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Jackie Taylor

in March 15th, 2010 @ 16:43

Hi Everyone!
Thank you so much for joining us today and sharing your experiences; I really enjoyed hearing what each of you are working on with advocacy. I’m posting the handouts from our session on this blog — so please check back for updates. Also send me advocacy resources you’d like to see added to the advocacy toolit.

More soon,

Jackie

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Rachel Nicolosi

in March 16th, 2010 @ 14:30

It was great to hear the good stories of success! Georgia really knows how to stretch a small grant! Glad to finally meet the famous Art Ellison, and get a vision of what an infrastructure for advocacy can accomplish. Thanks all!

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Marsha Taylor

in March 23rd, 2010 @ 13:48

Jackie – below is our web address. We have recently added a portion for students. I hope everyone will check it out. There are some great student testimonials available. – Marsha Taylor
Arkansas Adult Learning Resource Center

http://aalrc.org/home_eng.html

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